The title of this piece is the first words I heard from a message on my answering machine. The voice continued to instruct me that a warrant had been issued for my arrest and I was under observation. Unless I called the number at the end of the message immediately I was subject to arrest.

My action?  I immediately brought up the NOMOROBO Internet site and reported the number.  Then I logged into the IRS site and made a report of the call.

Folks the IRS does not issue an arrest warrant, and THEN call you. So if you get a similar call, report it immediately. DO NOT RESPOND TO THE CALL. The information displayed for my call was West Jeffers OH  614-349-9741.

My Computer Consultant asked me to alert my friends to a NEW SCAM.

Your phone rings (usually but not limited to cell phones). There is usually a delay and some noise like the caller is having trouble with a headset.  A voice asks “Can you hear me now?”  The normal response is to say “Yes”.  DO NOT SAY “YES”!

The caller has information from your credit card and is recording you saying “Yes”.  Or he has several other things in mind, from selling you a resort time share, to a cruise to services you do not want. He then charges your credit card and when you dispute the charge, he plays a supposed tape from your “call” to him in which he ask if you agree to the charges and your voice is heard saying “Yes”. Your credit card company then drops the complaint and you are on the hook for the fraudulent charge.

Remember –   If the voice on the phone says “Can you hear me now”, HANG UP – Do not reply.

For further information type “Can you hear me scam” into your web browser and read the articles there.

NOTE: Just before I started writing this article I sent an e-mail to several friends advising them about this scam.  A friend in Australia replied that she forwarded my e-mail to one of her friends in Boston, who received a “Can you hear me” call just afterward –  and promptly hung up.  Score one for us!

I just learned about a break in which happened at 12427 137^th Ave. E. on 29 Dec 2016 between 9 and 10AM.  The thieves broke a window in the dining room to get into the house.  They also broke into the workshop.

The police were helped by a landscape gardener and a neighbor of the homeowner supplying video from his security cameras and pictures of a red VW Jetta.  Unfortunately they were unable to make out the license plate number.  The neighbor noticed the car because it was driving slowly and turned into his driveway, possibly because his garage door was open.  The driver turned around when he noticed a person standing outside by her car.

Police were helped because the thieves left clear fingerprints on the victim’s outside window and sliding door.  The fingerprints were in the police fingerprint system. The victim’s alarm system helped alert another neighbor.

Police arrested Joshua Adam Kaelin and Michael James Taylor two weeks later.  Charges have been filed and a court date scheduled for 8 March 2017.  Unfortunately none of the items taken in the burglary have been found.

I was gone most of December and I find that the Bad Guys have been active around our Neighborhood.  I have received reports of several break-ins of various types near our Neighborhood. Two occurred in the Shawnee Ridge addition, one in Heather Hills and two just across 122nd St.  The two in Shawnee Ridge involved car prowls.  The one in Heather Hills involved a door being kicked in while the owners were absent.  One of the ones across 122nd, was a theft from a soft top jeep. The last, which I do not have a firm location on must have involved several people because I understand that a gun safe was stolen, and those suckers are heavy.

One of the car prowls was captured on CCTV, but unfortunately the video quality was not the greatest.  The one clear shot showed an individual in a hoodie, with a beard, who looked ever so much like Casey Neil Patrick who we believe took part in previous vandalism in our Neighborhood.

Individual involved in car prowl in Dec 2016

Casey Neil Patrick

A Previous vandal

The Orting Police stopped the Dark Green SUV  License Number ASY7390 and arrested the individuals inside.  They were identified as  Whittier, Kristofer Floyd and Patrick, Casey Neil.  As  of this writing they were transferred to Pierce County Jail and released pending receipt of changes from Orting and any action by the Pierce County Prosecutor. It is believed their vehicle is still in the possession of the Orting Police.

I was given a link http://dw.courts.wa.gov/index.cfm?fa=home.namelist  which allows people to search for Names, case numbers etc.  Check out the names Whittier, Kristofer Floyd and Patrick, Casey.  You will find quite a bit on their criminal history.

Contact the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office  http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/index.aspx?nid=118   Address: 930 Tacoma Ave S #946, Tacoma, WA 98402  Phone: (253) 798-7400 Fax: 798-6636 and ask about these people.  Contact the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/index.aspx?nid=121  Phone: 798-7530 and ask why Whittier, Kristofer Floyd and Patrick, Casey Neil  Case Numbers Sherriff 1618901173 and 1620201467 have not been sent to the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office. Contact the Orting Police http://cityoforting.org/services/police-department/  Address: 401 Washington Avenue Southeast, Orting, WA 98360 Phone: (360) 893.3111   Fax: (360) 893-3129 and ask when Orting 16-674 will be sent to the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office.

