Yep, they have upped their game. Had someone come thru my neighborhood last month carrying something similar.
Skipped my house - saw cameras. Skipped neighbors - saw cameras.
Talked to a neighbor 4 houses down and she said it was a fundraiser.
Neighbor started questioning her as solicitors need to register here and she was like "my father lives back here, so I'm cool" and the neighbor was like "who is it I know everyone back here" and then she walks away.
Neighbor pulls out cell phone and calls the police. She hears this so she turns around and starts walking to where she came from so he follows her. She goes around the corner to a public parking lot she parked in and jumps in her pickup that had lots of lawn mowers and stuff in it and takes off smoking the tires. Neighbor is able to get plates and they are out of state plates and relays information to the police.
A police officer was nearby and saw the vehicle and pulled her over. She changed her story every time she was questioned. Her fundraiser was a non-existent group.
At the end of the day, the police couldn't do anything as the only crime was violating the no-soliciting "law", even though they were sure she was up to no good and the stuff in the truck was stolen. They took all her info in case anyone reported anything stolen.
