We recently had a problem at our house with a homeless fella. It was an incident that occurred over a few days during which he scammed my husband and another elderly man out of money by offering to help them with some outside work. The man didn't fulfill his end of the bargain, and when he returned several days later, he became quite belligerent, threatening my husband.  

I was forced to call 911, which was scary, but officers were at our house and had the offender into custody within 5 minutes. He was charged and released, and I hope to never have to deal with him again.

The demographics in our neighborhood seem to have changed, and we've gotten far more activity since the Reliant building was taken down and the west end of our street was opened. It may be that more citizens are taking advantage of our beautiful riverside and enjoying the foot bridge and Hennepin Walkway. I'm gonna blame it on Mrs. Grabeklis not standing guard over us anymore.