I was sent these two pictures with this comment: “I believe these are the two guys, these are the guys that pop up on Facebook.  The bald one is Kristofer Whittier the really bad guy.  They are both 23 almost 24.”

In addition to the Dark Green SUV (ASY7390) at least one of them came into the Neighborhood riding a motorcycle at 0413hrs, 7 July 2016 to do a little more stealing.

If you see them or their vehicle in the Neighborhood –CALL  911  IMMEDIATELY

The Bear is moving North.  His scat was observed this morning across the street from 11728 136th Ave. E. This has been reported to Fish & Wildlife (360-902-2928).  Lets be careful when you go out at night,

Please read the below and look at the pictures.  Be alert for this vehicle or this individual. IF YOU SEE HIM – DO NOT APPROACH HIM – CALL THE POLICE – HE IS ARMED WITH A KNIFE – DO NOT APPROACH HIM – IT IS NOT WORTH YOUR LIFE –CALL THE POLICE AT ONCE.

The following is important information for all people in our community. It concerns damage to our Neighborhood Camera System by Bad Guys.

My second street camera was destroyed the morning of 6 July 2016 at 0600hrs by, I believe, the same individual who destroyed one of my cameras on 17 June 2015. He came walking down 136^th Ave. E. turned down 117^th took a wide circle around my camera on 138^th Ave, Ct, E, and destroyed it.  He has obviously got a problem with me or he is setting up to rob the Neighborhood.  Checking the other cameras it appears that he also destroyed one of our neighborhood cameras at Dav Eide’s house (11728 136^th Ave. E.), and that one cost us around $500.00. Thus far he has destroyed a $135.00 camera (2015), a $175.00 camera (28 June 2016) a $100.00 camera (6 July) and a $500.00 camera (6 July). He used a knife to cut through the cables on my cameras so he is armed and dangerous.

On 6 July we got some pictures of him, but he was hiding his face when he passed the cameras. I am certain now that the bad guy was working with a driver and that they were using a Dark Green SUV license number AYS7390.  That vehicle appears on both days when our cameras were destroyed (28 June and 6 July 2016).  On 28 June the vehicle came down 136^th turned on 117^th passed slowly by the camera I had trainer on 117^th St E., circled around on 138^th Ave. Ct. E. then turned up toward 136^th Ave, E., where it appears that he parked the vehicle and the Bad Guy got out. He then walked down 117^th St. E., staying to the side so the camera on 117^th would not trigger, came around from the side and destroyed the camera.  On 6 July 2016 it appears that the vehicle made a pass along 136^th St. E., doubled back and stopped long enough to let the bad guy out.  He came walking past the cameras at 11728 136^th Ave E., and destroyed the D-Link (11728n136) at 11728 136^th Ave. E. around 0600 hrs. Then I think he continued down 117^th, destroyed my camera (at 11701 138^th Ave. Ct. E.) and walked out past the 11728 136^th Ave. E.  cameras again, to presumably be picked up by the driver further down 136^th.  The times shown are a little off because of the difficulty of keeping all the cameras time synchronized.

This afternoon (7 July 2016) Dav and I found that the Bad Guy had come back at 0413hrs riding a motorcycle.  He came on Dav’s property and retrieved the connector box for the camera he had stolen on 6 July.  He removed the connectors and left the box down the street towards Military.  Alan Manning and I went to the Sheriff’s office and reported the crime.  The case number is 16-189-01173.

One of our major problems continues to be lack of support by many of our neighbors. If there were more cameras out there, in private homes, with at least one camera mounted so that it showed the street, we would be better off.  We need to be able to track the bad guys if something happens. The cameras don’t have to be connected to our Neighborhood network, but we need to know who to contact if a problem arises. As individuals we have to protect ourselves and our neighbors.

Bear scat has been sighted again in a heavily populated area bordered by 122nd St E., 136th Ave. E. and 138th Ave. E. in the attached photo. Its presence has been reported to Fish & Wildlife 1-360-902-2928 (option 2).

Location of Bear Scat                                                                      Bear Scat