Criminal Activity in Area 4!

This was e-mailed out to a handful of people and made it's way to me. This person lives in Area 4. Here's the e-mail as I received it:

Just as a reminder, keep all of your garages and doors locked and keep your outside lights on. Last night I came home from work late. Jess is out of town this week and so I am always a little nervous. I had a little brother and sister who were sleeping over at my house. When I pulled up to my driveway I had an eerie feeling that something wasn't right. Something told me to check my outside entry for the garage and my front door. The front door was closed and the face plate on the outside garage entry was down so I thought I was just being paranoid. Everything was fine. 45 minutes later my little brother shouts "Hey Matt is here" (a brother of mine). I knew he wasn't here because he wasn't coming to sleep over. He said he could hear him talking outside. We have my in-laws fourwheeler trailer in our driveway. And we heard the trailer move. I told my brother to look out the window to see if Matt's car was here. Nope BUT there were 4 men in my driveway and another in a dark colored 4 door sedan. They were trying to crack the code to my garage opener. There were also two tan/gold colored camerys that were hanging out by the house next door that is being built. All cars had dark tinted windows. And their license plate lights are out so we couldn't see the numbers. The scary thing is I was home, all the lights were on in the front and in the back yard and in the house. One man was in my backyard. The police told me that everyone knows when my husband is gone because his truck isn't sitting in the driveway. The police knew which house we were just by his work truck. The police said that I need to keep my garage door to the house locked when I am home (which I never do because the garage is down) but had they gotten in the garage they would have walked right into my house. They also said that the economy is getting worse and thieves are hitting "nice", quiet neighborhoods. The police officer said never hesitate to call even on something that looks suspicious, don't wait for it to become a crime or for someone to get hurt. He also asked me if I had let my neighbors know that Jess was going to be out of town and I said no cause he's gone a lot and he said always let your trusted neighbors know when your husband's gone or when you'll be out of town. I hope these tips will help, even if they are just a reminder.