[MLBellis]

do not know how true this is....it is worth passing around.....one of my neighbors sent this to me.

SUDDEN POWER LOSS?

Pay attention, I'm serious. My neighbor's entire house electricity went out. In a few minutes a young man was at the door and told her he was working on a house up the street and saw smoke from her outside electrical box. He offered to look at it and to fix whatever was wrong. Luckily she is one of my friends and had the presence of mind to refuse his offer and called me. I checked everything out and found nothing wrong except the master circuit breakers were tripped. I'm not a professional electrician, but I have an electrical degree from the USNA and many years in Navy electrical mishaps.
I concluded that the kid must have been up to something and asked my neighbor to call the police; which she did. She was told that officers would be right out as there had been other complaints just like hers. It turns out this kid has been active throughout the Villages and has dunned several gullible persons out of cash and caused damage by tripping their outside circuit breakers.

Now, If you see, hear or experience anything like this, delay him if possible and get the police out---they want to catch him in the act if they can. If he leaves, see if you can get his license plate number---although he usually parks on another street or down the block.