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HPD dispels false social media rumor regarding robberies/home invasions -
press release
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Kristin Edwards<KEdwards@hunts\AIIetx.gov> Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:20 AM
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Kristin Edwards,TRMC
Deputy City Secretary
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PRESS RELEASE
The Huntsville Police Department has been made aware of several
social media postings regarding robberies and/or home invasions at
various apartment complexes in Huntsville.
The department would like to assure citizens that while calls pertaining
to suspicious individuals have been received and handled
appropriately, there have been no reports of home invasions or
robberies.
"We have been made aware of several posts describing three
individuals in local apartment complexes under the guise of door-to-
door magazine solicitors," HPD Chief Kevin Lunsford said. "We have
investigated this claim at all complexes in question and have
determined it to be a false rumor.
"While suspicious solicitors were reported, they were confronted by
officers and no criminal activity was confirmed."
While the report has been deemed false, citizens should still be aware
of the general law provisions related to solicitation in the City of
Huntsville.
"HPD would like to take this opportunity to provide information to our
citizens that may make them safer," Lunsford said. "Any solicitors
within the City are required to have a permit, and part of the permit
process is a background check on the solicitor which is done in an
effort to reduce the possibility of that person being a criminal.
"Solicitors, as a result of the ordinance, are also required to show
their permit to any person asking to see it."
The Huntsville Police Department encourages citizens to provide
notification of any suspicious persons or activities.
Media inquiries :
Lieutenant Curt Landrum