The Perfect Neighborhood Watch
10/25/2011 7:12:50 PM
To All Members of The Perfect Neighborhood Watch:
I‟d like to share something that happened to a co-worker of mine. I‟ll try to keep it short but still make a point. Last Wednesday a woman I work with was leaving her house at approximately 6 pm. She lives in a nice area with relatively little crime about 6 miles away from us. As she was getting into her car she was approached by a male, mid 20‟s on a bicycle. As she opened her car door she noticed he put his bike down on the curb and was walking towards her. He yelled to her “I need your phone”. Surprised, she told him “I don‟t have a phone” which she didn‟t. He said “You have to have a phone” and was now only a few feet away. Luckily, her husband was standing at the front door on the porch and saw and heard all this. He yelled „What‟s going on” to which she replied “He needs to use a phone”. The husband, feeling uneasy about this guy being so close to his wife and wanting him to move away from her, told him “you can use the house phone” 1. The male, taken by surprise the husband was outside watching, started to walk towards the house. Inside the house, the husband told him, “You can use the kitchen phone”. At this point, the husband admitted to me later, he felt very uncomfortable, almost to the point of nausea. The man came out of the kitchen, walking very fast, and said “Your phone is broke”. The husband walked into the kitchen to check the phone as the man was walking out the front door and realized, all of the keys to their cars hanging next to the phone were gone. Before he could even say anything, he heard his son‟s truck alarm chirping off. His son was upstairs.
The male took the keys and was now sitting in his son‟s truck (A brand new Ford F-450 Super Duty) trying to find the ignition key. The husband yelled to his son who came running. The son opened the door to the truck and starting to punch the male while trying to pull him out. Unfortunately, the male got the truck started, and slammed it in reverse. The son was knocked down since he had the driver‟s door open and was close to getting run over (he did have several injuries discovered later on).
The truck careened across the street in reverse, up the neighbor‟s lawn and into their fence. The male panicked and fled, got back on his bike and got away. The son (along with his 2 other brothers) called the police and set out looking for this guy...only to find him 30 minutes later... coming back down the street on his bike. One son went back to the house were a sector car was taking the report and told them the 2 brothers were chasing the guy down the block. Many police cars flooded the area as well as a helicopter and a K-9.
The K-9 eventually got the guy hiding under bushes a few homes away. Turned out he had multiple warrants for his arrest. When the male was asked, why did you come back down the same street, he told them “for the truck”. Again, this is not to alarm people, but just to let you know what is happening around us.
Resident's series of emails about suspicious vehicle result in arrest of a Brentwood man with an outstanding bench warrant.
The careful observations of a Hauppauge neighborhood watch have resulted in the arrest of a Brentwood man with an outstanding bench warrant.
The Perfect Neighborhood Watch of Hauppauge sent an email Oct. 11 warning its more than 200 members to keep their eyes open for a suspicious White Ford Expedition. Residents has noticed the driver of the vehicle waiting near a school bus stop, then at the corner of Glenwood and Dewberry with a walkie talkie.
On Oct. 12, a member of the neighborhood watch called 911 reporting the same car parked at the end of Glenwood Drive. Suffolk County police arrived on the scene to question the man.
Suffolk County police arrested Jose Lazo, 28, of Brentwood on charges of false impersonation. Officers said Lazo gave his real name when questioned, but provided a false date of birth in efforts to avoid an outstanding Suffolk County bench warrant.
Lazo was wanted for one charge of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle from May 1, 2009. He was arranged on Oct. 13 in Central Islip Court and held on $3,000 bond.
I urge everyone to keep observing and reporting any "goings-on in the community, and as well at Dorchester Park. Please keep the motto in mind, "If you don't report it...then it didn't happen"!!
Many thanks,
Your Neighborhood Watch Captain
