Letter: Intruder in a yard, in HMB

Wednesday night after midnight, I happened to get up and looked out in my backyard only to see someone sleeping on my back lawn. I have a completely enclosed yard with a gate but I do live adjacent to a community walk through between Hwy 1 and Myrtle where I have seen homeless people living.

Has anyone had a similar experience? The police were responsive about coming out, but by then, the person was unfortunately gone.

I know that HMB is a safe city, on the whole. However, about a month ago, there were items thrown in the same part of my yard where this person was sleeping, and now someone actually in the yard makes me feel very uncomfortable.