Hi All,
Because I was the last one to physically hand off the box to Andrea Doran (UPSyours), I took it upon myself to travel to Huntington to see what was going on.
I went to her house, which is really in Huntington Station, and came up empty. There was no one home even though there was a couple of cars parked out front and I could hear music coming from inside.
A neighbor arrived home as I was going to my car and she said that the Doran's don't answer their door unless they are expecting people. She also called them flighty and weird. I tried calling Andrea on her cell phone and her home phone but I guess she is screening her calls because I could hear the phone ring inside and the music turn down but no one picked up.
I left and headed into town. Out of curiousity I went to the 2nd Precinct and showed them my NYPD I.D. and asked for some information regarding this. The police officer was really nice and helpful and said that it is a cyber crime as the transaction was agreed upon through the internet. He did say that he knows of the Dorans and I can honestly say it wasn't in a good way.
I went to Your Happy Place in Northport as this is a favorite haunt of Andrea's and asked if I could leave a message for her there. The owner told me Mrs Doran is no longer welcome in her store and refused to go into detail. It's a great store and I bought more stickers and some fibers--hey I had to make the trip worthwhile.
I also stopped into Michael's as Andrea seemed to know everyone by first name basis and found the manager who remembered me and Sarah. I asked if Andrea had been around (I had a photo of her and had showed it to YHP and to this manager) and he said that she doesn't come in much and unfortunately he said he doesn't want her around.
I have a feeling some of us want it just to go away but a lot of work went into this embellishment box. The website the Police Officer gave me is: