JOSEPHINE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE Community Alert INFORMATION FOR WOMEN TO READ

[OlgaH]

SHERIFF GIL GILBERTSON
601 NW 5th St – Grants Pass OR 97526
(541) 474-5120
FAX (541) 474-5114
E-mail: jocosheriff@co.josephine.or.us

June 17, 2010

http://www.co.josephine.or.us/Files/Community%20Alert.pdf

VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR WOMEN TO READ
The information below was provided by a Michigan State Policeman
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. "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.

[Misha]

An urban legend: http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carseat.asp

[OlgaH]

Misha, Thanks. 

I googled it first but could not see snopes only a pdf file. 

[OlgaH]

What so interesting the website http://www.co.josephine.or.us/  

[OlgaH]

An urban legend: http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carseat.asp

Misha do you think the Sheriff Gilbertson spreads urban legends or someone hacked their website and placed the pdf file?   

[Misha]

Misha do you think the Sheriff Gilbertson spreads urban legends or someone hacked their website and placed the pdf file?   

Yes, it is possible that the employees email address was hacked or another even easier options: somebody receives a legitimate email from employees X, and they then forward the email, changing the content and making it seem as if they are forwarding a legitimate email. No hacking required.

[OlgaH]

Misha, I'm not talking about emails. Why would the official website of Josephine County have the fake document more over with the Sheriffs name?

[Misha]

Misha, I'm not talking about emails. Why would the official website of Josephine County have the fake document more over with the Sheriffs name?

Another option: somebody in the sheriff's office fell for the legend  They may be denying it to save face 

[ECOCKS]

It doesn't appear on their website now, it it ever was really there.


http://www.co.josephine.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=1348

[OlgaH]

It doesn't appear on their website now, it it ever was really there.


http://www.co.josephine.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=1348

but it is still on their website in Files

http://www.co.josephine.or.us/Files/Community%20Alert.pdf

[OlgaH]

Another option: somebody in the sheriff's office fell for the legend   They may be denying it to save face  

Sheriff's Kindergarten Department?  

[viking]

Well, legend or not, a single woman stopping on a lonely street in the woods is just not a good idea. So if this makes people think, dont argue!

[OlgaH]

I agree Viking. And how many people would try to rid of egg from their windshield just spreading it more?