X-Mozilla-Status: 1001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 X-Mozilla-Keys: Message-ID: <5487D392.9000708@sbcglobal.net> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 21:01:06 -0800 From: Richard Childers User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:10.0.3) Gecko/20120327 Thunderbird/10.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jprimofiore@ci.fortuna.ca.us Subject: Fwd: 137 12th Street: It was a busy few hours References: <547F23CF.6090900@sbcglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <547F23CF.6090900@sbcglobal.net> X-Forwarded-Message-Id: <547F23CF.6090900@sbcglobal.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------010507040502050304030603" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010507040502050304030603 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Officer Primofiore, The individual who just threatened to break my nose (photograph attached, in previous email) is the same person described, in a recent email (03 December 2014): > Somewhere in there while I was dozing someone splashed a flashlight > across my face - but when I opened my eyes, they were gone. > > At 0030, it happened again, but this time, I was awake, and watching the > person, as they approached. It was a young guy, clean shaven, about > 5'8", with curly blond hair, who I have seen hanging around the complex > at all hours of the day and night. > > He usually rides a bicycle ... and he usually plays some sort of music > that you can hear from fifteen or thirty feet away - loud, so he can > hear it when he is riding his bicycle. > > He is always carrying a sort of mustard brown, Desert-Storm-colored > backback, which is easily distinguishable as a military surplus backback > of some sort because it is covered with MOLLE webbing. > > ( > http://www.amazon.com/NeewerŪ-Comfortable-Waterproof-Tactical-Backpack/dp/B00GV68B6W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417617772&sr=8-1&keywords=molle+tactical+backpack > ) > > Let me be clear - he was going from car to car and flashing his light > systematically inside of each one. I think he was looking for occupants. > Whether this was pursuant to car burglary or other interests is unclear > to me. > > However, the vibe I have gathered - I am flying on intuition, here - is > that he is a bicycle- and foot-based drug courier of some sort; despite > his innocent looks he has a mercenary demeanor that has troubled me in > the past. He makes me uncomfortable. > > (Too bad; he seems like a smart kid. In other circumstances he could be > a credit to his family - assuming he has one. He seems like he's right > on the cusp - young enough to divert, but hanging out with all the wrong > people.) > > It's not clear what authority I have to address this problem, at the > present. > > In order to follow him and challenge him for identity and see where he > seeks shelter or verify that he has left the premises, I need to either > expose myself to attack (perhaps by concealed third parties), or > escalate it to the police (which is probably appropriate at 0030, but, > by the time they arrive, he is gone). > > I'll see if I can get a picture of the gentleman in question. I want to > make it clear to him that he is not welcome to search vehicles after > dark, and that this will result in police, next time - setting his > expectations, so there are no surprises, and giving him the option to > NOT do that. And, indeed, I DID get his picture - the very next day. I did make it clear to him, by the way, via a mutual acquaintance, here in the apartment complex, that it wasn't appropriate to wander around, flashing floodlights into cars, after midnight. I guess the message wasn't well received. Regards, ~richard -------- Original Message -------- Subject: 137 12th Street: It was a busy few hours Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 06:53:03 -0800 From: Richard Childers To: jessica.ppmrentals@gmail.com CC: Bill Dobberstein , David Erler Last night, after dark, things got busy - at least, for a few hours. I've been napping in my car, to keep an eye on things after dark. So I went out around 7 PM last night. There was a LOT of traffic going in and out, and at least two-thirds of it related to Building 5. I'm pretty sure Richard Henson's wife's car went in and out at least twice. The driver parked conspicuously in front of the garbage bin and left the fog lights on, as if they were afraid that someone would approach and tamper with their vehicle while they were inside. Speaking of the garbage bin, Richard Henson's cousin likes to park his big SUV there, too - right in front of the garbage bin. (Mulling this over, it seems to be about 1/3 "in your face", 1/3 "afraid someone will mess with my car", and about 1/3 "in case I need to get away quick". Adding it all up, it's one-third bravado, and two-thirds guilt. But I digress.) There was another large black SUV that parked for ten minutes - in the same place that the small silver car had parked, at 0345, the previous morning - but no one got out. I got the impression whomever was inside was watching me. Maybe trying to see if I was awake. Then, they left. (It's hard to know if it's worth bothering you folks about this. Next time I will try to get a license plate. ... Personally, I think there were several people in that car ... and they were hoping that I would get out, so they could swarm me. But I can't prove it - if I'd tried to gather evidence to establish the accuracy of my theory, I'd probably be dead, now. Just sayin'.) Somewhere in there while I was dozing someone splashed a flashlight across my face - but when I opened my eyes, they were gone. At 0030, it happened again, but this time, I was awake, and watching the person, as they approached. It was a young guy, clean shaven, about 5'8", with curly blond hair, who I have seen hanging around the complex at all hours of the day and night. He usually rides a bicycle ... and he usually plays some sort of music that you can hear from fifteen or thirty feet away - loud, so he can hear it when he is riding his bicycle. He is always carrying a sort of mustard brown, Desert-Storm-colored backback, which is easily distinguishable as a military surplus backback of some sort because it is covered with MOLLE webbing. ( http://www.amazon.com/NeewerŪ-Comfortable-Waterproof-Tactical-Backpack/dp/B00GV68B6W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417617772&sr=8-1&keywords=molle+tactical+backpack ) Let me be clear - he was going from car to car and flashing his light systematically inside of each one. I think he was looking for occupants. Whether this was pursuant to car burglary or other interests is unclear to me. However, the vibe I have gathered - I am flying on intuition, here - is that he is a bicycle- and foot-based drug courier of some sort; despite his innocent looks he has a mercenary demeanor that has troubled me in the past. He makes me uncomfortable. (Too bad; he seems like a smart kid. In other circumstances he could be a credit to his family - assuming he has one. He seems like he's right on the cusp - young enough to divert, but hanging out with all the wrong people.) It's not clear what authority I have to address this problem, at the present. In order to follow him and challenge him for identity and see where he seeks shelter or verify that he has left the premises, I need to either expose myself to attack (perhaps by concealed third parties), or escalate it to the police (which is probably appropriate at 0030, but, by the time they arrive, he is gone). I'll see if I can get a picture of the gentleman in question. I want to make it clear to him that he is not welcome to search vehicles after dark, and that this will result in police, next time - setting his expectations, so there are no surprises, and giving him the option to NOT do that. Otherwise, it was all quiet. Thanks for listening. Regards, ~richard --------------010507040502050304030603 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Officer Primofiore,

