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Doorstep Bandits: Break-ins happening after packages left unattended By Morgan Rath
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Over the past several months, Cave Creek has been experiencing an increase in residential burglaries committed by people who follow UPS and FedEx trucks in order to determine if package receivers are home, according to officials. If the homeowner isn’t home, that house becomes a target. The burglars pick up the packages after the trucks have delivered them and then knock on doors to find out if the residents are home.
“If they ring the doorbell and no one answers the door, then they know the home’s not occupied, and they will try to burglarize that home,” says Cave Creek Town Marshal Adam Stein. With the holiday season arriving, residents need to be aware and make arrangements for packages if no one will be home. Stein says citizens should be aware and question all suspicious situations. Residents should call the information into his office at 480.488.6636 or the Maricopa County Sherriff’s office at 602.876.1742 so that they can follow up on the lead. | CST
Consolidation Of Courts Begins Cave Creek and Carefree will be sharing one court as a result of the towns’ approval of an intergovernmental agreement next month. On January 14, the Cave Creek Municipal Court will be closing to merge with the Carefree Municipal Court to operate and function as the Carefree-Cave Creek Consolidated Court. The agreement calls for Carefree to provide municipal court services for Cave Creek, and for the combined Carefree-Cave Creek Court to be housed in the Cave Creek Council Chambers. The CarefreeCave Creek Consolidated Court Presiding Judge will be K. C. Scull. The court is located at 100 Easy Street in Carefree. The phone number is 480.488.1689 and fax is 480.595.9610. The consolidated court will be open 8am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday.
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Have A Merry Carefree Christmas! The Sixth Annual Carefree Christmas Festival will be held December 13-15 and includes an electric light parade, fireworks display, music, dance, real snow and much more. See full story on page 27.