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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   HAVE YOUR SAY Feel strongly about something? Share it with the community by writing a letter to the editor. You’ll need to include your name, address and daytime phone number. (We’ll only publish your name and hometown.) We reserve the right to edit letters, but if you keep yours to 250 words or less, we won’t ask you to shorten it. If your letter is published, please wait 30 days before submitting another. Send it to: E-mail: letters@heraldnet.com Mail: Letters section The Herald P.O. Box 930 Everett, WA 98206 Fax: 425-339-3458 Have a question about letters? Contact Carol MacPherson (cmacpherson@heraldnet.com or 425-339-3472).   Published: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 law enforcement Where's the help on 'little' crimes The response you get from various law enforcement agencies makes you wonder if they are even interested in catching crooks if it is not horrible crime or if they have to put forth any type of effort. Our garage was broken into recently and the stolen vehicle that was used was found stuck in the mud two houses down the street with two more stolen vehicles. Outside of inventorying the stolen merchandise, zero investigation was done by the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office. Everett Police made a traffic stop one morning and found that person in possession of a checkbook (that was taken at the above mentioned break in) along with the drivers licenses of several other people. There was almost no communication between Everett PD and SCSO. In fact, I had to give a SCSO detective the phone number of the Everett detective. The crook plead guilty to three counts of identity theft and nothing was tied to the break-in or stolen vehicle. This morning I called the FBI about an Internet scam. They have no interest in following the trail of a fraudulent scam and just want me to file a report on line. The various agencies do their darnedest to stop crimes that are in progress, and solve the "big" crimes but it seems they do almost nothing to stop the more prevalent little crimes that actually cost you and I the most money in long run. George Schlosser Lake Stevens

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