The individual who just threatened to break my nose (photograph attached, in previous email) is the same person described, in a recent email (03 December 2014):

Somewhere in there while I was dozing someone splashed a flashlight 
across my face - but when I opened my eyes, they were gone.

At 0030, it happened again, but this time, I was awake, and watching the 
person, as they approached. It was a young guy, clean shaven, about 
5'8", with curly blond hair, who I have seen hanging around the complex 
at all hours of the day and night.

He usually rides a bicycle ... and he usually plays some sort of music 
that you can hear from fifteen or thirty feet away - loud, so he can 
hear it when he is riding his bicycle.

He is always carrying a sort of mustard brown, Desert-Storm-colored 
backback, which is easily distinguishable as a military surplus backback 
of some sort because it is covered with MOLLE webbing.

( 
http://www.amazon.com/Neewer®-Comfortable-Waterproof-Tactical-Backpack/dp/B00GV68B6W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417617772&sr=8-1&keywords=molle+tactical+backpack 
)

Let me be clear - he was going from car to car and flashing his light 
systematically inside of each one. I think he was looking for occupants. 
Whether this was pursuant to car burglary or other interests is unclear 
to me.

However, the vibe I have gathered - I am flying on intuition, here - is 
that he is a bicycle- and foot-based drug courier of some sort; despite 
his innocent looks he has a mercenary demeanor that has troubled me in 
the past. He makes me uncomfortable.

(Too bad; he seems like a smart kid. In other circumstances he could be 
a credit to his family - assuming he has one. He seems like he's right 
on the cusp - young enough to divert, but hanging out with all the wrong 
people.)

It's not clear what authority I have to address this problem, at the 
present.

In order to follow him and challenge him for identity and see where he 
seeks shelter or verify that he has left the premises, I need to either 
expose myself to attack (perhaps by concealed third parties), or 
escalate it to the police (which is probably appropriate at 0030, but, 
by the time they arrive, he is gone).

