Attempted Break-in and Important Safety Tips
Based on what happened recently in Roseville, if someone knocks or rings your doorbell, I recommend that you should answer the door. If you don’t feel safe, then answer by keeping the door closed and saying "we don’t want any" or something to let them know you are home. If you don’t, what happened in this article could happen to you. Even worse, the suspect could get in without knowing you are inside and take you hostage or harm you. Suspects don’t want to enter houses where someone is home (as referenced in this article); however, if the suspect is already in your house and then sees you we don’t know what could happen. Some families leave their children at home alone. If your child is home alone and they don’t answer the door the above scenario could be worse. An option to not answering the door could be to turn on a radio when you hear someone knock. The possible suspect would then know someone was home and leave. When you are away from home you might consider leaving a radio on in the house.
Karl Dyer, Sergeant
Roseville Police Department
Community Services Division
Sacramento Bee Article Regarding Incident
The man rang her doorbell persistently and knocked loudly on her door, like he wanted to make sure no one was home, according to Roseville police.
Looking through her peephole, the 45-year-old Roseville woman, home alone at about 10:40 a.m. Wednesday, saw an unfamiliar face.
Something about him was suspicious and following her instincts, she did not answer the door and called 911.
The man looked through the front window of the woman's home in the 2900 block of Wringer Drive and then forcefully kicked her front door. The woman screamed and the man fled.
Police officers arrived but were unable to find the man.
The woman described the suspect as a medium-build Hispanic man in his late 20s with short black hair, a dark baseball cap and a gray shirt with white stripes. He's probably 5-feet-9.
At some point she saw him talking on his cell phone. Police suspect he may have an accomplice.
Police said the woman did the right thing by not opening her door to a stranger and by calling police to report suspicious activity.
Anyone with information about the attempted burglary is asked to call Roseville Police Investigations Unit at 916-774-5070, or Roseville Crime Stoppers at 916-783-7867, which pays cash rewards for anonymous tips leading to an arrest.
Link to Sacramento Bee Article
