[Chat] Suspicious activity

[John Spurrier]

The Charles Villager is only published 5 times a year, however there are email distribution lists
that can be utilized to get the message out in a more timely manner. 

John



 



From: dwilliamsjhu02 at hotmail.com
To: chat at charlesvillage.info
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:02:34 +0000
Subject: Re: [Chat] Suspicious activity




This worries me...I hope that maybe someone will include a blurb about this in the newsletters that go out to the Charles Village and Abel communities.  
 
> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:45:27 -0700
> From: ugagrad93 at yahoo.com
> To: discussion at charlesvillage.info; chat at charlesvillage.info; CVCBDQuad4 at yahoogroups.com
> CC: davidhill at charlesvillage.org; northerncommunitycouncil at yahoogroups.com; Marypat.clarke at Baltimorecity.gov; Carl.Stokes at baltimorecity.gov
> Subject: Re: [Chat] Suspicious activity
> 
> Great job Steve! I've always heard that if something just doesn't feel right, it probably isn't. Thanks for the heads up!
> 
> Greg Alexander
> Freelance Writer/Editor
> Editor, Mason-Dixon Arrive
> 2629 Guilford Avenue
> Baltimore, MD 21218
> 410-243-3387
> ugagrad93 at yahoo.com
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> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 4/20/11, Stephen J Gewirtz <gewirtz at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: Stephen J Gewirtz <gewirtz at bellatlantic.net>
> > Subject: [Chat] Suspicious activity
> > To: "Charles Village Discussion List" <discussion at charlesvillage.info>, "The Charles Village Chat List" <chat at charlesvillage.info>, CVCBDQuad4 at yahoogroups.com
> > Cc: "David Hill" <davidhill at charlesvillage.org>, northerncommunitycouncil at yahoogroups.com, "Stokes, Carl" <Carl.Stokes at baltimorecity.gov>, Marypat.clarke at Baltimorecity.gov
> > Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 12:02 AM
> > A little before 6 p.m. this evening,
> > my doorbell rang.  I opened the inner door but not the
> > outer security door which can only be opened with a
> > key.  On my porch were a couple, a black male and a
> > white female, college age or more likely a little bit
> > older.  They said that they had the wrong person.
> > 
> > A few minutes later, I opened the inner door again. 
> > The couple were still there, and the man asked me to open
> > the outer security door.  I refused.  He then
> > tried to sell me on saving money by switching to a
> > guaranteed fixed electric rate instead of paying BGE. 
> > I told him that I was not interested, even though he
> > persisted until I ended the conversation.  He was
> > carrying a notebook.  The woman basically was silent.
> > 
> > Something did not add up.  How can they have the wrong
> > person and then try to sell me something?  And why were
> > they still there?  Anyway, I reported it to 911, to a
> > JHU cop who was parked across the street a few minutes
> > later, and to Northern District police who came moments
> > later in response to my 911 call.  They said that 
> > they would be looking for the couple.  I do not know
> > whether, if I had opened my security door, the couple would
> > have rushed in to grab something in my house or worse. 
> > I have seen a report that in a nearby neighborhood, people
> > have rung doorbells and asked for someone who does not exist
> > on that block.  When they have found a house where
> > nobody is home, they have broken in.
> > 
> > I write all this to urge that everyone be very careful
> > about opening a door to a stranger.  And if things
> > really do not add up but look suspicious, call 911. 
> > What I encountered this evening may be legitimate, but my
> > guess is that it is not.  And if it is part of a knock,
> > run in and grab something, and run scheme or some other
> > scheme, the police will definitely appreciate your giving
> > them a heads up on what is happening.  After all, the
> > cops cannot be everywhere, so we have to be additional eyes
> > and ears for them.
> > 
> > Northern District does an excellent job, but we need to
> > give them all the help we can.
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> > 
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