This morning I was up at 5:40AM and saw one of the resident deer in my back yard. It is now 12:10PM and he is still there. He has been grazing on my shrubs and apple trees. This deer is one of two which I have seen the past and I am hoping that nothing has happened to the other one.
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 137th 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.
The post below got misplaced. On the theory of “better late than never”, here it is. A recent survey has shown that the practice of “cutting the corner” still exist.
I was checking the Neighborhood Cameras on 19 Nov 2015 when I noticed two trucks coming around the blind curve at 11728 136th Ave E. on the wrong side of the road, entering our Neighborhood. The time stamps show that the first truck entered the Neighborhood at 2147 hrs. and the other at 2156 hrs. (That’s 9:47 PM and 9:56 PM for you civilians).
Yes I know that at night you supposedly can see lights coming from the other direction in time to get over into your proper line, but you are betting your life on it. Not to mention the lives of whoever you might run head on into. (All for a time saving of maybe 1/2 of a second.)
Please stay in your own lane when you are coming around the blind curve. As far as I know we have never had an accident in the blind curve. Lets keep it that way!
There was an article on page 8A of the 21 Jan edition of the Tacoma News Tribune which shows that security cameras help your neighbors as well as you. Burglars broke into a home in Fife Heights and stole 4 guns and a 250 lb safe which contained a Rolex watch, financial papers and identity documents. A neighbor’s security cameras showed a dark green BMW with dark rims parked outside the burglarized house.
This case illustrates what Dav and I have been trying to get across to our neighbors. Your cameras help protect your home and they help protect the homes all around you. The Bad Guys are going to think twice about entering a home when homes on all sides of it have cameras and their actions can be seen, and recorded, from several different angles.
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
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The Sunrise Terrace Architectural Control Committee thanks everyone who came to the annual meeting Oct. 11. We enjoyed delicious treats, had a great time visiting, and learned some history about our neighborhood. We met the real Jennifer, for whom Jennifer Court is named. The committee reported on actions taken the past year. Everyone is encouraged to greet their new neighbors and tell them about our directory and blog. Please send their name, phone number, address and email to Kirk Hall kahalljr@comcast.net so we can include them in our communication. To save money we don’t use postcards any longer so will continue to keep in touch with the blog, web site and e-mail.
Because of recent questions about where people are in which Addition and which Covenant covers them, we are working on a compilation of the maps of each Addition and PDFs of the Covenants. When completed they will be posted on the web site which hosts our Blog. They will be downloadable and you will be able to access them. This is a work in progress and we will notify everybody when it’s done.
You are also encouraged to talk to your neighbors about driving slowly through our streets, removing trees that have the potential to fall on your house or a neighbor’s house, and cleaning the gutters and storm drains to avoid floods in the low areas.
Following the meeting the committee learned the Pierce County numbers to call for questions and to report concerns. For roads it is 253-798-6000. For traffic it is 253-798-8000. We reported the alder tree which is leaning into 122nd between Military and 133rd and the hole in the county fence on 122nd just east of 133rd. A county employee has already been out to inspect.
We look forward to seeing each other in the neighborhood and hope to see you at next year’s annual meeting.
This byline was sent to me by a friend. It’s a stark reminder for me as the perpetrators in our neighborhood incursion were discovered and arrested in Orting!
Below are comments from Washington Fish and Wildlife. Please check out the PDF mentioned as it has a lot of good information on Black Bears. Here are some of the pictures from my cameras.
It will be important that the neighborhood tries to keep as many attractants secured as possible.. Even if only one house has something available the bear will come to your area.. You can send out the PDF on our website here: http://wdfw.wa.gov/living/bear.pdf that tells you what they are most attracted too. Fruit trees are some of their favorite things.. but garbage is by far the biggest attractant.
