SCAM ALERT!

A young caucasion man in his early to mid twenties, about 6' tall with short brown hair, and a muscular/fit build has been visiting homes in our neighborhood the last few weeks soliciting donations for an organization that does not exist. This is an account of what recently took place at a home on Huntington Road:

He was wearing red athletic shorts, fancy Nike tennis shoes and an athletic tank top. He claimed to be a "neighbor" and used this term extensively saying he lived at the other end of the street with his mother--Susan Peters. He also claimed to be a baseball player who was attending Cal. He said that his promising baseball career was interrupted by an injury and so he had to take some time off. He talked about working for the Nike camps and that there would be information coming shortly on possible Nike baseball camps coming to Sacramento in the summer. He rambled and asked questions of the homeowners, then he launched in to the need for money to fund his baseball team's trip to Hawaii to play in some tournament/championship. He indicated this excursion had a linkage to the Nike camp organization. He claimed his father had funded half the money needed for the team to go, and that the team had to raise the remaining funds. He kept reminding the homeowners that his father had pitched in a lot of money and he did not need to be asking for it, but was trying to be a team player. He constantly referred to neighbors up and down the street who had agreed to help him and how he was offering to wash windows or detail cars as part of the deal. He then showed us the ways we could support his team in the form of sponsorships of schools, books for donation to schools, etc. The homeowners noticed that the Nike reference was nowhere to be found on the materials and the school to be sponsored did not have an address. When the young man was asked some questions, he started his downward spiral of anger about the homeowners not giving him any money. He immediately took the materials back, after warning us not to remove any of the materials from the plastic cover they were pre sented in, and concluded we were not going to help him out. Neighbors should help out neighbors, he claimed...this is how we do things on the west coast. He left the home.

IF THIS YOUNG MAN COMES TO YOUR DOOR, DO NOT ENGAGE WITH HIM. PLEASE TRY AND TAKE NOTE OF THE TIME, AND A DETAILED DESCRIPTION, THEN EMAIL THE DETAILS TO sona4@sacsherrif.com

Don't Leave Garage Door Openers in Cars Parked at Home

A 2008 Honda and new moutain bikes were stolen out of a garage on Huntington Road recently. The thieves got into the garage by getting ahold of the electronic garage opener from the car parked in the driveway. IF YOUR CAR IS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, PLEASE DON'T LEAVE YOUR GARAGE DOOR OPENER INSIDE.