Liz, maybe you don't have enough information to call the police, but I hope you will let all of your neighbors know about this.

I was in my home and my gardener told me (after the fact) that a man had come up my driveway and tried the rear hatch door and my side doors to see if my car was open. He had a description but didn't do anything.

I told my Korean neighbors and she volunteered that the same day a man had come in their back yard (right next door to me) and their car was open and the guy got away with their rolls of parking quarters. She gave me the same description of the man who ran away when she yelled at him.

So, I let our neighborhood watch group know and turns out they have had problems on their blocks as well and we all have the same description of the guy.

So I decided that was enough for me and called the police station. They have put our area on a 24 hour watch for a month to see if they can catch the guy.

What I realized is that at face value - trying my car door is really nothing to bother the police with - but once we all shared stories it turns out he has been successful in breaking into several cars in our area. That is then more than enough.

Yeah, I have a locked gate and fence and I have watched a young man fly over it like he was superman - the locked gate only keeps the honest people out.

(don't mean for this to sound like a lecture )