Cars and Robbers

I've received a some reports in the past few weeks of some late-night attempts to remove items from parked cars.  Generally the attempts were unsuccessful because the cars were locked, someone observed the nefarious activities and called the police, or because there was nothing of value to steal.  There have been some small, portable items (like iPods and portable GPS devices) taken.

There seems to be a pattern to these attempted robberies.  The vandals work individually or in small groups.  They walk along a row of cars searching for unlocked doors.  When they find a car with an unlocked door they make a quick search for small, portable valuables to grab.  They run away when someone notices them and yells or calls the police.

I have not had any reports of these robbers trying to force the locks of locked cars.  I suppose the time it takes and noise it makes to break into a car makes it more likely that the potential robbers will be spotted and the police called. 

To thwart these potential robbers some obvious steps should be taken.  Please lock all car doors when leaving your vehicle.  Even if you think you might be returning to your car shortly, lock the doors.  Often plans change and the car is left unlocked overnight.   Also, don't leave small, valuable, electronic devices or other obviously valuable items in plain sight in your car.  Hide them out of sight or even better, bring them inside.

As always, your comments are welcome.  Please click on the word "comment(s)" below.


Harvey Levine
Inverness Today Blog
iftblog@gmail.com

Help Us Clean Up the Woods

Don Vicars, the volunteer in charge of the maintenance of our trees and the woods, is organizing a cleanup of the woods this weekend.  Don writes the following:

The woods are an important asset to our community.   But like a garden, they require maintenance to stay healthy and look natural.  Each year, we have our tree vendor cut down dead trees and branches that are dangerous.   Other things fall on their own.   And homeowners put branches and shrubs in the woods.   It all adds up to wood on the ground.   A little wood scattered in the forest is healthy and looks natural.   Too much becomes a problem.

There are problem spots in the IFA forest that would benefit from a cleanup.  We are seeking volunteers this Sat, 6/19 to help cleanup large branches and small fallen trees that have accumulated over the years.  If you are interested in helping, please leave your name and number and someone will contact you.

Don has asked me to compile a list of volunteers and their phone numbers.  He will phone the volunteers and make arrangements for this Saturday's cleanup.  If you are interested in helping the community with this cleanup, please email me your name and phone number and I'll pass that information to Don.  My email address is at the bottom.

Thanks,

Harvey Levine
Inverness Today Blog
iftblog@gmail.com