April 1st crime Alert

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Last Thursday night, March 30, a resident in the 700 block of Glasgow was awakened by the ringing of the doorbell in the middle of the night. Through the door, the man on the porch said that he lived a couple of doors down, his wife�s car had a flat tire, and he needed $6.00 for the repair. Knowing that this was not a neighbor, the door was not opened.

The man on the porch was an Anglo, bald, medium build, and of medium height. He was wearing a red T-shirt and was driving a red car. It is fairly safe to assume that he did not have good intentions.

This house has had two vehicle break-ins in recent months, one in January and one in November. Both involved breaking a window in a car parked in front of the house and theft of the car stereo.

One another note, Sunday last week, some parents observed illicit activity at the Lipcomb playground last Sunday afternoon. The couple was chased off by one of the parents.

Thiefs on the 5500 block of Tremont

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Last month, two vacant properties in the 5500 block of Tremont were broken into and vandalized in the middle of the afternoon. The intruders were trying to steal scrap metal. They broke frames on three doors (including the locked shed). The police caught them as they were attempting to cut the plumbing. Two male suspects in their early 20s were arrested, both thin and of average height: an Anglo with reddish, blond hair and the other a Hispanic or African-American with dark teased hair. Earlier that morning a white pickup truck was spotted in the back of the same property putting something into the truck. The suspect was Hispanic but no arrests have been made.
If you know a house is vacant, please keep a close watch on it. This seems to be a recurring problem in Junius Heights.

Break in at 700 Block of Lipscomb 1/22/06

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A house undergoing renovation in the 700 block of Lipscomb was broken into last week. There was nothing inside the house, including floors, but the thieves did some did damage as they tried to steal copper pipes.
This seems to be a recurring problem in Junius Heights. This is the third house in recent memory where vandalism has occurred while a house was undergoing restoration or renovation.