All,

In case you did not know of its existence, there is a web site which reports crime in your area.  It is not all inclusive as some police departments do not report to this site, but it gives an idea of what is happening around our area.  I say “around our area” because Puyallup does not report to this site.

Here is the short link to the main page: https://www.crimereports.com/

Below is a link which will take you directly to the area for Pierce County:

https://www.crimereports.com/home/#!/dashboard?lat=47.16112394046272&lng=-122.35061645507812&zoom=12&incident_types=Assault%252CAssault%2520with%2520Deadly%2520Weapon%252CBreaking%2520%2526%2520Entering%252CDisorder%252CDrugs%252CHomicide%252CKidnapping%252CLiquor%252COther%2520Sexual%2520Offense%252CProperty%2520Crime%252CProperty%2520Crime%2520Commercial%252CProperty%2520Crime%2520Residential%252CQuality%2520of%2520Life%252CRobbery%252CSexual%2520Assault%252CSexual%2520Offense%252CTheft%252CTheft%2520from%2520Vehicle%252CTheft%2520of%2520Vehicle&start_date=2019-03-03&end_date=2019-03-17&days=sunday%252Cmonday%252Ctuesday%252Cwednesday%252Cthursday%252Cfriday%252Csaturday&start_time=0&end_time=23&include_sex_offenders=false&current_tab=list&shapeIds=&position_id=hyxk-v3np-row-rdux_e7gm__aa6i&shape_id=false

This morning I received the information below from one of our neighbors.  It shows that Porch Pirates and Mail Thieves are actively working our Neighborhood.

****************************************************************************************     I just walked, and found several empty home shopping boxes across from Bob Alston home, on 118th st. east, which I assume were stolen from the addressee on 122nd St. east at 136th ave east.  Also, 2 mailboxes were open, yesterday at John Wenzens next door to us, and today at the Egge home off corner of 134th Ave East and Military.  Both are locking mailboxes and assume they got nothing. Both are the type once door is open there is a keypad type lock inside.  I assume we have thieves  patrolling again..!

Also the new reports of another pit bull on loose on the cul-de-sac (first one off 122nd st. east and Military)  caution to all walkers.

Today (5 Jan 2019) I received an alert on my RING app that a young blond woman had approached a home, quickly searched under the doormat then ran away. The home owner speculated that she was searching for keys to the home. If you MUST secrete house keys, please pick somewhere other than under the doormat, flower pot, etc. right near the door.  One thing I did notice was that the homeowner who posted the clip was relying on only the RING video to provide video of people approaching their front door. The video was clear. Unfortunately the RING was situated so that the motion detection triggered too late to show the face of the woman.  It would have been nice if another video camera was positioned so that it would detect motion and record when the woman approached the home and her face was visible.

Also just plain Porch Pirates are getting more active of late. The problem is that police forces frequently do not follow up on complaints because of lack of manpower, lack of evidence, etc .  Therefore the Porch Pirates get a free pass.  One recent report states that at least 23 MILLION Americans have become the victims of these unscrupulous scum. I searched the web for Porch Pirated GPS and found this: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/porch-pirates-police-use-bait-packages-gps-to-catch-thieves/ I hope our local police do something like this.

I have received information from several neighbors that there are two apparently aggressive dogs running loose in the Neighborhood. This is based on the fact that the dogs ran toward them, barking aggressively.  However the dogs stopped short of contact with the neighbors. The neighbors who contacted me said that the dogs were wearing collars. They were spotted at different times at 11722, 11712, 11602 and 11603 136th Ave. E.  We do not know who the dogs belong to. The owner may not know that the dogs are getting out.

If anyone knows the owner of these dogs please contact me at (253)840-0411 or kahalljr@comcast.net , so that the owner can be informed of the situation. Pictures of the dogs are below.

Again we want to remind you that package thieves are more active at this time of the year. With new hires in the package delivery vans, less care seems to be taken to try to hide the package from the street.  One woman wrote that it was one minute from the time the delivery man dropped a package at her neighbors until it was stolen.  Unfortunately, while the person reporting the theft had cameras, they were not pointed to observe the theft, and the neighbor did not have cameras.

This morning I got a notice of an attempted break-in in the Riverside Road area of Puyallup today at 6:45 AM.  The homeowner heard the attempt, and in her own words “grabbed a gun and called the police”.  She said it was no more than 15 minutes after her husband left for work, and speculates that the bad guy was watching her house.  She described the man as white, 6 ft tall with a dark hoodie and pants.