A message from Captain Lazar:
On November 7, 2009, Officers Carrasco and Dominguez responded to the 500 block of Laidley Street regarding a theft from a mailbox. The suspect was posing as a door to door solicitor. He knocked on several doors and once he realized there was no response, he slipped his hand under the metal gate and removed a package. Officers Carrasco and Dominguez detained the suspect and he was without the stolen package. The suspect said he was raising money for the “New World Church Inc” at 465 Ellis Street. None of the information the suspect provided checked out. Please phone the police immediately if you see someone going door to door soliciting and more importantly, reaching or looking into mailboxes.