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Dickson Police believe 2 men posing as magazine salesmen have actually been scouting out homes. Police are encouraging people to lock their doors and not to let strangers in their home, even if they are selling something.
"Immediately something went off," says Jesse Smith. "I says uh oh this is not right. I says any magazines that we usually buy from the grand kids and the great grand kids."
Smith is just one of the neighbors near Highway 46 South and Pomona Road in Dickson who was visited Monday afternoon by what police believe are fake magazine salesmen.
"He wasn't aggressive," says Smith. "Very friendly, very outgoing, but there was something a little about him that was phony."
It was the questions the men asked and their appearance that prompted police to send out a phone alert warning people not to let strangers in their home and that they received reports of 2 "rough looking" males with tattoos on their neck and hands smooth talking their way into homes with females.
"He said that he was going around talking to the nice looking young ladies," says Amy Holland.
Police say they use the excuse they are selling magazines, but witnesses say they haven't seen any. According to reports, once the men smooth talk their way into the house, they become aggressive and begin looking around and asking if males were home or if they were married.
"It's scary, I mean, because we have kids running all over the neighborhood and I mean we see it as being safe," says Julie Blakely.
Police say they have stepped up patrols in the area, but say as the holidays approach, residents should be on the lookout for this kind of activity. Dickson Police are asking people to call them immediately if one of these men approach their door, get a good description of them and do not let them in your home.
"Immediately something went off," says Jesse Smith. "I says uh oh this is not right. I says any magazines that we usually buy from the grand kids and the great grand kids."
Smith is just one of the neighbors near Highway 46 South and Pomona Road in Dickson who was visited Monday afternoon by what police believe are fake magazine salesmen.
"He wasn't aggressive," says Smith. "Very friendly, very outgoing, but there was something a little about him that was phony."
It was the questions the men asked and their appearance that prompted police to send out a phone alert warning people not to let strangers in their home and that they received reports of 2 "rough looking" males with tattoos on their neck and hands smooth talking their way into homes with females.
"He said that he was going around talking to the nice looking young ladies," says Amy Holland.
Police say they use the excuse they are selling magazines, but witnesses say they haven't seen any. According to reports, once the men smooth talk their way into the house, they become aggressive and begin looking around and asking if males were home or if they were married.
"It's scary, I mean, because we have kids running all over the neighborhood and I mean we see it as being safe," says Julie Blakely.
Police say they have stepped up patrols in the area, but say as the holidays approach, residents should be on the lookout for this kind of activity. Dickson Police are asking people to call them immediately if one of these men approach their door, get a good description of them and do not let them in your home.
Tuesday, October 9 2012, 09:27 PM CDT
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