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asphalt cowboy
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Sheriffs Department Warning PLEASE READ!
This is from the County Sheriffs Department, please read this message very carefully:
This message is for any lady who goes to work, college or school or even driving or walking the streets alone. If you find a young person crying on the road showing you their address and is asking you to take them to that address... take that child to the POLICE STATION!!
No matter what you do, DON'T go to that address. This is a new way for gang members (MS13) to rape women.
Please forward this message to all ladies & guys so that they can inform their sisters & friends and family.
Please don't feel shy to forward this message. Our 1 message may save a life.
Published by CNN & FOX NEWS (Please circulate).. **Please DO NOT IGNORE! Thank you !
There's some really sick ones out there.
This is from the County Sheriffs Department, please read this message very carefully:
This message is for any lady who goes to work, college or school or even driving or walking the streets alone. If you find a young person crying on the road showing you their address and is asking you to take them to that address... take that child to the POLICE STATION!!
No matter what you do, DON'T go to that address. This is a new way for gang members (MS13) to rape women.
Please forward this message to all ladies & guys so that they can inform their sisters & friends and family.
Please don't feel shy to forward this message. Our 1 message may save a life.
Published by CNN & FOX NEWS (Please circulate).. **Please DO NOT IGNORE! Thank you !
There's some really sick ones out there.
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thanks for the info.
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=433385&SearchTerms=baby
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Los Angeles Sheriff Department Warns Of Gang Tactics Used To Get Drivers To Pull Over-Fiction!
Summary of the eRumor:
This is a forward email allegedly from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department that warns of gangs using fake babies in car seats along the road to lure motorists to pull over and stop to investigate. The email also warns not to use windshield wipers to clean off eggs that are thrown at cars. It says that this would cloud up visibility and force drivers to pull over to the side of the road when water from the wiper tank is mixed with the eggs by your windshield wipers.
The Truth:
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff (LASD) told TruthOrFiction.Com that this is a hoax and that they did not send out this warning. Some versions of the forwarded email appeared to have been sent from a deputy in the probation department for County of Los Angeles, CA. The LASD spokesperson said that they are looking into the origins of this hoax and that the probation department does not even come under his organization.
This eRumor actually evolved from another hoax about a similar warning from the Department of Corrections in Tennessee that said gangs were using bloodied dolls in infant car seats along the road to attract the attention of motorists. The drivers would pull over to the side of the road to investigate the car seat as gang members were patiently waiting for their next victim. Click here for our findings.
The LASD spokesperson did say that in any case where there is some sort of distraction to get the driver's attention, such as an egg thrown at a windshield, it is always best not to pull over immediately. He added that drivers should always be aware of their surroundings when they pull over and exit their cars. The law enforcement agency does suggest that divers should try to locate a local police station or well lit filling station to examine their cars for damages.
Windshield washer tanks should not contain water. The solutions in the reservoir tanks are designed to break down substances on automotive windshields and most tank lids and vehicle owner manuals warn against them being refilled with water. In colder climates water will freeze in the solution which could result in other problems.
updated 11/12/10
A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:
L.A. County Sheriff's Alert, Serious & Important!
Subject: County Sheriff 's Department Alert - PLEASE READ AND FORWARD!!!
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 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 OUR WINDSHIELD. DO NOT TURN ON YOUR WIPERS AND DO NOT SPRAY ANY WATER ON IT BECAUSE EGGS MIXED WITH WATER BECOMES MILKY AND YOU'LL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE!!!! 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.
Please BE SAFE AND NEVER STOP YOUR VEHICLE
Do you think these might be false also?
The internet is a deceitful place.
It would take some sick individuals to involve children and babies? in such crap.
Hoax or not, folks need to keep themselves safe out there. I wouldn't put it past some twisted POS to start doing it.
what ever a lert is[:D][:o)]
That should slow up those damn gangs a bit. Or even an AR 15 with a shotgun backup.
Trinity +++