Ok, so around here we dont ever have much crime to talk about. But I find this kinda interesting. Please read, and I apologize its rather lengthy.
Monday, February 26th I was traveling down 11th Street on my way to Parsons to take some laundry to Markâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s elderly uncle whose wife has been in the hospital & we have been helping care for him. I was stopped at the intersection of 11th & Walnut in the inside eastbound lane and notice a white single cab Chevy pick up (Approximately 2002-2004 model) with an old wooden bench in the bed of the pick up pull up in the oncoming westbound lane along side a double cab white Chevy Z71 pick up to talk to the other white pick up. Thinking how stupid it was that they would pull in the oncoming lane, but thinking maybe they were Farmland workers unsure about where they were going. He pulled in front of the other one when the light turned green. When they both turned north at Baldwin BP station I figured my assumption was correct and I proceed east on 11th. I stopped for gas just before I proceeded out of town and just before the fork in the highway to go east to Edna or north to the Industrial Park, I see the truck with the bench pulled over on the side of the highway. I recognized it as the same truck, but proceeded on towards Edna. I drove a few miles and came to a curve in the road which was a no passing zone and the truck with bench went flying around me traveling so fast I didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t know where it came from & it disappeared quickly. A couple miles later I came upon both white trucks again, one was parked on the side of the road with the other one parked behind it with the back of itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s truck still in my lane of traffic causing me to slow down & had to go in the other lane to get around it. Traveled on another mile and they came out of nowhere again & flew around me again very fast & disappeared. I called 911 and said there were 2 white pick ups traveling very fast that kept pulling off the road & then speeding and that I thought they might be racing and someone is going to get hurt. They said they had a deputy in Bartlett that they would send. I had just hung up and I was driving over a hill and on the other side was the 2 white trucks across the highway in what appeared to be an accident. I slowed down, however I was rather suspicious so I didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t stop, I went around them. As I went around them I could see it was not a wreck it was more of a road block and it dawned on me they were tag teaming me & must have spotted me on 11th st with clothes hanging in my back window and knew I was a woman traveling alone. After I got around them they both came after me very fast and terrified I started looking around for a sign of safety and spotted a couple of vehicles around an oil pump with men around it and I pulled off the road thinking I could honk and scream if I needed their attention. One white pick up pulled off the road in front of me some distance ahead and the other white pick up pulled off the road some distance behind me. The didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t make a move because the workers were there at the oil pump. The white truck behind me pulled out and flew past me and the white truck in front of me pulled out some time later. I didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t move until I saw a line of cars coming and I pulled out in front of them, I figured safety in numbers and they wouldnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t be able to single me out. Proceeded on to Edna thinking I could find safety at the Woodshed in Edna. When I got almost to the Valeda turn off there were 2 oil holding tanks and behind them I noticed both white pick ups parked behind them waiting for me to come along, however I felt safe with 3 cars following me. I made it to the Woodshed, parked and called 911 again. Told them what happened to me and that the trucks would be coming past the Woodshed soon, she said the deputy was almost there & to stay on the line with her. Then one of white pick ups pulled in south of the pumps at the Woodshed, I told the dispatcher and locked my doors. She said to stay on the line. I could see him in my rear view mirror and he came walking up & went into the Woodshed looking at me on the cell phone as he was walking in and as he was walking out with a canned drink he purchased. I was shaking. He didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t get in his pick up but was just messing around outside of it. About that time the other white pick up pulled in and the guy with the drink went over to talk with him. I relayed this to the dispatcher and she told me to get out of my car & go into the Woodshed and the deputy was almost there. I honestly thought I was going to be shot in the back as I went in, still on my cellphone. The men got into there trucks & drove quickly out of the Woodshed and north towards Edna. The deputy wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t more than one minute behind them. He stopped a white dual wheel pick up that I never described, but he saw the other 2 pick ups. By the time he realized a woman was driving the dual wheel pick up and it was the other pick ups, they were long gone. He came back to the Woodshed to talk to me and the Woodshed had a clear picture of the man that came into their store. No one had ever seen him before. They werenâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t kids. I know that had I not stopped where those men were at that oil pump, I would have probably been run off the road, robbed or worse. They meant business! I learned what I feel are some very valuable lessons and want to share them with you.
1. Always be aware of whatâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s going on around you when traveling alone.
2. Never hang clothes in your back window when traveling alone.
3. Always travel with a flow of cars so you canâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t be singled out.
4. Always have a cellphone and car charger with you.
Ok, and heres somethin I just found on the news.
The Coffeyville, Kansas Police Department says it needs the publics help in finding a 23 year old woman who's been missing for nearly five days.
Authorities say Rachel Dennis was last seen early Friday morning at the BP Amoco at 11th and Buckeye in Coffeyville.
Police say she may have left the gas station with an unknown man, and ask that anyone with information about Rachel Dennis contact the Coffeyville Police Department at 620-252-6160
To me its all kinda weird....like the man that abducted this last girl was posibly trying to abduct the one from the first story. BTW-that first story comes from an email my hubby got.
