Couple more reminders

Karen Telega forwarded the following information after the incident they experienced a week or so ago with someone in their garage. Here are a few experiences other neighborhoods in MG, however are again good reminders.

From a resident in the Teal Lake neighborhood off of County Road 30:

I don’t know what to make of this- but just now- I was outside getting ready to leave. I noticed a smaller Grey/Silver Chevy (like a Cobalt or Caviller) with a man inside matching the description below. He would drive into a cul de sac, drive up to a set of mailboxes and appear to write something down. He did this in our cul de sac, crossed into the next street and did the same. I followed him up into another cul de sac and did the same…but not at all mailboxes. I wrote down his license number and called the police. They ran it, and it came up as registered to someone in Minneapolis.

They showed up in under 4 minutes. The guy was still driving around, so it wasn’t hard to find him. The officer spent a good amount of time with him and ultimately, let him go. He explained to me that this guy was in the neighborhood for his job. He works for a company that teaches music lessons. He goes block to block jotting down addresses. Then, at some point, he parks his car and puts flyers on doors. The idea is that he gets paid for every homeowner that calls the company, off that flyer. (based on his address “list”).

The officer looked in the car and didn’t find anything, so he let him go.

He was a tall kid, 18-20, brown “hockey” hair…meaning he had on a baseball cap and it stuck out around it. He was white, and wore a grey muscle shirt. He was still in the Teal Lake neighborhood as of 230pm.

I think it’s worth a call. I wouldn’t bank on him living in Maple Grove either- some of the bikes that have been stolen from our area would be easily identified…hopefully no one is THAT stupid.

I’d mark your bikes too- even tape under the seat where no one would typically look.

From a resident in Tristan Bay:

We just had the police to our home in Tristan Bay to report a New 2008 Trek 3700 Bike Stolen out of our yard. This bike is White and Red and a 22 ½ in wheel. My son just got it for his birthday 2 weeks ago.

While talking to the police man, he said last night Tuesday 7-31 on the north side of County Road 30 north of Rice Lake Rd. There were 6 reports of car break in and damage to vehicles. Also on 101 & Zachary, 4 above ground pools were slashed.. He said the kids are working from about 12:00 am to 7:00 am.

The police said any suspicious activity or kids walking to call the police. He said if kids are out past midnight they are past their curfew.

We’ll I guess our lesson we learned is bikes must be in the garage at all times, keep garage doors closed, all vehicles must be locked at all times. Do not leave any type of value able in your car because they will smash your windows to get it.

Everyone please keep your eyes opened.