police called back: Sun Jul 19 21:18:20 EDT 2009 IAN GORDON Constable 3151 52 Division report number 342 4151 running plate, it is a dark blue 4-door "chevy blt" would be a "chevy bolt" 52div: ian gordon was here together with phil.dorazio@torontopolice.on.ca
wed += 1 week, call from paul brown break and enter, did you speak to brian newton yesterday. officer did the report was begby? paul brant @ torontopolice.ca paul.brown@torontopolice.on.ca put on cd also
ERROL CAETANO, BFFE 750, dark colored Winstar with lader on roof,
explained that the suspect ("peter") was actually a Rogers employee
with 3rd flr. disconnect order.
Peter is a new employee with only about 1 year experience.
ERROL gave contact info for Rogers,
"talk to CLAUDIO, he knows me", 416.832-6087=CLAUDIO
On Wednesday July 15th, we had our pipe organ console setup outside on our front patio, and were playing some classical reperetoire, when there was a slight change in the sound of the pipe organ (onset of erratic behaviour).
I looked down to the basement aera where the hydraulic control systems and support infrastructure for the pipe organ that we were using in our concert is located (we had moved the organ console up to the patio area, but much of the hydraulic control systems, and the like, were located in the basement area) and discovered an intruder.
It appeared that an intruder had entered the basement door to my home studio, and proceeded to the area where the pipe organ utility room and basement storage areas are located, without authorization or permission (i.e. he was an uninvited trespasser), shortly after the webcast had already begun.
He was acting strangely and suspiciously, and I was concerned because there were loose items in my studio, and storage area, including PENTAX Optio W10, W30, and W60 waterproof cameras and memory cards.
When I first entered, he ran to the back, and it appeared that he wanted to flee from the premises to avoid contact with me.
When confronted he said "Is this 330 Dundas Street West?" and he said that he was from Rogers (presumably the the cable service provider, Rogers Communications Inc.).
I was with him in a back room, wherein he had no exit without passing by me, whereupon his mannerisms and general conduct were such that I was concerned for my safety. I was still wearing the headworn camera we use to webcast our performances, and since I wasn't sure if his alleged affiliation with Rogers was a ruse, in order to avoid any physical altercation, I informed him that I was webcasting live.
He asked about a rear exit, which seemed unrelated to any legitimate business he might have had with Rogers.
Although the Rogers cable connections are from utility poles in the back alley, it was not clear why he needed to go through my house to get to the back alley. Usually Rogers vans pull right into the back alley to do their work.
Specifically, he asked: "So how do I get to the back?"
Then I inquired: "What do you mean by the back?".
Then he replied: "The back, outside. Outside the back, man.".
He had seemed more interested in our recording equipment than the cable connection to the building. I told him exactly where the cable came into the building, but he seemed to take no interest in actually being taken to this area.
(Some time ago we re-routed the cable so it would run from the utility pole directly to our roof, because vandals had cut the cable from where it had originally entered the building near the ground at the rear of our building.)
He also asked about the cameras and I told him that we were doing a live webcast and that everything was being broadcast to the Internet.
He threatened me twice, and when I asked him several times for ID he positively refused to show any identification of any kind.
Specifically he said "It's none of your business".
When I asked him again he said "I think you're crazy."
Then I repeated my request to see his ID, he said "Are you nuts or something?"
I asked him who he worked for, and he refused to say who he worked for. He simply said "Find a real life."
When he fled from the building, I followed him and he got into a dark colored car that had no Rogers markings of any kind on it. Every time Rogers technicians have visited before, they drove vehicles bearing some kind of Rogers logo or indicia, and the vehicles were red, which is the Rogers company colour.
Although he was wearing some equipment around his waist, he was driving what looked like an ordinary car, not a utility vehicle, which made me more suspicious, so I took note of his license plate number, which was "BDES 313".
I was going to call the police right away but I wanted to check with Rogers and make sure that there was no person from Rogers attending my address on the date of the incident.
It took me two days and a number of hours spent calling various Rogers people to track down the right person at Rogers to inquire with, and this person informed me that no legitimate Rogers employee had been dispatched to 330 Dundas Street West on the date in question.
He advised that I contact the police to file a report.
The person I spoke to was Andrew, and his Rep Code was CB12.
Andrew opened a file with Interaction ID I177668343.
Andrew also told me that last year in Brampton, there was a criminal who used a fake red Rogers van as a credibility prop with which to impersonate Rogers staff and thus gain access to various households to committ robberies, and the like. He also mentioned that the police were quick to help out once this was reported.
As soon as I completed the confirmation with Rogers, on Friday 2009 July 17th, I called the police, 52 Division at phone number 416.808-5200, and a person there patched me to the "radio room", and the radio room dispatched an officer, to meet with me on-site, but I got a call back that something else came up and the officer couldn't make it that day, and the caller also told me call tomorrow, 416.808-2222 = communications, to report the incident. aaaaaa i see the call (from friday night)
It appears that my PENTAX Optio W10 waterproof camera and memory card that were in my studio went missing on the evening in question, and there was also damage to the infrastructure of our pipe organ and associated sound recording equipment.
The associated trespass has also been a traumatic experience for our entire family, and has caused great concerns.
We hope that the perpetrator can be identified, and brought to justice, and that this kind of thing can be prevented from happening again in the future.
Below are 3 pictures of the perpetrator from just inside our front door: