[Neighbors] Weird little event pm of July 3rd

[Robert L Anderson]

Hi Karen,

This is in interesting.  As you were writing I was on the phone with a APD about a similar incident or incidents.
What is your location, or near cross street or block? I am at the corner of Richmond and Coal.  Are we close?

While I away on vacation in late June someone fitting your intruder’s description came into our drive and tried to get into the back yard through a gate. Our house sitter’s dog stopped him and he left.  She got a photo but it is not clear but shows a man similar to your description.

And I just learned from a neighbor that a man was found dead on the street in the 200 block of Richmond SE while we were gone.

I called 242-COPS trying to figure out if the dead man might have been our run-away son who left a couple years ago and was back in this area.  APD said they had no reports of a dead man on our street.  I need more details for that mystery.

And so now there is someone of this similar description at your door in the near time as events over here, but obviously alive and likely not our son.

Glad you are safe and had a good door lock.  He could have cut the screen as you say and reached in to unlock the door.

We had another incident here Tue., July 5.  With lots of fireworks going off around 8 pm a man in the 200 block of Richmond SE near Coal was in the street shooting off some guns.  APD swarmed the area and he turned out to shooting at hallucinations.  They took him to UNM hospital for evaluation and took a number of guns from his house.  Nothing in the media about it either but it was tense around here. 

Regards,
Bob




On Jul 8, 2022, at 11:19 AM, kingkb via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

Hi Neighbors,

I know timely would have been better, so please forgive that ~

That said, I thought I'd share a strange event that occurred at my house late on July the 3rd.

My porch light was off, my living room light was on ~ so it was clear someone was home (you can't see into my living room, though, because the door faces into the entryway).

I heard some 'bumbling about' at my door, so I flicked on my light and poked my head around the frame to see a young man, 20s, I'd guess, at my door. Tallish, thin, long dark hair, dark eyes, scarf-like mask hanging down, and, I later saw, a white vinyl glove on one hand.

He said he was looking for Evelyn (or some other name), at 348 Cardenas. I told him he was way off. We went back and forth for some time (he was very pleasant, though smelled of alcohol). He assured me he wasn't the landlord and wasn't going to throw me out. He named many names, I assured him that none of those people come here and that he was in the wrong place. At one point, he had looked toward the street and seemed to be starting to ask someone to come up and help, he looked a bit lost and helpless as to what to do.

He did finally go, after  holding on to the decorative bars on my door (at which time I saw the screen move).

The next morning, I noticed that the screen was torn. Maybe when he had held the wrought iron, but it was torn neatly at right angles, so it's possible he cut it. That would mean he was trying to break in to an obviously occupied home and had thought that he'd be able to unlock the door by putting his hand in.

Big hooray for real live, heavy duty security doors with the deadbolt locked! I'm more vigilant about the deadbolt now.

Clearly this note is far too late for anyone to be on the lookout, but I hope it serves to remind everyone to be attentive to safe practices.

Best,

Karen



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