Rocks Crash Thru Windows of Three Homes in Meritage II Community

Tuesday, December 19, 2006, approximately 05:00 A.M. Three Empire Ranch residents were victimized by someone who came through the neighborhood intent on doing damage to homes. Each of the three homes had a large rock, approximately 5" to 6" in diameter thrown or propelled through a window in their homes. the Folsom Police mentioned to one of the victims that her call was the seventh call they responded to this morning for rocks being thrown into windows here in Folsom.

The exact sequence of the hits have not been determined yet, but the locations of the homes are at 1910 Alteri Court at the corner of Stonemill Drive, 810 Fairchild Court at the corner of Sturbridge Drive, and 821 Fieldstone Court at the corner of Sturbridge Drive where you exit our neighborhood.

The house on Alteri Court actually had two rocks thrown or launched. The first rock smashed the edge of the vinyl window frame, knocking a hole in the frame but not breaking the window. The second rock smashed the front bedroom window, landing across the room. The house on Fairchild Court also had the front bedroom window smashed with the rock breaking the wood shutter and landing across the room. The home on Fieldstone Court was probably the last one hit in our neighborhood as the owner was in the kitchen eating breakfast when he heard the rock crash through his living room window and smash into the dining room wall approximately 25 feet away. He ran outside once he realized what happened and heard a car speeding away out of the neighborhood. Fortunately, there were no injuries to any of our neighbors.

If anyone was out and about early this morning and happened to notice any suspicious activity or saw anything that might be helpful in solving this crime, please contact the Folsom Police Department immediately.

As was mentioned in the introductory Blog posting to this Neighborhood Watch website, Should you see any suspicious activity, please first call the Folsom PD. If you are calling from a "land line" and it is an emergency, call 911. If you are calling from a cell phone, the emergency number to call is 916-985-7551. This number should be programmed into your cell phone should you ever need it in a hurry. (NOTE: If you call 911 from your cell phone you will always get the Highway Patrol dispatch office and there could be a substantial delay getting the information to the Folsom PD if the Highway Patrol Dispatch center is busy.) The non-emergency number from either a "land line" or a cell phone is 916-355-7231.

For more information about Patrick Warholic and to read his bio and what others have to say about him, visit his California Home Network website.

Neighborhood Watch Program

This e-mail Neighborhood Watch Program, otherwise known as Watch-mail, is designed to notify Empire Ranch residents in Folsom, CA about suspicious or unlawful activity that has taken place in our neighborhood, and has already been reported to the Folsom Police Department.

Should you see any suspicious activity, please first call the Folsom PD. If you are calling from a "land line" and it is an emergency, call 911. If you are calling from a cell phone, the emergency number to call is 916-985-7551. This number should be programmed into your cell phone should you ever need it in a hurry. (NOTE: If you call 911 from your cell phone you will always get the Highway Patrol dispatch office and there could be a substantial delay getting the information to the Folsom PD if the Highway Patrol Dispatch center is busy.) The non-emergency number from either a "land line" or a cell phone is 916-355-7231.

Then, after calling the police, please call Patrick Warholic, your Empire Ranch Neighborhood Watch Coordinator. You can call Patrick on his cell phone at 916-208-3892 or contact him at any of his other locations shown on his California Home Network website.