Tip of the day: Lincoln Police Department will soon have a full time Traffic Officer. Start now & practice making complete stops at stop signs!
Stolen Vehicles: There were two vehicles, in two separate incidents, stolen from the following locations in Sun City. One was stolen from the 1800 block of Winding Way sometime between Sunday and Monday 03/14-15/22. The other was stolen from the 1200 block of Overland Ln between Wednesday and Thursday 03/16-17/22. Both were apparently parked in the resident’s driveway. We received an unconfirmed report that there was an arrest in the case of the vehicle stolen from the Winding Way residence. No further information at this time. (V19A backs to open space, entrances are Slawson, Wildomar & Mossy Ridge off Monument Blvd, V42A backs to Kilaga Springs Lodge, Stags Leap & golf course, entrances are Terrapin, Freschi & Waterwheel off Stags Leap)
Grand Theft: A catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle located outside a residence in the 200 block of Coach Light Ln. This occurred sometime between late night and early morning 03/13-14/22. (V2 backs to golf course, Sun City Blvd & Ferrari Ranch Rd, entrance is Coachman off Sun City)
Arrests: On Thursday 03/17/22 at 10:40 PM the following two persons were arrested in the 2400 block of Winding Way. Subject #1: Arnold Kang 37 yrs from Sacramento . He was booked into Placer County jail on a Felony warrant. #2: Daniel Prophet 39 yrs from Rancho Cordova was booked into Placer county jail charged with possession of narcotics for sale while on Post Release community supervision. (V22B backs to open space & Stoneridge Blvd, entrances are Hidden Hills & Monolith off Stoneridge)
Theft: On Sunday, 3/27/22 in the early afternoon a resident was accosted in the Lincoln Safeway parking lot as she returned to her car. A dark-skinned man (possibly Mexican) approached her with a folded $20 bill. He told her she had dropped the bill. She said she hadn’t dropped it. The man insisted she had. She opened her billfold. She was unaware that the man was able to take her debit card in that brief amount of time. Shortly after returning home, she got a phone call from her bank about 2 purchases made on her debit card that seemed unusual. She replied that she hadn’t made either purchase. The charges were cancelled; the card was closed and a new card will be mailed out to her.
Beware of strangers approaching in the parking lot. This resident was lucky that her bank noticed the irregular purchases. Debit cards do not have the same protection as credit cards and more importantly, the criminal is reaching into your bank account immediately and could empty it before you found out. With credit cards, you have 60 days from the statement date where the charge appears to report it to the card issuer. Bring it to their attention and you have no liability.
You can get one free credit report per year from each company.
Online at AnnualCreditReport.com or by calling 1-877-322-8228
Scams: There were two reported scams. In one case the resident received a phone call from an unknown person who identified himself as an AT&T representative. The resident was convinced to purchase gift cards and to provide the code numbers on the back of the cards to the alleged AT&T representative. With this the resident would receive a substantial discount on the monthly phone bill.
In the second scam the resident received a phone call from an unknown person claiming to be from the Social Security Administration. The scammer was able to get the resident’s personal information and bank account number. The resident lost an unknown amount of money.
Note: Scammers use various ploys; never give out personal information to anyone you do not know!!!
We live in a relatively safe community, however from time to time there are opportunist thieves who drive through our villages looking for easy targets i.e. open/unlocked doors, windows, valuables left unattended in vehicles. Report immediately any suspicious person(s) or vehicles to the police. (Emergency call 911; Non-Emergency call 916-645-4040)