I'll see if I can get a picture of the gentleman in question. I want to 
make it clear to him that he is not welcome to search vehicles after 
dark, and that this will result in police, next time - setting his 
expectations, so there are no surprises, and giving him the option to 
NOT do that.

And, indeed, I DID get his picture - the very next day.

I did make it clear to him, by the way, via a mutual acquaintance, here in the apartment complex, that it wasn't appropriate to wander around, flashing floodlights into cars, after midnight.

I guess the message wasn't well received.


Regards,

~richard


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 137 12th Street: It was a busy few hours
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 06:53:03 -0800
From: Richard Childers <fscked@sbcglobal.net>
To: jessica.ppmrentals@gmail.com
CC: Bill Dobberstein <BDobberstein@ci.fortuna.ca.us>, David Erler <derler@ci.fortuna.ca.us> 


Last night, after dark, things got busy - at least, for a few hours.

I've been napping in my car, to keep an eye on things after dark. So I 
went out around 7 PM last night.

There was a LOT of traffic going in and out, and at least two-thirds of 
it related to Building 5.

I'm pretty sure Richard Henson's wife's car went in and out at least 
twice. The driver parked conspicuously in front of the garbage bin and 
left the fog lights on, as if they were afraid that someone would 
approach and tamper with their vehicle while they were inside.

Speaking of the garbage bin, Richard Henson's cousin likes to park his 
big SUV there, too - right in front of the garbage bin.

(Mulling this over, it seems to be about 1/3 "in your face", 1/3 "afraid 
someone will mess with my car", and about 1/3 "in case I need to get 
away quick". Adding it all up, it's one-third bravado, and two-thirds 
guilt. But I digress.)

There was another large black SUV that parked for ten minutes - in the 
same place that the small silver car had parked, at 0345, the previous 
morning - but no one got out. I got the impression whomever was inside 
was watching me. Maybe trying to see if I was awake. Then, they left.

(It's hard to know if it's worth bothering you folks about this. Next 
time I will try to get a license plate. ... Personally, I think there 
were several people in that car ... and they were hoping that I would 
get out, so they could swarm me. But I can't prove it - if I'd tried to 
gather evidence to establish the accuracy of my theory, I'd probably be 
dead, now. Just sayin'.)

Somewhere in there while I was dozing someone splashed a flashlight 
across my face - but when I opened my eyes, they were gone.

At 0030, it happened again, but this time, I was awake, and watching the 
person, as they approached. It was a young guy, clean shaven, about 
5'8", with curly blond hair, who I have seen hanging around the complex 
at all hours of the day and night.

He usually rides a bicycle ... and he usually plays some sort of music 
that you can hear from fifteen or thirty feet away - loud, so he can 
hear it when he is riding his bicycle.

He is always carrying a sort of mustard brown, Desert-Storm-colored 
backback, which is easily distinguishable as a military surplus backback 
of some sort because it is covered with MOLLE webbing.

( 
http://www.amazon.com/Neewer®-Comfortable-Waterproof-Tactical-Backpack/dp/B00GV68B6W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417617772&sr=8-1&keywords=molle+tactical+backpack 
)

Let me be clear - he was going from car to car and flashing his light 
systematically inside of each one. I think he was looking for occupants. 
Whether this was pursuant to car burglary or other interests is unclear 
to me.

However, the vibe I have gathered - I am flying on intuition, here - is 
that he is a bicycle- and foot-based drug courier of some sort; despite 
his innocent looks he has a mercenary demeanor that has troubled me in 
the past. He makes me uncomfortable.

(Too bad; he seems like a smart kid. In other circumstances he could be 
a credit to his family - assuming he has one. He seems like he's right 
on the cusp - young enough to divert, but hanging out with all the wrong 
people.)

It's not clear what authority I have to address this problem, at the 
present.

In order to follow him and challenge him for identity and see where he 
seeks shelter or verify that he has left the premises, I need to either 
expose myself to attack (perhaps by concealed third parties), or 
escalate it to the police (which is probably appropriate at 0030, but, 
by the time they arrive, he is gone).

I'll see if I can get a picture of the gentleman in question. I want to 
make it clear to him that he is not welcome to search vehicles after 
dark, and that this will result in police, next time - setting his 
expectations, so there are no surprises, and giving him the option to 
NOT do that.

Otherwise, it was all quiet.

Thanks for listening.


Regards,

~richard
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