July 19, 2005

Last Saturday night, early Sunday morning, a resident in the 5500 block of Victor (corner of Beacon/Victor) was awakened by a guy who was ringing the doorbell, knocking and scratching on the door, and jiggling the doorknob. The suspect was young, white, had neatly cut brown hair and was wearing an Oxford shirt. He wanted to be let in because “somebody was following him and was after him.”

The police were called immediately and the young man was taken into custody. The police thought that he was high on drugs.

If there is any doubt, reasonable or unreasonable, call 911. Let the police handle the situation. Somebody knocking on your door at that hour is probably high on drugs or wants to rob you.