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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>My recent
experience is not nearly so serious, but it was a local “near crime.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>I pulled into
the Safeway parking lot one afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>The woman whose
car was parked in front of mine said that I hit her car, and she showed me some
scratches on her bumper.. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>I knew that I
had not hit her at all!! But she insisted on calling the police.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>She told them that
I was irate and becoming dangerous. I was stunned because nothing at all had happened.
I didn’t know what to do.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>So I got in y
car to wait for the police. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>After 20 minutes,
during which she chatted with friends on her cell phone, I told her I was going
shopping and to get me when the police came.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>I mentioned this
to the security guard at Safeway. He said that this was a common scam and to forget
it. I learned that the scam works like this: someone tells you that you have
damaged their car. They threaten to call police, hoping that you will offer to
pay them to have their car repaired so that your insurance won’t go up.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>When I came out,
I told the woman that I was leaving and I left. Apparently it was a scam, for
she did not follow or speak. Fortunately, I was so naïve that I didn’t
offer any money to her!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>BTW, she is a
young black woman driving a teal green <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Malibu</st1:place></st1:City>!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>(This same thing
happened to a friend in the Bolton Hill area.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>Christine Gray <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'> Discussion-bounces@charlesvillage.info
[mailto:Discussion-bounces@charlesvillage.info] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Stephen J Gewirtz<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 07, 2007 12:58
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Charles</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Village</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> Discussion List</st1:PersonName>;
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">The Charles Village Chat List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Discussion] Fwd: Crime
Alert</span></font><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Katie wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</xml><![endif]-->This is a report from one of our residents that she asked me
to pass on to all of you.<o:p></o:p></span></font><u5:p></u5:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><u5:p><font size=2 color=black
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u5:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On Thursday, 4/26/07,around 8pm, my
husband was walking west on 25th St. Four teenage boys started
following him. When he was by the Hollywood Video, two of them approached
him from behind asking for a cigarette. He was aware they were
following him, and feeling threatened put his back against
the building so they couldn't get behind him. The two who were
behind came up and the four of them asked for
money. Unsure what to do, he blustered. One hit him on the
side of his head with his fist, another swung at him with the stick
he was carrying. At that point a motorist stopped and asked my husband
if he needed any help. The four teens ran, and he came home.
We called the police to make a report. They took the information and told
us they were going to drive around the area looking for the
teens. We made the report thinking that these boys were out looking
for trouble, and were probably going to harass someone else.<o:p></o:p></span></font><u5:p></u5:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><u5:p><font size=2 color=black
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u5:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Papyrus><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'>Katie Beltz<u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Papyrus><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'>Block Leader
Coordinator <u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black face=Papyrus><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Papyrus'>Charles</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font face=Papyrus><span
style='font-family:Papyrus'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Village</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font
face=Papyrus><span style='font-family:Papyrus'> Community <u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Papyrus><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'>Benefits
District<u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Papyrus><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'>410-235-4411 x16<u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Papyrus><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'><a
href="mailto:Katie@charlesvillage.org">Katie@charlesvillage.org</a><u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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