Child care queries end with home robberies
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NewsOn a typically hot July day, Maria Valladolid invited what she
thought was a young mother and her baby boy into her home and offered
them a glass of water.Little did she know pandora 14k gold charms her kind gesture would cost her a television, a computer and two iPods, among other belongings.Police pandora valentines day collection 2016
know the young mother as "Daisy," and her looks are deceiving. At least
10 people have fallen victim to her baby sitting scam, losing jewelry, pandora 14k gold charms
electronics and other valuables. She is described as a Hispanic female,
20 30 years old and stands between 5 feet and 5 feet 3 inches tall. She
has a distinctive birthmark or mole on the side of her face near her
mouth.The scam usually works like this: "Daisy" knocks on the door and
asks whether you can baby sit her toddler at some future date. She chats
about work, gives you her phone number and wants to pandora silver & gold charms
meet at a location a few days later so you can pick the child up. But
"Daisy" never shows. In the time it takes to figure out she won't be
arriving, your house is being burglarized."Daisy" works with two or
three males, and some victims say they've seen pandora rings jewelry sale
a black Honda Civic at the time of the burglaries. The crew has eluded
police for at least six months the most recent crime happened in late
December.At this point, police have no leads, said Las Vegas police
Detective Antonio Munoz, who is handling the case.Valladolid lives in
Mirabella Apartments, a complex on the valley's east side which has been
hit by "Daisy" and her cohorts several times. She changed apartment
locations after her belongings were stolen.Valladolid said that during a
later encounter, "Daisy" came to the apartment as the family was
leaving to go to the park. "Daisy" asked where they were headed. About
90 minutes later, Valladolid and her family returned from the park to
find their apartment ransacked."I had worked so hard for those things,
and everything in my room was upside down," said Margarita Pena,
Valladolid's 20 year old daughter. Along with both iPods and a computer,
her 37" television had been stolen, which she says was too heavy for
one person to carry. And the group had to be tracking the family for
quite some time as they have a strict daily schedule, she added.Exactly
one month later, Valladolid said she saw "Daisy" in the complex as she
parked her car. Both women made eye contact, and Valladolid tried to
write down a plate number of the Civic but was not fast enough."I'm very
angry she's using her kid," Valladolid said, using Pena as a
translator. "How can someone use their child like that?"It is unclear,
however, if the child is related to the suspect, Munoz said."Daisy"
attacks mainly on the east side of town by knocking on random doors to
approach residents. She is persistent if they refuse to help, Munoz
added. Apartment managers at complexes that have been victimized passed
out fliers to residents advising them not to answer the door to anyone
who fits her description, and to immediately call police or Crime
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