disturbing news about our neighborhood
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:38 am
So I was at the fitness center last night, walking on the treadmill. There are six large-screen TVs set up for watching, set to different channels. One of them was showing local news, and I happened to look up just as I saw a map of our neighborhood displayed on the screen. I quickly took the headphones out of my MP3 player and plugged them into the little box on the treadmill so I could hear what it was about. The news report was about an attempted child abduction that took place just two blocks from our house - someone had tried to take a middle-school age girl as she was waiting for the school bus that morning. The report went on to say that since September there had been three residential break-ins and two sexual assaults in the neighborhood, all believed to be the work of one person. All of them took place in the early morning hours. When we got home there was a call on our answering machine - a "reverse 911" call rom the metro police department telling us of these events (evidently they just realized the pattern involved and the similar descriptions of the perpetrator) and saying that there would be increased patrol activity in the area for a while.
This link is to the local newspaper's Web site story about the situation.
http://tinyurl.com/2f8o99
What concerns me is that there's a period of roughly two hours between the time I leave for work and the time elwing leaves for work. I've been remiss in not locking the door after I leave, but not any more.
This link is to the local newspaper's Web site story about the situation.
http://tinyurl.com/2f8o99
What concerns me is that there's a period of roughly two hours between the time I leave for work and the time elwing leaves for work. I've been remiss in not locking the door after I leave, but not any more.