Police To Question Jehovah's Witness Members In Burglaries

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  betterdaze

  Police To Question Jehovah's Witness Members In Burglaries

  Posted: 2:11 pm EDT October 14, 2009
  Updated: 6:29 pm EDT October 14, 2009

  NORTH VERSAILLES, Pa. -- Police in North Versailles are exploring all possible connections to burglaries that have been happening recently.
  
  That includes trying to locate a group of Jehovah's Witness members who were in the area at the time of a burglary reported on Tuesday at a home along Upper Heckman Road. Investigators said women were seen with Jehovah's Witness flyers along with two well dressed black men with silver car.
  
  Apparently, no one saw them all together, but police said they are investigating the lead anyway.
  
  Chief James Comunale said police still have not found the group, but said they'll head to Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses to interview people.
  
  "We're unsure if this group was together," Comunale said. "We just don't know who did the burglary. We're investigating the people who were seen."
  
  Homeowner Wendy Nowading said she feels violated, saying the robbers stole Nike socks, her grandmother's antique ring and a large flat-screen television.
  
  “I suspect they slid the screen over, opened the window and slid themselves in,” said Nowading. “Why did they have to take my stuff?”
  
  Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
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  betterdaze

  People Posing As Religious Group May Be Behind North Versailles Burglary

  Big-Screen TVs Stolen After People Knocked On Door

  POSTED: 5:36 pm EDT October 14, 2009?
  UPDATED: 10:49 am EDT October 15, 2009

  Wendy Nowading speaks with Channel 4 Action News reporter Sheldon Ingram

  NORTH VERSAILLES, Pa. -- Burglars posing as a religious group may be the scheme behind a break-in at a North Versailles home.
  
  Neighbors on Upper Hackman Road said they saw people who appeared to be Jehovah's Witnesses knocking on doors.
  
  Then, two men dressed in suits showed up at one of the houses while no one was home. Police said 52- and 32-inch televisions were taken from that house, which belongs to Wendy Nowading.
  
  "It's rather creepy," Nowading told Channel 4 Action News.
  
  "The males were here," North Versailles Police Chief James Comunale said. "They were all dressed in better clothes, so one would assume they were all together. We know the males were at this house."
  
  Police want to question nearby places of worship to see if they can help with the investigation.
  
  "We would like to talk to whichever kingdom hall they came from," Comunale said. "I know there's a McKeesport branch and a Braddock branch."
  
  Police said this incident came after a series of burglaries last month, but they do not believe there's any connection.
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  EmptyInside

  This is in the Pittsburgh area. I saw it on the news. One station said they were posing as Jehovah's Witnesses or dressed so one would think they were Witnesses. There have also been cases of theives posing as utility workers.
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  Farkel

  :Homeowner Wendy Nowading said she feels violated, saying the robbers stole Nike socks, her grandmother's antique ring and a large flat-screen television.

  That's the bad news. The good news is they left behind a copy of the latest Watchtower and Awake! magazines, and an invitation to the public talk with a smiley face drawn on it.

  Farkel
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  MissingLink

  Who steals socks?!