Windows shot at with BB gun

Read the following email from a fellow neighborhood watch citizen:

"A quick FYI about your neighborhood area that one of my neighbors ask me to pass along to you. Her brother lives on Somersby, while he and his family were out of own this past week someone shot at some of the windows in their home with a BB gun. They then went in the backyard and shot at their backyard (to the south of them) neighbors home or fence (I don't remember all the specific details). This was done during the daytime, yesterday. Just a reminder that we need to keep our eye open during daylight hours too."

Patrols (for Area 1 & 4)

Area 1 & 4:

New patrol sign-up sheets have been made in GoogleDocs. If you're interested in helping patrol our neighborhood, please sign-up. If you need an invite to GoogleDocs, please email Gina Catenzaro. {gina (dot) catenzaro (at) hotmail (dot) com}

Thanks guys!

Car Burglaries

There have been a handful of car thefts within the past couple of days! Please be aware and keep your cars in your garages and/or locked with valuables removed/out of sight in your driveways; streets are never a good place to park overnight, but if you can't avoid it try to park under a street lamp. Click here for more ideas how to avoid car theft.

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Gina,

A police officer knocked on our door this morning. Someone broke into Zach's truck last night and stole his stereo and other little things. The officer said that there had been four others so far this morning that he'd responded to.

I thought I'd let you know :)

Crappy thieves.

Jen

Area One Meeting

Thursday, July 2nd @ 7pm

The Big Foxboro Park

(bring the family!)

Everyone in Area One is invited!

Area One Meeting

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

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.

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.

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.

Area 1 Family Info Spread

This post is for Area 1. Here is the spreadsheet as promised. Please fill out accordingly and return to me as soon as you can. Contact me with any questions you may have. But it's pretty self-explanatory.

Thanks guys!

Click here for the Microsoft Excel (xls) version

(to fill in on computer and email)

or
Click here for a the Adobe Reader (pdf) version

(to print out and fill in with pen)

Area 1 Meeting

When: Wednesday, January 7th @ 7:30 p.m.

Where: Gina Catenzaro's - 267 Caleb Dr.

Don't forget to meet your neighbors and collect information. See 'Downloads' on the right hand side of this website for information papers.

Anyone living in Area 1 is invited! Happy Holidays!

Recent Break-In!

I'm posting this e-mail transcript that was shared with the Area Coordinators; its about a recent house break-in that occurred in Area One (Boston Dr.) on Monday. This is why the Neighborhood Watch program is so important. If you haven't signed up to help but you'd like to, please contact your Block Captain or Area Coordinator. The more help we can get, the safer Foxboro will be. Those of you who are already involved, please e-mail this post/website to friends or neighbors in Foxboro who you think would like to get involved as well.

"Just a heads up, someone kicked in our front door at 4:30 this morning. Talking to the police and the builder, there's been a break in about once a week in the Foxboro area. You guys mentioned a neighborhood watch program yesterday, so if you could pass this on to let others know. I don't want to make anyone paranoid but just so anyone can take any extra precautions. Thanks."

Area 1 Meeting

Area 1 (Caleb, Foxboro, Stamford, Boston, Somersby, etc.) will be having their very first meeting this Thursday, November 6th @ 8pm at Steve Groke's home (an Area 1 Block Captain): 361 N Stamford. Anyone from Area 1 is welcome, even if you're not a Block Captain! See you then!

Foxboro Area 1 (FB1)

Area Coordinator: Gina Catenzaro
e: gina.catenzaro@hotmail.com
#: 801.859.7078

Block Captains
Somersby: Scott Moss (993), Kyle Fraughton (239), Tommy & Erin Ashton (954)
Alford Ct: Dan Davidson (348), Mike Landhiem (331)
Boston: Kevin Shipp (176), Jeff & Jamie Nopper (273), Paul & Katie Garrett (243)
Caleb: Linda Garn (208), Gina Catenzaro*(267), Jared & Jesse Nelson (247)
Foxboro Dr: Crystal Makin (180)
Stamford: Steven Groke (361), Mike Schmidt (358), Jake Smith (322), Jermaine Speed (353), David Swenson (350)

*area coordinator