R E M I N D E R
What: Area One Neighborhood Watch Meeting
When: Thursday, Feb 26th, 2009
Time: 7:30-8:30pm
Where: 1044 Boston Court
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Active Patrol Reminder
For those unaware, we are currently doing active patrols within Foxboro. Please volunteer to help. Contact your Area Coordinator for more information and to sign-up.
If this will be your first time doing an active patrol, please download our Active Patrol Guideline sheet for patrolling information. Remember that Area One and Area Four are COMBINED, so if you're from one of these areas please make sure to cover BOTH when patrolling.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding Active Patrol, please contact your Block Captain or Area Coordinator.
Thanks for all your support and volunteer efforts. We appreciate all of our helpers!
We Need You: Volunteer.
Join Neighborhood Watch and help our "Crime-Free-Foxboro" efforts! Your neighbors need you!
Why should I join Neighborhood Watch?
By joining you are,
How much of my time will Neighborhood Watch demand?
As much time as you allow. Area meetings are held occasionally (depends on your area, approximately every 4-7 weeks) which all Neighborhood Watch citizens are encouraged to attend. Also, there are Active Patrol needs within your area which require Neighborhood Watch citizens to sign-up for patrols.
If you wish to be a Block Captain, a couple more obligations are required, but not much.
What steps do I need to take in order to join?
Contact your Block Captain or Area Coordinator. Contact information is located on the right-side of this blog.
Why should I join Neighborhood Watch?
By joining you are,
- helping to keep your very own neighborhood safe and crime-free
- kept updated on any criminal activity that may be happening in your neighborhood
- given up-to-date crime prevention tips from local police
- part of a support group of people who are working toward a common goal: a cleaner, friendlier, and safer place to live.
How much of my time will Neighborhood Watch demand?
As much time as you allow. Area meetings are held occasionally (depends on your area, approximately every 4-7 weeks) which all Neighborhood Watch citizens are encouraged to attend. Also, there are Active Patrol needs within your area which require Neighborhood Watch citizens to sign-up for patrols.
If you wish to be a Block Captain, a couple more obligations are required, but not much.
What steps do I need to take in order to join?
Contact your Block Captain or Area Coordinator. Contact information is located on the right-side of this blog.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Attempted Break-In!
I was just told about an attempted break-in in Area One, on Alford Court.
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This Alford Court couple was home with their porch lights on, and the like, when they heard a loud, abrasive, pounding on their front door. Their dog started to bark and must have scared the perpetrator. The couple went to their front window to look out but no one was there. Later, a nearby neighbor told them they also heard the loud pounding and then saw a man running down the couple's front steps and away from their home. The neighbors didn't think too much about it as it was only 9:30pm in the evening! So they didn't take action, thinking it was probably someone the couple knew or possibly the couple themselves. However, the couple did call the NSL Police to find out that four other calls had just been placed, within 15 minutes, of that same thing happening in Foxboro.
About 2 months ago this same thing happened, but the perpetrators were successful in kicking down the door! {click here to read more}
Please be alert and aware of these crimes, and let your neighbors and friends of Foxboro know as well. Let's get the Neighborhood Watch program "up and tough" and let these villains know we won't stand for it.
I think it's safe to assume these perpetrators were desperate and probably armed.
Foxboro Town Meeting to be determined...I'll keep everyone posted.
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This Alford Court couple was home with their porch lights on, and the like, when they heard a loud, abrasive, pounding on their front door. Their dog started to bark and must have scared the perpetrator. The couple went to their front window to look out but no one was there. Later, a nearby neighbor told them they also heard the loud pounding and then saw a man running down the couple's front steps and away from their home. The neighbors didn't think too much about it as it was only 9:30pm in the evening! So they didn't take action, thinking it was probably someone the couple knew or possibly the couple themselves. However, the couple did call the NSL Police to find out that four other calls had just been placed, within 15 minutes, of that same thing happening in Foxboro.
About 2 months ago this same thing happened, but the perpetrators were successful in kicking down the door! {click here to read more}
Please be alert and aware of these crimes, and let your neighbors and friends of Foxboro know as well. Let's get the Neighborhood Watch program "up and tough" and let these villains know we won't stand for it.
I think it's safe to assume these perpetrators were desperate and probably armed.
Foxboro Town Meeting to be determined...I'll keep everyone posted.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
More Graffiti
Email from Area 4 Coordinator:
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Hello Neighbors!
I just wanted to inform you that there was more tagging found yesterday on Fox Hollow Dr near Alford Ct. It was big and yellow, still showing the sign of the gang Surejo (sp?) 13. Please be on the lookout for items like this, and if you're interested in doing active patrol, let me know! Also,we will be having an Area 4 meeting on Thursday, February 19th at 7:30 pm at Yogi Berry.
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Hello Neighbors!
