It seems that every day we're hearing about someone else that has been followed from a WalMart parking lot, or some other such place, to their home to be robbed. Some are taken to an ATM.
A couple of weeks ago, it was one of our county commissioners & his wife. They were at the WalMart between my house & work - where I stop frequently on my lunch hour or after work. They were followed home & robbed.
Recently, a lady was followed but she noticed the car. She took several wrong turns to try to shake them off, but sure enough, she was being followed. She said there were 4 black men in the car. She has a retired police office down the street from her & proceeded to his house. Luckily, another officer was there visiting & she turned in. The car kept going. Thank God for her!
This is getting riduculous. This isn't the big city like Birmingham, Atlanta, or such. I'm hearing that it's gang initiations & such. This is too close to home for my comfort. Whatever it is, it needs to be stopped!
Thank Goodness I live in a nice safe development but man, there's some real craziness out there these days...like never before...
m.
Just be careful - no matter where you are!
Had lunch yet?
I'm all bloated in the abdomen and cranky..... and cant stop going potty!
I might be taking too much.
No, I'm serious! It's bad! I look like I swallowed a basketball! Oh, and gassy as a mofo too! I'm tellin ya... it SAYS 1 tablespoon.... so, of course I took 3 or 4. Ugh. I feel like I gotta go potty again.
Believe me.... your post is about crime?
Well, what I've done to the bathroom at work IS a terrible crime!
I'm just saying!
I'm sure your co-workers are ready to KILL you!
You prolly don't need to take any for a day or two. Next time just take the recommended amount. You know they give those amounts for a reason.
Now GO POTTY!
Yeah, I gotta head back a little earlier than expected!
Ok. Back to crime talk!
Sorry folks!
These are the times I say- Come on God, take us home where there is peace.
Bear Hugs!
PolarB ;)
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You'd be a great protecting neighbor, BC!
Thanks for coming by
We can only pray for God's shelter over us.
Times are worse now and ppl are getting even more desperate, whether it is gang initiations or just desperate ppl.
It's not just women here. They got a man & his wife a couple of weeks ago. I look like an easy target when I go places with me & the 3 kiddos.
God help us!
Sherry
There is already such an increase in gas drive offs and theft because of the economy. I would hate to see a young mother have go to prison simply because she is trying to feed her children. It may just come to that, you know. I really hope to God it doesn't.
PolarB ;)
In many ways I feel safer many times in the big city than in medium sized towns - and I have lived in both.
sorry about these sad stories in your town
ron
You have inspired me, Secret. I think I will create a post about how people should behave while in a hotel. Its scary the things people do and then wondered why bad things happen!
Huggles!
Polly
We should be able to feel safe in our own towns & especially our own homes!
Have a great weekend!!
Have a wonderful weekend, Chris!
Keep up the prayers! If we all band together & pray, I know God will listen to us.
Have a great weekend!
Hope you have a great weekend!
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Have a great weekend. Hopefully June will be back soon!
Glad to inspire a post for you! I'll be by to check it out.
Have a marvelous weekend!!
June is winding her way through Colorado today - or at least that is the plan I heard. She will arrive home sometime late afternoon Saturday.
Someone said to me last evening, "There is crime in every zip code." and she is correct. I just think some zip codes have higher crime rates than others - and I live between two such zip codes - yet, I do feel safe.
ron
I'm glad you feel safe....
Oh, you sent your remark private so it doesn't show up on my blog. Not sure if you meant to. Do you mind if I post it? as it has great suggestions that everyone should read.
From: childrenfirst9396
Comment: I hadn't heard much about these situations near my home, but if this is a trend in your hometown, you are so right in saying it needs to be stopped. What an awful feeling to have to look constantly over your shoulder in normal day to day life. I'm not sure what suggestions you have heard...didn't have time to read all the comments....but I would strongly suggest that you always park in light and near to the store entrance. Also, if you, for any reason suspect that someone is following you or anyone else in the parking lot at the moment you are leaving, alert store security. If you let them know you are concerned, they will take you to your car. Beyond that, if you are driving and someone is following you, NEVER return to your home or a home of anyone you don't want to expose (the lady you mentioned was fortunate having a former police officer friend and more fortunate that another officer was there at the time). I have heard the best thing to do is to drive to either the closest police station (and if you are certain that you are being followed...you could call the police dept so they can catch the stalker). If you cannot locate the police station or it is far out of the way, it is recommended that you go to a very busy place, park right in the fire lane, go quickly inside or stay with your car locked until assistance arrives) and in the worst case scenerio, if the person/people manage to get to you before you are in your car, locked in, give them whatever they ask for and try to remember as many details as you can about them. A good description will greatly aid the police in finding the people responsible for this. We sometimes have to fight for our own safety and to keep our community safe. One would think that there would be some organization that would be alerted when these things become a pattern, but sadly it is often up to us. I wish you and your community the very best. I will keep you in my prayers and hope any of these suggestions will benefit you or someone else. I have a friend who is an ex cop and I 'm glad I listen to his constant, droning safety lessons...lol. Take care....
Do you have a cell phone? I don't think I would go out without one until they get the ones that are doing the robbing. These days I think the bad criminals find smaller towns easier to rob because the people are not as likely to be looking for robbers.
Have a great Monday!
Be careful, and stay safe!
It sounds worse in a small town because you hear about most all of them. In bigger cities, you only hear the worst ones...I think.
Thanks Dix