[Highland Park] Yet another attempted house break-in on Sat at 4pm
It's 4pm on Saturday and somebody just tried to break in to our apt. at Callowhill and Negley. We were just waking up from a nap and didn't fell like answering the door when they rang the doorbell the first time. They followed with a loud, insistent door-knock that we also didn't respond to. A minute later, we heard the doorbell ring again and then a knock but this time at the back door. I finally decided to get up and answer. I pulled my pants on, went to the front door but there was no one there. As I was walking down the hallway to the back door, I heard it being forced open and said loudly "HELLO!". They immediately fled without a sound or trace. I'm really disappointed because this was a rare opportunity to see and identify the burglar(s). Keep your cameras and 911 numbers handy - there seems to have been a lot of thwarted burglaries recently and I think we're getting close to catching somebody. My question is,,, is there anyone in the neighborhood, perhaps as a result of the community meeting this past week, who has volunteered to coordinate information about this rash of break-ins we're having (making a map of all the locations, looking for patterns, correlating details of the break-ins that we don't won't to post publicly, etc.)? Jonathan and Amy
Highland Park, Since I've only seen about half of the HP break-in emails mention that the authorities were notified, I want to go ahead and make a friendly reminder: Sending an email to the neighborhood is good, but it is still 100% necessary to call the police if you see something suspicious. I hope that everyone who has emailed the community has also filed a police report, but I don't want to make any assumptions. It is critical to get a report filed because otherwise the police won't be able to take any action to remedy the situation. Also, if the authorities have been made aware of each incident, they will take care of mapping the locations, looking for patterns, etc. These responsibilities fall on the police department. It is the responsibility of each member of the community, however, to report any crimes that they witness or fall victim to. Thanks and be safe. Jim On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Jonathan King <jpkgo@verizon.net> wrote:
It’s 4pm on Saturday and somebody just tried to break in to our apt. at Callowhill and Negley. We were just waking up from a nap and didn’t fell like answering the door when they rang the doorbell the first time. They followed with a loud, insistent door-knock that we also didn’t respond to. A minute later, we heard the doorbell ring again and then a knock but this time at the back door. I finally decided to get up and answer. I pulled my pants on, went to the front door but there was no one there. As I was walking down the hallway to the back door, I heard it being forced open and said loudly “HELLO!”. They immediately fled without a sound or trace.
I’m really disappointed because this was a rare opportunity to see and identify the burglar(s). Keep your cameras and 911 numbers handy – there seems to have been a lot of *thwarted* burglaries recently and I think we’re getting close to catching somebody.
My question is,,, is there anyone in the neighborhood, perhaps as a result of the community meeting this past week, who has volunteered to coordinate information about this rash of break-ins we’re having (making a map of all the locations, looking for patterns, correlating details of the break-ins that we don’t won’t to post publicly, etc.)?
Jonathan and Amy
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