Neighborhood Watch members,
There has definitely been some suspicious things going on by the homes in Robert’s Island (off LMJ Rd near Story’s Ford Rd.) Their block captain Tracey wrote up the details below that a neighbor just reported. We are checking with the Sheriff’s dept to look into the tags for us. Let’s hope that the red Prius seen in the middle of the day may have just been someone looking to buy one of the foreclosed homes and checking out the neighborhood. But the two cars driving around at 3:30 at night were definitely up to no good. Keep your eyes open and your guard up – these people are looking for an easy target!
Also from our Capri block captain: Two weeks ago there was a “glowing” white truck that turned on to Capri coming from LMJ Rd. . The guy was driving slow and looking at houses not addresses. Someone followed him and stopped him down by Roxanne and asked what he was doing out here was he lost. He said he didn't speak English. So the person says 'Hey man nice truck' & he replies 'Yeah Thanks'. (So much for not speaking English.) Driver was a Hispanic Male mid-late 20's in a Ford F-250 'Lightning' stark white (and I mean almost glowing white) tag# HD1 3BF
We had the tag checked and it’s NOT a valid tag!
I will be sending out a recap from our neighborhood watch meeting. We are waiting to get a copy of the slideshow for our website. We had over 100 people attend and the responses I got back were very good. Block Captains are still sending me updates – so our list is not complete yet. School is out now – so I should get the list updated over the weekend and will forward this info out to any new members. In the meantime – talk with your neighbors!
Definitely keep your eyes open! Summer is here and people are taking vacations. Please talk with your neighbors and your block captains if you are going out of town! And definitely keep your eyes open for suspicious cars and suspicious behavior!
Suzanne Arnold
Neighborhood Watch Coordinator
Subject: Roberts Island Information
Wed evening (May 8th) at about 9:30 PM, a resident of Roberts Island Road reported that she saw an older model pickup truck leaving a vacant home. It was backing out of the driveway. I spoke to the owner and he had no knowledge of anyone being there.
At 3:30 AM (May 9th) Thurs morning, that same resident reported seeing a Honda Accord or Toyota looking car, dark grey or black circling the neighborhood 4 times. She went out into the street in her PJ's armed with a flashlight and cell phone to discover another car parked two driveways away. There was also a man was walking up and down Roberts Island Road. She confronted him asking him what he was doing walking around the neighborhood at 3:30 AM and he acted belligerent using curse words and asking if it was illegal to be there. This man was in his late 20's, approximately 6' tall, short moppy or bushy hair wearing shorts and a t-shirt. This car was a Red Volvo-older model Tag # 711-HYZ? (we are verifying the tag # because the resident was at work when I called her and didn't have the tag # with her but thought this might be the correct #.) She reported this incident to the police immediately afterward and is not aware of whether or not they came out to investigate.
I checked my camera recordings this morning and saw the profile of the car that was circling the neighborhood recorded at 3:36 AM and again at 3:43 AM.
Incidentally, I stopped at the vacant house today Thursday at 12:32 PM and quickly looked into the garage window and front door to see if it looked like someone had been in there and noticed a vehicle with the same profile driving by slowly. I immediately left to follow it and took photos and got the plate number. This man was in his mid to late 40's and was driving around in this red Prius, license plate 585-5FA Florida with the driver's window down.
