Neighbors are sharing these sightings, just in case. Might be perfectly innocent. If you’re interested, read on for two reports from Admiral and one from North Delridge:
From Meredith in Admiral:
A solicitor has been going around our neighborhood for nearly a week now. He says his name is Chris Matthews and he’s selling magazines to earn points courtesy of Midwest Clearing. He’s not carrying a solicitor’s license. Neighborhood is aware of him. He was trying to sell to a neighbor we don’t yet have on our alert list today when I was walking on my way to run errands with Screemie. I waved to the neighbor, caught ‘Chris” attention, and asked if he was back with his license. Things went poorly from there. I got myself called a ‘bitch’ and the guy took off south on 39th across Admiral. Police were called.
Description: African American male, approx. 22-24 years old, 5’10ish, slender build. Members Only style jacket and striped tie. Pushy sales tactics.
Also, Iowa Meats is going through our neighborhood trying to sell surplus steaks from their truck. They came to our house twice in one day, kept telling us to check their website. Discount Organic Meat! Must sell or pay whole costs themselves.
Description: Two Caucasian men, one in early twenties with dyed black hair and brown eyes, slenderish; the other stocky, light complexion, missing front tooth.
In North Delridge, M got this visit just as the holiday weekend was getting under way:
Today a fellow came to my door, just as I was pouring hot jam into jars, offering some type of cleaning product or to do cleaning — I didn’t let him get too far with his spiel. He mentioned my neighbor’s name and I believe he called me by my name. I didn’t think too much more about it and got back to my project. Now late this afternoon, I heard our dog bark and noticed him at the door of our elderly neighbor. Yes, she had bought some cleaning product from him.
He was with another fellow, who drove a red older model Chevy Suburban with Nevada plates 668-UCZ. The fellow at the door had a couple towels over his shoulder and had tattoos, I think on arms and neck, Caucasian, 40ish.
Door-to-door selling is perfectly legal, if the solicitors follow city rules (and here they are – including the requirement that they have and display a license). But police have confirmed that it’s been used as a cover for casing, so they have advised wariness, and that’s why some neighbors choose to share the sightings here.
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