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originally posted at http://www.roseville.ca.us/index_expand_text.asp?page=2268

At 7:45 p.m. on March 25, a Roseville Police Department officer cited Chad Morgan, 21, of Otto, Wyoming for soliciting door-to-door without a permit.

Officers contacted Roseville residents from Porter Drive, Elisa Way, Coloma Way, Fawn Court and Brookwood Road who all said that Morgan tried to sell them magazine subscriptions, telling them he was raising funds to finance his trip to a school soccer tournament in Florida. One resident said that Morgan told her he lived “around the corner” in the neighborhood. Morgan was actually employed by Ultimate Power Sales Inc., a for-profit magazine sales company based in Sugar Hill, Georgia, according to information Morgan provided to police.

In October 2003 Roseville Police officers arrested a 19-year-old transient from Florida, also an employee of Ultimate Power Sales, for fraudulent solicitation. At that time, police contacted eleven residents who all said that the Ultimate Power Sales employee had represented himself as a local youth raising money for his school or soccer team.

Residents who are contacted by unfamiliar door-to-door salespeople should:

• Ask to see a local business license. Door-to-door solicitors in Roseville must have a valid City of Roseville license unless they are raising funds for a church, school, amateur dramatic society or amateur literary society.
• Ask to see photo ID and proof they have registered with the Roseville Police Department before selling goods door-to-door, as required by the Roseville Municipal Code.
• Be suspicious of claims that unfamiliar salespeople are “from the neighborhood” or “raising money for their team.” It is against the law for salespeople to falsely represent that they are raising money for a charity.
• Consider posting a “No Soliciting” sign by your door if you don’t want to be contacted by salespeople; and
• Call the police if you feel uneasy about a solicitor.

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