Monday, February 26th I was traveling down 11th Street on my way to Parsons to take some laundry to Markâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s elderly uncle whose wife has been in the hospital & we have been helping care for him. I was stopped at the intersection of 11th & Walnut in the inside eastbound lane and notice a white single cab Chevy pick up (Approximately 2002-2004 model) with an old wooden bench in the bed of the pick up pull up in the oncoming westbound lane along side a double cab white Chevy Z71 pick up to talk to the other white pick up. Thinking how stupid it was that they would pull in the oncoming lane, but thinking maybe they were Farmland workers unsure about where they were going. He pulled in front of the other one when the light turned green. When they both turned north at Baldwin BP station I figured my assumption was correct and I proceed east on 11th. I stopped for gas just before I proceeded out of town and just before the fork in the highway to go east to Edna or north to the Industrial Park, I see the truck with the bench pulled over on the side of the highway. I recognized it as the same truck, but proceeded on towards Edna. I drove a few miles and came to a curve in the road which was a no passing zone and the truck with bench went flying around me traveling so fast I didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t know where it came from & it disappeared quickly. A couple miles later I came upon both white trucks again, one was parked on the side of the road with the other one parked behind it with the back of itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s truck still in my lane of traffic causing me to slow down & had to go in the other lane to get around it. Traveled on another mile and they came out of nowhere again & flew around me again very fast & disappeared. I called 911 and said there were 2 white pick ups traveling very fast that kept pulling off the road & then speeding and that I thought they might be racing and someone is going to get hurt. They said they had a deputy in Bartlett that they would send. I had just hung up and I was driving over a hill and on the other side was the 2 white trucks across the highway in what appeared to be an accident. I slowed down, however I was rather suspicious so I didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t stop, I went around them. As I went around them I could see it was not a wreck it was more of a road block and it dawned on me they were tag teaming me & must have spotted me on 11th st with clothes hanging in my back window and knew I was a woman traveling alone. After I got around them they both came after me very fast and terrified I started looking around for a sign of safety and spotted a couple of vehicles around an oil pump with men around it and I pulled off the road thinking I could honk and scream if I needed their attention. One white pick up pulled off the road in front of me some distance ahead and the other white pick up pulled off the road some distance behind me. The didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t make a move because the workers were there at the oil pump. The white truck behind me pulled out and flew past me and the white truck in front of me pulled out some time later. I didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t move until I saw a line of cars coming and I pulled out in front of them, I figured safety in numbers and they wouldnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t be able to single me out. Proceeded on to Edna thinking I could find safety at the Woodshed in Edna. When I got almost to the Valeda turn off there were 2 oil holding tanks and behind them I noticed both white pick ups parked behind them waiting for me to come along, however I felt safe with 3 cars following me. I made it to the Woodshed, parked and called 911 again. Told them what happened to me and that the trucks would be coming past the Woodshed soon, she said the deputy was almost there & to stay on the line with her. Then one of white pick ups pulled in south of the pumps at the Woodshed, I told the dispatcher and locked my doors. She said to stay on the line. I could see him in my rear view mirror and he came walking up & went into the Woodshed looking at me on the cell phone as he was walking in and as he was walking out with a canned drink he purchased. I was shaking. He didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t get in his pick up but was just messing around outside of it. About that time the other white pick up pulled in and the guy with the drink went over to talk with him. I relayed this to the dispatcher and she told me to get out of my car & go into the Woodshed and the deputy was almost there. I honestly thought I was going to be shot in the back as I went in, still on my cellphone. The men got into there trucks & drove quickly out of the Woodshed and north towards Edna. The deputy wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t more than one minute behind them. He stopped a white dual wheel pick up that I never described, but he saw the other 2 pick ups. By the time he realized a woman was driving the dual wheel pick up and it was the other pick ups, they were long gone. He came back to the Woodshed to talk to me and the Woodshed had a clear picture of the man that came into their store. No one had ever seen him before. They werenâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t kids. I know that had I not stopped where those men were at that oil pump, I would have probably been run off the road, robbed or worse. They meant business! I learned what I feel are some very valuable lessons and want to share them with you.
1. Always be aware of whatâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s going on around you when traveling alone.
2. Never hang clothes in your back window when traveling alone.
3. Always travel with a flow of cars so you canâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t be singled out.
4. Always have a cellphone and car charger with you.
Ok, and heres somethin I just found on the news.
The Coffeyville, Kansas Police Department says it needs the publics help in finding a 23 year old woman who's been missing for nearly five days.
Authorities say Rachel Dennis was last seen early Friday morning at the BP Amoco at 11th and Buckeye in Coffeyville.
Police say she may have left the gas station with an unknown man, and ask that anyone with information about Rachel Dennis contact the Coffeyville Police Department at 620-252-6160
To me its all kinda weird....like the man that abducted this last girl was posibly trying to abduct the one from the first story. BTW-that first story comes from an email my hubby got.