Below is a disturbing story form one of our neighbors in Heather Hills. It is sad that law enforcement seems powerless to keep the bad guys in check. Finding this man and being unable to arrest him, just empowers him. He has seen that law enforcement is unable to do anything to him and will be emboldened to commit more and more serious crimes.
” This morning, Saturday 12 February at 8:00 AM, we saw an intruder in our fenced backyard and called 911. The intruder appeared to be a white male, about 6′ and 200 lbs wearing a gray baseball cap, camo jacket, black pants and large black backpack. He had entered our yard from 132nd Ave Ct E through a side gate. He spent about 10 minutes in our yard, took some property and left out the back gate. He turned right onto 134th Ave E, walking towards Military Rd E. At 8:45 AM Deputy Chapman arrived and said he found the intruder, who already has a warrant for theft at a commercial property from two weeks ago. The intruder, who is likely a transient, was not detained or booked because our law enforcement is currently restricted to only taking people in for certain things (ie DWI).
We are stunned and disturbed that nothing more can be done. We plan to contact our county council representatives and let them know that we aren’t safe as long as intruders like ours can continue helping themselves to our property with no consequence. ”