Police search for suspicious soliciting vehicle in neighborhoods, Leicester MA


Police received reports of a suspicious pickup truck soliciting in neighborhoods around Leicester. The truck had lettering about gutters and siding, possibly with an aluminum ladder. Officers searched areas near the old middle school, Haberdin/Warren Ave, Mayflower, and Crestwood for the vehicle but found no contact.
Audio|Source: Leicester Police Dispatch
01:47
Transcript:
00:00
You still over that way to meet up or you want to meet somewhere else?
00:03
No, I'm here.
00:04
How about the old middle school? I'm going to be checking the area for that vehicle.
00:09
It's GOA[1] right now.
00:12
I'm either the old middle school.
00:13
What?
00:14
I'm going to be code five.
00:15
I'm going to be looking in the neighborhoods in this area.
00:20
The reporting party stated that you overheard them saying that they're just going to go to a different neighborhood.
00:25
I'll go and search the area, see if I can locate that vehicle.
00:29
Three. Check Haberdin in Warren Ave, negative contact with that vehicle.
00:33
I'm going to check Mayflower, Crestwood area.
00:37
That's a well-known area for solicitors, and then I'll let you know.
00:40
Where do you see something?
00:41
3611.
00:42
Go ahead.
00:43
Was there anything that the RP told you other than the, just the fact that the vehicle was suspiciously in the neighborhood?
00:50
No, he said that they were definitely soliciting.
00:52
The vehicle had lettering regarding gutters and siding, and it could have an aluminum ladder in the bed of a pickup truck.
01:01
And when they left the area,
01:03
one of the occupants said, let's go to another neighbor.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
GOA: Gone On Arrival
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Leicester, MA
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