VPD warn seniors about recent attacks and scams
October 21 2008
By Sonia Aslam
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130)
Vancouver Police say crime against seniors in the city has gone up 4 per cent in the last year, and today they outlined a number of recent incidents--including one against the mother of a VPD media relations officer.
Last Wednesday the 82-year-old mother of Constable Tim Fanning was at home when a man knocked on her door and offered to clean her windows. She allowed him to do the work, but when he came back the next day and offered to do more cleaning, she said no and he left. However, that same night she woke up to find the suspect standing in her livingroom. She coaxed him to leave, yet he returned for a third time at 3 am and was standing on the back deck.
Fanning says thieves and con artists are preying on seniors like his mother, who grew up during the Depression and are more willing to help their 'fellow man'. "If someone came knocking on your door during those years and offered to work, you'd pay them to work because they probably had a family to feed. That sort of mentality has carried on--not just for my mother--but for seniors who lived through those tough times."
VPD officers investigated, and Ronald Feenstra, 48, has been arrested and is now facing charges of break and enter.
Abridged
SOURCE: News1130 - Vancouver
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