Police issue Seward
alert
Minneapolis Police have sent out a neighborhood
alert for Seward residents and businesses involving fraud and forgery
cases over the past month.
An adult female suspect has been arrested and
charged with 13 felony counts involving fraud and forgery cases
stemming from four separate incidents in the Seward area, according
to Sgt. Joel Sandberg, 3rd Precinct investigator.
Sandberg said the case is ongoing, and that businesses
and residents in the neighborhood should take precautions. Suspects
have been known to write bad checks at neighborhood businesses and
steal mail from residents' homes.
They knock on resident's doors and ask if they
can do odd jobs around the home. Once they gain a resident's trust,
they ask to use the bathroom or for a glass of water in order to
get inside the house. While inside, they attempt to steal valuables,
including checkbooks and credit cards from purses. The group has
also stolen mail containing credit cards and credit card information
from mailboxes.
Safety tips include:
1. Do not open your door for strangers or anyone who makes you feel
uncomfortable.
2. If you feel someone is trying to con or trick
you, call 911 with a good description of that person.
3. If your checkbook or credit card has been
stolen, call 911 and file a report in case the bank or credit card
company later requests that information.
4. When paying by credit card or check, encourage
clerks to examine your identification.
From Aug. 1 to Sept. 8, there were 74 reported
crimes in the Seward area, including 6 robberies, three aggravated
assaults, 22 burglaries, 6 auto thefts, and 37 incidents of larceny.
During the same period, following is a breakdown of total reported
crimes in other Riverside area neighborhoods:
Cooper—24 total reported crimes, including
three burglaries, two auto thefts and 13 incidents of larceny;
Howe—23 total reported crimes, including
three burglaries, seven auto thefts, and 11 incidents of larceny;
Longfellow—58 total reported crimes, including
six burglaries, six auto thefts, four robberies, two aggravated
assaults, and 33 incidents of larceny; and
Hiawatha—24 total reported crimes, including
seven burglaries, four auto thefts, and 13 incidents of larceny.
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