Textbook Neighborhood Watch Action

Below you will find an article from the La Quinta Sun Police Blotter of 12/3/09. It describes a neighbor who heard his dog barking and as he goes outside, he witnesses people leaving his neighbor's property. He called out to them and they fled in a waiting car. He apparently followed a bit and was able to get a partial license plate to report to the police. Bingo! They were apprehended a short while later. This is outstanding.... Hear or See something, check it out, write it down and call the police. Again, this was not in Desert Pride but I'm sure that many of us wish the neighbor was.... This is not to say you (reading this) wouldn't do the same, merely that this person actually did....just like our neighbor who spotted the individual stealing our Neighborhood Watch signs. This, too, was outstanding! Anyway, here's the story from the paper.......

4 boys detained for burglary of residence
Nov. 26, 10:15 a.m. — Officers responded to an attempted residential burglary occurring at 78-600 Villeta Drive.

The incident was reported by the neighbor who heard his dog barking. Upon exiting his home, he observed two men leaving his neighbor's rear yard. The neighbor called out to the suspects who ran to a waiting black Mercedes Benz and fled the scene.
The neighbor followed the suspects to Fred Waring Drive, where he was able to retrieve a partial license plate number. An officer responding to the area spotted a vehicle matching the description. He stopped the vehicle in the Kohl's parking lot and detained four boys who were subsequently arrested on suspicion of attempted residential burglary.

Keep the faith!