I just wanted to inform you that there was more tagging found yesterday on Fox Hollow Dr near Alford Ct. It was big and yellow, still showing the sign of the gang Surejo (sp?) 13. Please be on the lookout for items like this, and if you're interested in doing active patrol, let me know! Also,we will be having an Area 4 meeting on Thursday, February 19th at 7:30 pm at Yogi Berry.
Monday, February 2, 2009
More Potential Issues --- PLEASE READ
Please read this email that I received from one of our fellow Neighborhood Watch citizens. It's a great reminder of how one person can make a difference in keeping our neighborhood safe. He did a great job in reporting someone suspicious. Remember: if it doesn't look right and it doesn't feel right....it's probably NOT right.
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Earlier today, around 12:30 PM, I was working in the garage when a white Chevy Astro Van rolled slowly by our house, as I came around the corner, the driver saw me and sped up as he drove in to the new Hallmark subdivision behind us. This seemed suspicious, so I came inside and watched from our back window, as he slowly drove around the neighborhood. He then came back out onto Boston and drove out of sight.
Initially, I wrote this off as a lost contractor looking for a job sight, or a concerned dad just looking for the family dog (ok not really), but about forty-five minutes later, the same van drove slowly by our house a second time. This time, I jumped in my trucked and followed him as he wound through the neighborhoods. We finally ended up in a cul-de-sac in Foxboro North. By this time it was obvious that I had been following him so he pulled over and waited for me to pass. I pulled up next to him, rolled down my window and asked him if he was lost, to which he replied, "no, I am just driving around waiting for a client to come home so I can install a water-softener."
I apologized for the intrusion and waited for him to drive off. As he did, I followed him to our neighbors house and watched him get out of his tuck and knock on the front door. He didn't stay long, and I couldn't here the conversation, but as soon as he left I called my neighbor who, by the way, was home alone and freaked out of her mind. He told her that he was there to install a water-softener and asked if he could come in and look at their system. She told him that she didn't order a water softener and told him to leave.
I continued to watch as the supposed "water-softener installer" went to the next house to see they had ordered the water-softener. Of course, they didn't order the equipment either and he was again turned away. As he got back in his van, he looked at me, shrugged his shoulders and drive out of the neighborhood.
By this time I was on the phone with the police, an act which was probably noticed by the individual. The police circled the neighborhood, but he was long gone by the time they arrived.
I truly hope he was indeed a water-softener installation specialist who was just looking for a lost client. Hopefully, I am just paranoid. However, I do believe, as the NSL Officer stated, he didn't belong here.
I am sending this out because we have to much to loose, not just valuables in our garages, documents in glove boxes, or lost property value, but more importantly the safety of our families and our children. He was driving a late 90's white unmarked Chevy Astro Van with temporary plates. He was Hispanic, had a heavy build, wavy hair, and is in his mid to upper 30's.
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Earlier today, around 12:30 PM, I was working in the garage when a white Chevy Astro Van rolled slowly by our house, as I came around the corner, the driver saw me and sped up as he drove in to the new Hallmark subdivision behind us. This seemed suspicious, so I came inside and watched from our back window, as he slowly drove around the neighborhood. He then came back out onto Boston and drove out of sight.
Initially, I wrote this off as a lost contractor looking for a job sight, or a concerned dad just looking for the family dog (ok not really), but about forty-five minutes later, the same van drove slowly by our house a second time. This time, I jumped in my trucked and followed him as he wound through the neighborhoods. We finally ended up in a cul-de-sac in Foxboro North. By this time it was obvious that I had been following him so he pulled over and waited for me to pass. I pulled up next to him, rolled down my window and asked him if he was lost, to which he replied, "no, I am just driving around waiting for a client to come home so I can install a water-softener."
I apologized for the intrusion and waited for him to drive off. As he did, I followed him to our neighbors house and watched him get out of his tuck and knock on the front door. He didn't stay long, and I couldn't here the conversation, but as soon as he left I called my neighbor who, by the way, was home alone and freaked out of her mind. He told her that he was there to install a water-softener and asked if he could come in and look at their system. She told him that she didn't order a water softener and told him to leave.
I continued to watch as the supposed "water-softener installer" went to the next house to see they had ordered the water-softener. Of course, they didn't order the equipment either and he was again turned away. As he got back in his van, he looked at me, shrugged his shoulders and drive out of the neighborhood.
By this time I was on the phone with the police, an act which was probably noticed by the individual. The police circled the neighborhood, but he was long gone by the time they arrived.
I truly hope he was indeed a water-softener installation specialist who was just looking for a lost client. Hopefully, I am just paranoid. However, I do believe, as the NSL Officer stated, he didn't belong here.
I am sending this out because we have to much to loose, not just valuables in our garages, documents in glove boxes, or lost property value, but more importantly the safety of our families and our children. He was driving a late 90's white unmarked Chevy Astro Van with temporary plates. He was Hispanic, had a heavy build, wavy hair, and is in his mid to upper 30's.
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