<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Yesterday afternoon, I went to get into my car, and someone had jimmied the driver's door open (it was locked, and my car is alarmed, but the alarm didn't go off), rifled through my glovebox and console, and took about $2 in quarters. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Having lived in Boston for many years, I don't leave stuff in my car, so it was no big deal, but it was annoying. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">A police officer came to investigate when I called to let them know (I was going to let it ride, but my town councilperson convinced me to call later that evening), and he did a *really* thorough job investigating. He was bummed that I had driven the car because he wanted to dust for fingerprints. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Apparently there have been a string of break-ins like this, east of the RR tracks, on Riverdale and Queensbury Roads over the last couple of weeks (I'm on Sheridan St.). </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Take away messages: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">(1) Be on the lookout for strangers wandering the streets in our neighborhoods. Call the police if you see *anything* that looks suspicious. Let them decide if it's a problem or not. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">(2) Call the police right away (before you touch your car) if you think someone has broken into it. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">(3) The police actually want to investigate things like this, so let them know! It's the only way they can get the information they need to keep us all safe. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">-Sarah</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="370" style="font-size:13.6000003814697px;width:369.9pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><tbody><tr style="height:26.5pt"><td width="71" style="width:70.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:26.5pt"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B_WsXUJf7Td7cW5GNFR1clgzTGs&revid=0B_WsXUJf7Td7QXhJelRwNUpLSXNLWGlVK3RpRTJZKzd0S28wPQ" width="96" height="41"><br></td><td width="299" style="width:299.1pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:26.5pt"><p style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:blue;font-family:georgia;font-size:10pt">Sarah
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