Please find the latest report attached. Our section is long and full of Thefts from Vehicle. I always feel obligated to point out anything that might be unsettling to you as a reader. The 9/11/16 Aggravated Assault/Robbery in the 500 block of N. Beatty Street caught me off guard. Just a heads-up. If you are having trouble with PDF attachments, our section and the always interesting Notable Arrests can be found below after the Commander's email. Best regards, Monica Monica Watt President, Highland Park Community Council Editor, HPCC Newsletter Co-Chair, House Tour Committee Co-Chair, Playground Committee Member, Beautification Committee President ESP Studios 625 Liberty Avenue, 24th FL Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412.642.7700 v 412.642.2277 f 412.980.4208 c monica.watt@elias-savion.com<mailto:monica.watt@elias-savion.com> From: Lando, Jason Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 10:32 AM Subject: ** Zone 5 Community Update: Week of September 5th - 12th ** Good morning, Zone 5 Neighbors! Attached is your Community Crime Update for the week of September 5th - 11th. For those of you who live or work in Homewood, we want to let you know that we will be focusing on the Frankstown Avenue corridor this week, between N. Homewood Avenue and Brushton Avenue. We have received numerous complaints from residents in regards to the loitering, gambling, drug dealing, and violence in that area. We are making that a priority this week and Port Authority Police will be assisting us in this endeavor. Officers will be monitoring this area closely and will be issuing citations and making arrests for any offenses they witness. If you have any information regarding crimes in this area or individuals involved in criminal activity, please e-mail me any of your tips and I will forward them to the appropriate officers and detectives. Thank you and have a safe week, Jason Jason Lando, Commander Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Zone 5 Station 1401 Washington Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15206 (412) 665-3605 "Leaders don't create followers... they create more leaders." - T. Peters Stanton Heights/Morningside/Highland Park/East Liberty/Waterworks Mall 9/6/16 Burglary - 700 block N. St. Clair Street. Victim reported that she noticed her purse was missing from the kitchen when she came downstairs in the morning. Keys to both of her vehicles were in her purse. Victim believes that the burglar made entry through a window in the dining room. No signs of forced entry. (167969) 9/6/16 Theft from Vehicle - 5800 block Wayne Road. Victim found the contents of her vehicle strewn about and $15.00 missing from her center console. No signs of forced entry. (168436) 9/7/16 Burglary - 700 block N. St. Clair Street, 12:47 AM. Officers responded to a burglary-in-progress and arrived to learn that the suspects had fled. The homeowner witnessed two males trying to break into his house and confronted them by pulling his gun. The males fled. Officers discovered that the suspects did make entry into the garage but nothing appeared to be missing. Suspect # 1 is a black male, 16-18 years old, 5'11", thin build, brown complexion, short hair. Suspect # 2 is a black male, 16-18, 5'11," thin build with a boxtop haircut. (166463) 9/7/16 Burglary - 6200 block Wellesley Street, 1:21 AM. Officers responded to a burglary-in-progress and arrived to learn that the suspects had fled. The victim indicated that she came downstairs to get a drink and noticed some items out of place and her purse missing. The suspects also stole the couple's 2005 silver Volvo V50 (PA plate HRA-8398) and their 2016 white Subaru Legacy. The Subaru was soon recovered in McKees Rocks. The Volvo is still missing. (168475) 9/7/16 Theft from Vehicle - 5500 block Beverly Place. Unknown suspects broke the victim's rear passenger window and stole $4.00 in change. (168928) 9/7/16 Attempted Theft from Vehicle - 5800 block Callowhill Street. Unknown suspects broke the victim's rear vent window and rummaged through the vehicle. Nothing missing. (168628) 9/7/16 Theft from Vehicle - Bunkerhill Street & N. St. Clair Street. Unknown suspects broke the victim's window and stole her vehicle registration paperwork. (168589) 9/7/16 Theft from Vehicle - 6300 block Penn Avenue. Victim reported that someone stole his iPhone from his car when he ran into Club One to pick up a family member. (169078) 9/7/16 Burglary - 5600 block Penn Avenue. Property Manager for Pennley Park Apartments advised that someone forced entry into one of the units and ransacked the residence. It is unknown if anything was stolen but money and electronics were still in place inside the residence. (168701) 9/8/16 Attempted Theft from Vehicle - 1100 block N. Euclid Avenue. Unknown suspects broke victim's rear vent window and rifled through her vehicle. Nothing appeared to be missing. (169507) 9/9/16 Burglary - 6111 Penn Avenue (Money Mart & Haircology), 5:00 AM. Officers responded to a buarglar alarm and arrived to find someone had forced entry into Haircology, then cut a hole in the