spk7951
09-26-2011, 06:06 PM
Just received the following email from one of our neighbors about what happened to his wife this am at Sarasota Driving range. For privacy I deleted out their names.
This morning she went to Sarasota Driving range to practice and while she was either chipping or driving, someone stole her purse from the basket on her golf cart. Her purse was wrapped in a golf towel and had a golfball shag bag on top of it. There were a couple of women and several men at the range when she was there. She believes that one of them was watching her hide her purse. She didn't realize it was missing until she got to Sandhill Executive course. She immediately backtracked but to no avail.
When she told me what had happened, I told her to report the theft to the Sumter Sheriff's office which she did. The Sheriff's Department insisted on sending a Deputy to our home to take a report. The deputy arrived very quickly and took the information on what was missing which were her identification cards and two credit cards. When we went to the driver's license bureau, they wanted the number of the police report which saved us around $50.00 although we had to produce her social security card, birth certificate, two documents showing she lived at our address, and her passport. We had to get a new Village ID card, etc. and cancel the credit cards and cell phone which was taken also.
We spent this afternoon getting all this fixed. Luckily there were no keys in the purse.
The point that we think you ought to be aware of is that this thief was most likely a Villager since you can only enter the driving range by golf cart. She hopes letting you know about her experience will make it less likely to happen to you.
This morning she went to Sarasota Driving range to practice and while she was either chipping or driving, someone stole her purse from the basket on her golf cart. Her purse was wrapped in a golf towel and had a golfball shag bag on top of it. There were a couple of women and several men at the range when she was there. She believes that one of them was watching her hide her purse. She didn't realize it was missing until she got to Sandhill Executive course. She immediately backtracked but to no avail.
When she told me what had happened, I told her to report the theft to the Sumter Sheriff's office which she did. The Sheriff's Department insisted on sending a Deputy to our home to take a report. The deputy arrived very quickly and took the information on what was missing which were her identification cards and two credit cards. When we went to the driver's license bureau, they wanted the number of the police report which saved us around $50.00 although we had to produce her social security card, birth certificate, two documents showing she lived at our address, and her passport. We had to get a new Village ID card, etc. and cancel the credit cards and cell phone which was taken also.
We spent this afternoon getting all this fixed. Luckily there were no keys in the purse.
The point that we think you ought to be aware of is that this thief was most likely a Villager since you can only enter the driving range by golf cart. She hopes letting you know about her experience will make it less likely to happen to you.