This was just sent to me by a good friend. Please take note of this story.
“On the way to Canton, driving on Michigan Avenue , on Thursday morning, I saw an infant car seat on the side of the road with a blanket draped over it. I did not stop, even though I had all kinds of thoughts running through my head. But when I got to my destination, I called the Canton PD and they were going to check it out. this is what I was told…”
Several things to be aware of .. gangs and thieves, are now plotting different ways to get a person to “stop” their vehicle. “There is a gang initiation reported by the local police department that gangs are placing a car seat by the road…with a fake baby in it…waiting for a woman, of course, to stop and check on the baby. Note that the location of this car seat will usually be beside a wooded or grassy (field) area …and the person – woman – will be dragged into the woods- beaten and raped- usually left for dead. DO NOT STOP. DIAL 9-1-1 AND REPORT WHAT YOU SAW.””
ALSO, IF YOU ARE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND EGGS ARE THROWN AT YOUR WINDSHIELD. DO NOT OPERATE THE WIPER AND DO NOT SPRAY ANY WATER BECAUSE EGGS MIXED WITH WATER BECOME MILKY AND BLOCK YOUR VISION UP TO 92.5% YOU ARE THEN FORCED TO STOP BESIDE THE ROAD AND BECOME A VICTIM OF THIEVES.
THIS IS A NEW TECHNIQUE USED BY GANGS. PLEASE INFORM YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. THESE ARE DESPERATE TIMES AND THESE UNSAVORY INDIVIDUALS WILL TAKE DESPERATE MEASURES TO GET WHAT THEY WANT.”
Please talk to your loved ones about this. This is a new tactic used and I would hate for anyone to fall victim to this kind of crime.
Sgt Shelly Turner
Farmington Hills Police Department
31655 W. Eleven Mile Rd.
Farmington Hills , Mi , 48336
Thanks for letting us know.
This is and urban legend – http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carseat.asp
This is a HOAX. See: http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carseat.asp
I would suggest removing the whole post — it’s fake according to Snopes, as the prior comment indicates.
What do you do when driving at night and chess pieces start pelting your windshield? Tell Irina and Anna to stop playing armageddon chess on the side of the road at night. Desperate times indeed.
Agreed – looks like spam (especially the way it’s written)
In addition to links provided:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/crime/a/eggs_windshield_crime_alert.htm
Cheers
Mart
Urban Legend? I will have to check that out as soon as I finish giving away my money to some Nigerian.
ROFLMAO
Sounds like bs, smells like bs, tastes like bs.
And this post is dangerous, even deadly. Imagine that you spot a car that caught fire…
The citizen reaction is to stop his car and help if any person is in danger.
Now, after reading that piece of malevolence, you will push the accelerator and go away like hell.
Like hell, because you’ll be part of it, letting people die with horrible pain…
Just because you’ve read this stinky mail, and been manipulated by it…
Don’t spread anything you haven’t triple checked with three different sources is the motto of journalism. Do NOT forget it before publishing any kind of information…
Thanks.
Always check this kind of thing with Snopes before passing it on. Typically you can put a key passage or two from the e-mail into Google and you’ll get Snopes and three other sources debunking it.