News from FRIENDS OF N SHOAL CREEK

Burglary of a Vehicle - 90 for the year. Last year's total (2008) was about 125. 2007 was 156.
Tell your neighbors that most of these burglaries could have been prevented by one simple thing that does not cost any money and does not require any anti-theft devices.
Take your stuff out of your vehicles.

BOV 11/23/2009 - 2450 Ashdale - Summit Condos - 9th BOV for the year at these condos.
In fact all BOV's on Ashdale this year involved 9 at the Summit and 1 at the condos across the street. NONE for the single family homes on Ashdale OR the duplexes on Pinedale Cove nearby.

BOV 11/30/2009 - 8100 Burnet Rd - Ross Store 5th BOV for Ross parking lot this year.

BOV 12/06/2009 - 90XX Research Blvd - Crossroads Shopping Ctr - 20th BOV for the year at this parking lot

BOV 12/11/2009 - 8822 McCann Dr - Skate Park - took money, purses, wallets

It is interesting to note that the Skate Park is where ALL of the BOV's have happened this year on McCann - 13 BOV's year to date. The Crossroads Apts, right across the street from the Skate Park have had ZERO car burglaries this year. It's true, I looked them all up.

BOV 12/14/2009 - 32xx Crosscreek Dr - No other details yet as of 12/15

Burglary of a Residence - 38 for the year. In 2008 we had 15
Make a record of serial numbers. If you want to borrow an engraver to further mark your goods, contact our District Rep, Officer Gutierrez at 974-5998. Without serial numbers the detectives usually have little or NOTHING to do an investigation with.

Penny Lane has been hit hard this year with 11 residential burglaries, ALL occurring August and after. There are three multi-family properties on that street:
Abbey Lane Apartments at 2700 Penny Lane- 6 BOR's have occurred here YTD
Victoria Square Condos at 2601 Penny Lane - 2 BOR's have occurred here YTD
Other Condos at 2600 Penny Lane - 3 BOR's have occurred here YTD

BOR 11/23/2009 - 2701 Penny Ln #130 - stole Computer equipment and consumables
BOR 12/07/2009 - 2600 Penny Ln #113 - stole computer equipment

Aggravated Robbery with a Deadly Weapon
In my last newsletter of 11/23, I reported a robbery at the Ross store on Burnet that happened on a Friday at 3:00pm on November 6th. A man who shopped at Ross went to his car, and two Hispanic men approached and showed a gun. They took $400. Recently, I learned that a detective assigned to the case has not been able to make contact with the victim. The case is on hold until the victim contacts APD. "Aggravated" means the crime involved showing a weapon.

This now concerns me because I am seeing more Aggravated Robberies and some are a little too close for comfort. There are a large number that happen throughout the whole city every month. In our neck of the woods, it happens each month mostly in areas such as Lamar, Rundberg, Brownie Dr, Clayton Ln, etc. But now I see several closer to our boundaries that are recent since November. I looked back to July on the Krimelabb database, I see no others this close to us. This is definitely something to be monitored. Here is a sampling of what I see:

*****ROB 11/06/2009 - 8100 Burnet Rd-Ross Store FRI 3:00pm -Customer robbed
ROB 11/07/2009 - 8885 Research NB- Near Northgate Blvd, pedestrian victim SAT 3:30
ROB 12/03/2009 - - THURSDAY - Disco Teca store on Peyton Gin
ROB 12/06/2009 - 10925 Stonelake - Homestead Suites - SUN 1:30pm female robbed in parking lot
ROB 12/07/2009 - 9100 Burnet Rd - Jack In the Box on Burnet at Rutland - MON 6:45pm cust robbed in parking lot
ROB 12/08/2009 - 3435 Greystone - Pizza Hut - TUESDAY 7:30pm Store was robbed
*****ROB 12/10/2009 - 2931 Anderson - Mr. Gattis - THURSDAY 7:30pm -THIS IS NEXT TO SUN HARVEST! A Driver for Mr. Gattis was parked in her car smoking a cigarette during a break. Robber w. gun walked up and stole money plus her cell phone. Other businesses over there have been put on alert.

Other Miscellaneous
Homeless People sleeping near the Pillow Grounds in a vehicle was reported to police. If you walk around Pillow at night, please bring a cell phone with you. Report any activity on the playground or in cars to APD immediately. They will be doing directed patrols between midnight and dawn. APD's Air One helicopter will be searching the ground at night for campfires on vacant or secluded land to try to locate some of the homeless camps that spring up around us.

Public Intoxication 12/02/2009 at a bus stop on Burnet Rd at 8:30pm (at least he wasn't driving)

Suspicious Person 11/29/2009 reported on Little Laura at 9:40am. No other details available

Suspicious Person seen on Kerrybrook and reported by resident on 11/22 around 8:30pm sitting parked on that street. The drivers behavior after being spotted by resident was unusual. This car was also seen several days later driving around Penny Lane by another resident.

White 1988 Toyota Celica CT (click HERE to see what car would look like). White Male, early 20's was wearing a white "hoodie" style jacket, maybe 5'9" or so. LICENSE PLATE #Y97MCY. Registration on this car is out of date from 2007 and it is registered to a hispanic female in Dallas.

Note:
As always, I do not print information about domestic violence or harrassment here unless I feel that it is pertinent to the safety of the neighborhood. I do not want anyone to hesitate in calling APD about their situation for fear that it will show up in a neighborhood newsletter.