[Summit] Suspicious activity around cars

[Greg Gerritt]

Recently we had a guy come up to us at the Shaws plaza offering the fix the
dent in my wife's car for $100 as well, might be the same guy.  Greg gerritt


on 7/26/07 6:06 PM, Theresa Mathiesen at elvamath at gmail.com wrote:

> Dear Neighbors,
> 
> We recently came back from vacation.  While we were away, our pet
> sitter, Cori Durfee (whom I recently recommended to you all), noticed
> some suspicious activity around her car, which she had parked in our
> parking space beside the house.  Cori is a good observer.  The details
> are as follows:
> 
> She doesn't remember exactly what day it was, but it was a weekday
> between July 8 and 22 (the dates we were away).  It was about 5 p.m.
> 
> A red four-door sedan stopped on the street near her car.  She noticed
> that a man was on the sidewalk looking at her car.  She put the
> children inside our house (she often brings her triplets) and went out
> to confront the man.  He told her that he could fix the dent in her
> car for $100.  She refused his offer.  He repeated it, and she refused
> again.
> 
> The thing is, the dent in her car could not be seen from the street.
> (And what car doesn't have a ding in it?)   And, for once, the car was
> unlocked -- locking it had slipped her mind.  She believes he was
> using the dent as an excuse to snoop in or around her car.  (I can
> believe this because our next-door neighbor's car was broken into
> about a week or two before.)  She was ready to call the police if he
> stepped off the sidewalk onto our property, but he didn't.
> 
> In the meantime, a woman was waiting in the driver's seat of the red car.
> 
> The man and woman have light brown skin, and are on the heavy side.
> She estimates that the man is 5'10", the woman a little shorter.
> 
> Cori memorized the license no. of the car.  Since the couple didn't
> actually *do* anything wrong, I don't feel comfortable about posting
> it on the list, but if you write to me privately I'll give it to you.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Elva Mathiesen
> 45 Lauriston Street
> 
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