An encounter on the freeway
This e-mail has been posted on snopes.com and also on the Whittier Police Blog. Snopes has a Jan. 21 date on the e-mail.
Whittier Police spokesman Jason Zuhlke said a report was taken of the incident but police did not tell the writer that a lot of carjackings were happening.
The only carjacking Whittier Police handled recently was the attempted carjacking of a pregnant woman on Lambert Road at Greenleaf Avenue on Dec. 29.
"I am sending this to all of you, per the advice of the Whittier Police. Last night on my way home from work, I was followed off the freeway without realizing it. A lot of people take the Telegraph off ramp to go home. Then I turned left on Norwalk going north. This Van pulled up on my right side and told me that my right rear tire was going flat and that I should pull over and let him put my spare on. I was only 2 miles from home and in an industrial area where no gas stations, etc. so told him NO THANKS, and kept going slow the rest of the way home. When I got home I told Richard what had happened and he checked my tire... The tire was perfectly OK. That's when I realized what had happened and it scared me to death. According to the Police there are allot of car jacking going on, then they rob you of everything (money, jewelry, etc) due to the economy. The best thing I could do was to let the gals at work know to be more than careful of their surroundings. It's happening all over So Cal , not just LA or Orange Counties .
Please my friends, be very careful out there."
Thanks for the warning. I appreciate it. You never know when things like this can happen.