wall of that business, and entered the adjacent Money Mart. Money Mart appeared to have been ransacked but it is unknown at this time if anything was stolen from either business. (169992 & 170023) 9/11/16 Stolen Motorcycle - 500 block Borland Street. A 1998 dark green Kawasaki Vulvan motorcycle (PA plate 6CD13) was stolen from in front of the victim's residence. (171918) 9/11/16 Aggravated Assault / Robbery - 500 block N. Beatty Street, 7:45 PM. A 27 year-old female victim reported that she was walking home when an unknown suspect approached her and tried to grab her purse. During the robbery, the male repeatedly elbowed the victim in the stomach. The victim is 9 months pregnant. Mom and baby were transported to West Penn Hospital and both were found to be in stable condition. The suspect is a male between 40-50, possibly Hispanic, 5'11", with a medium build, and short hair. (172081) 9/11/16 Aggravated Assault (Domestic) - 800 block N. Sheridan Avenue, 11:17 PM. A 47 year-old male victim reported that he was stabbed in his shoulder. Neighbors directed officers to a house in this block where the victim's girlfriend resided. Officers noted fresh blood on the door and knocked loudly in an attempt to make contact with the victim's girlfriend. There was no answer at the door at which point officers forced entry to ensure there were no other victims inside. Officers found the victim's girlfriend, Brittany Rideout, 30, of Highland Park, inside the residence. Rideout admitted to stabbing the victim and was arrested without further incident. (172157) Notable Arrests 9/5/16 at 9:25 PM - 600 block N. Braddock Avenue (Homewood): Zone 5 officers received a tip that a group of males were congregating in the courtyard behind the row houses on N. Braddock Avenue & Kelly Street. The caller indicated that these men were armed with guns. As officers converged on the area, one male fled on foot. Officers are very familiar with this male, Paris Eugene Minard, 22, of Suncrest Street in Beltzhoover, and know him to carry firearms. As officers were chasing Minard, they observed him discard a Glock model 23 pistol into some weeds. Officers eventually caught up to Minard and tackled him to the ground. Minard refused to surrender and punched one officer in the face. Officers eventually subdued Minard and found that, in addition to this incident, he was wanted on (4) outstanding warrants, at least one of them for firearms violations. The Glock pistol was recovered from the weeds, along with marijuana and crack cocaine from the steps were Minard was originally sitting. (167610) 9/7/16 at 1:25 AM - Hillcrest Street & N. Aiken Avenue (Garfield): Officer Rummel was patrolling East Liberty Blvd, looking for the vehicles stolen in a burglary (See entry 168475) when he saw the car travling towards Garfield. Officer Rummel noticed that three vehicles appeared to all be traveling together - the stolen Volvo, a gold Nissan Rogue, and a gray Kia Soul. When Officer Rummel activated his lights on Hillcrest Street, the Kia crashed and the driver fled. Both other vehicles fled as well. The Kia was reported stolen out of the Northside. A short time later, a juvenile male, 15, of Northside, approached a plainclothes officer at the Sunoco gas station (obviously not realizing he was a police officer) and asked about the bus schedule. This officer noticed that the young man was sweating profusely and covered in dirt. Additionally, the young man asked the officer how to get back to Northside. The male was detained and eventually admitted to being the driver of the stolen Kia. (168547) 9/9/16 at 5:27 PM - 8500 block Pershing Street (East Hills): Officer Froehlich responded to a neighbor dispute and was advised by the 911 call-taker that one party had a firearm in his residence. Upon arriving at the scene and speaking with the parties, John D. Comer, 55, of East Hills, admitted to Officer Froehlich that he is a convicted felon and had a firearm in his house for protection. Officer Froehlich confirmed that Comer was in possession of a loaded Colt .45 caliber pistol, and further confirmed that Comer possessed that gun illegally. Comer was placed under arrest and charged with Persons Not to Possess Firearms. (170414) 9/11/16 at 5:10 AM - Brushton Avenue & Frankstown Avenue (Homewood): Officer Matson was patrolling Brushton Avenue in response to several community complaints of illegal activity late at night. He noticed a green Pontiac G6 that had been reported stolen, parked at the intersection. Officer Matson took the driver into custody without incident. He was identified as Lonnie Smith, 22, of North Braddock. (171665) 9/11/16 at 3:50 PM - Penn Avenue & Living Place (East Side): Officer Lepkowski was on patrol on Penn Avenue when he pulled behind a red Cadillac sedan with an Ohio license plate. Officer Lepkowski recognized this as a recently stolen vehicle and confirmed this on his in-car computer (MDT). Officers conducted a traffic stop as the vehicle turned into the Bakery Living complex. Nijah Jeffries, 18, of East Hills, was placed under arrest without incident. (171946)