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[Dave Burrell]

What do you have against buglers ??

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hehehe sometimes they sound so bad but Dizzy Gillespie is a fav of mine

[Dave Burrell]

Davburr-
We do have a fantastic dog that hardly ever barks...but when she does, people notice. She stays inside during the day and I am really hoping that when the lady was pushing on the door, our dog scared the you-know-what out of her and she decided to get the heck out of there. Had she actually made it into the house, I don't know if our dog would have continued to be on guard or just go back to her lovable self.

I bet she did deter that lady from getting in - thats good she was in the house at the time.

[Laura]

Thanks for posting about this incident and for posting the warning on the mail boxes in our area...I saw the warning yesterday when I get my mail and I was a little surprised...I always feel safe in our little neighborhood...and I figured with all the ritzier homes in the area, most burglar would go to those, but I guess not! We are lucky to have great neighbors here.

[nlove4ever]

We are still figuring out what exactly occurred today, but I thought I would post with what information I have now.

I arrived home to find our front hose pulled out towards our front door and the water on (we have a sprayer so it was just leaking a bit). After further investigation I notice that our front mat was on a tericotta pot by the door and on the door jam there is a dig out of the molding by the lock (as if to try and push the door in). I also found a cigarette that was dropped by the side of the house. The person who dropped it did not put it out because the line of ash was still perfectly placed. I have no idea if it has been there for weeks or was just dropped today though.

FORTUNATELY, we have fantastic neighbors across the street that noticed something. There was another neighbor walking two dogs and the guy from across the street came to talk to her about them. They were talking in front of our house and as he was walking away a woman pulled into our driveway. He said that she had a feather duster and a spray bottle in her hands and that he didn't think anything of it- probably just our cleaning lady. We don't have a cleaning lady. The guy from across the street said that his mom was sitting out front after he went inside and so she is going to come over when she gets home to give us more information. I really want to believe that the person is a cleaning lady and just had the wrong house. Unfortunately, there are a few things in the way of this theory.

1. The hose was still out and the water was on. IF when she couldn't get in, she decided to spray down our walkway...there would not still be dirt and leaves on it. She would have also turned off the water and would have put the hose away. My guess is that she used the hosing down of the walkway as a distraction for the fact that she was looking for a second key--we do not have a second key placed anywhere outside our home.

2. She clearly tried to push on the door to get in-the dent in the molding is new.

As I said, I don't have all the details and once we do-we will decide whether to call the police or not. However, I thought that even if this was an innocent situation, it reminds us to pay attention to the people in our neighborhood. I am so thankful to have neighbors that pay attention and it will make me more aware in turn.

I was about to hit send when I realized that I didn't mention the Police Log for Folsom Police. I was shocked to see how many thefts have occured in the last several days.

WOW Mrs D. Thanks for posting. Your house is right there in the open so I am pretty shocked…..Especially since you can see your front door easily from the street unlike some of the other models. Good thing we have good neighbors. I will let mine know as well. There wasn’t anything posted on our mailbox, but I will be sure to let the neighbors know. Scary!

[twnkltoz]

Thanks so much for posting this! We also saw your sign on the mailbox, thank you. I'm glad we don't have any extra keys laying around! We really need to get to know our neighbors...we haven't met anyone! Oh, we met the puppies but that doesn't help.

[Ras712]

Neighborhood Watch, anyone? Does anyone know who is involved with this in our neighborhood? We inherited some stickers on our house, and we do have great neighbors, but maybe we should get together and do something to let the scumbags know that this neighborhood is NOT to be messed with! It's very upsetting to think this kind of crap is going on here!

Any ideas are welcome!

[Mrs.D]

Neighborhood Watch, anyone? Does anyone know who is involved with this in our neighborhood? We inherited some stickers on our house, and we do have great neighbors, but maybe we should get together and do something to let the scumbags know that this neighborhood is NOT to be messed with! It's very upsetting to think this kind of crap is going on here!

Any ideas are welcome!

I think that is a great idea. I think there was something about a neighborhood watch being formed going around last spring, but I haven't heard anything recently. Even if we don't form something official, it would still be great to get to know more people in the neighborhood.

[twnkltoz]

I agree on the neighborhood watch thing.