[UC] smashed car window
My rear vent car window was broken between 10 and 10:30 PM Thursday. The alarm went off and nothing was taken .the door had been opened. Note: there is nothing visible in the car. This happened in the 900 block of south 48th street. I did report it to the police. Muriel **Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv000316)
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Friday Night / Saturday Morning, I observed a suspicious looking African American Male, short hair, dark clothing, dark backpack, White IPOD ear buds and large diamond style stud ear-rings (think 4 carats). He was watching a neighbor unload her car from behind a tree. I was concerned enough that I grabbed a flashlight and my cell phone. He was hanging next to a jeep with his bicyle and finishing a cigarette. For a minute I assumed that he was going finish up his cigarette, fold up his bike, put it in the jeep and drive off. Instead he walked around the jeep looking in the windows. Got on his bike and pedaled up the street looking in car windows. It concerned me but not enough to call the cops. I thought maybe it was just my imagination. Saturday morning we discovered that a friend's car on the same street had been broken into. They took out the smaller right rear passengers window with a screwdriver prying between the window gasket and the glass. As far as we can tell so they took some CD's, change and a 12 volt air compressor from the trunk. You can never really tell what is gone until you need it though... The police took a phone report (they called my friend back in 30 minutes after the 911 call.) They told us that they do not come out and investgate. If we wanted a copy of the report we could pay $35 or visit the phila.org website. The cost of the window or the missing contents will hurt, but not as much as making an insurance claim. The fact that the police did not come out and investigate - even for just a minute - is disturbing: 1. Victims are not reassured that if they call the police that the police will actually come. 2. Individuals can commit these crimes without fear of being investigated. 3. The police are not observing the method of break in to seek out patterns. 4. Police are not visiting neighbors to see if they saw anything suspicious. Lowell On 5/26/07, Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometime this morning or afternoon the rear wheel was taken from my bicycle on Woodland Terrace. It was locked up next to the porch, that's beyond the front gate and up the walk. A housemate's bike which wasn't locked is gone from the porch. I also think the thief took my Netflix movies from the mail which was left in the entryway. I was on the porch interacting with some neighborhood cats around 4 or 5 this morning and didn't notice anything wrong. Since both movies are missing, I'm guessing this happened in broad daylight. Frank On May 26, 2007, at 08:14 PM, KAREN ALLEN wrote: My car was broken into on the 4700 block of Warrington earlier this week. Rear passenger vent window was broken, trunk popped and tools, a flashlight, and minor stuff stolen. Called the police who took a phone report. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UC] Smashed car window alert! Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 15:16:20 EDT In a message dated 5/26/2007 3:03:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: a car near our house that had been broken into, and said that it was happening along 49th street as well—900 blocks Anybody else know of the same thing on other blocks? We have a stronger case for going to the cops and asking for increased patrols if it's widespread. Al Krigman You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
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In a message dated 5/27/2007 8:52:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The fact that the police did not come out and investigate - even for just a minute - is disturbing: 1. Victims are not reassured that if they call the police that the police will actually come. 2. Individuals can commit these crimes without fear of being investigated. 3. The police are not observing the method of break in to seek out patterns. 4. Police are not visiting neighbors to see if they saw anything suspicious. The 18th Precinct (55th Pine) which covers our area has: a) A community relations officer (I think his name is Fitzgerald) b) Community meetings once a month (I'm not sure of the date). May I suggest that since you made the original call, you call Officer Fitzgerald (or maybe it would be better to ask for the community relations officer) since my recollection of the name might be faulty, and ask how we can lodge a complaint about this. Also, ask for the time and date of the next community meeting -- and let the rest of us know. Al Krigman ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
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I think it would have been more disturbing if they had failed to answer a call of suspicious activity and missed an opportunity to prevent a crime from happening. It's not clear what sort of investigation you would have liked to have seen after the fact, but I'd be surprised if they canvassed neighbors or tried to process the car for evidence. And I can't say that I'd argue with the wisdom of prioritizing their time in that way. As to the perpetrators, again, what we want to have them worry about is getting caught in the act or immediately afterwards, not through a detective investigation. And they need people to call them to do that. -Original Message- From: Lowell Lysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: UnivCity@list.purple.com Sent: Sun, 27 May 2007 8:51 am Subject: Re: [UC] Smashed car window alert! Friday Night / Saturday Morning, I observed a suspicious looking African American Male, short hair, dark clothing, dark backpack, White IPOD ear buds and large diamond style stud ear-rings (think 4 carats). He was watching a neighbor unload her car from behind a tree. I was concerned enough that I grabbed a flashlight and my cell phone. He was hanging next to a jeep with his bicyle and finishing a cigarette. For a minute I assumed that he was going finish up his cigarette, fold up his bike, put it in the jeep and drive off. Instead he walked around the jeep looking in the windows. Got on his bike and pedaled up the street looking in car windows. It concerned me but not enough to call the cops. I thought maybe it was just my imagination. Saturday morning we discovered that a friend's car on the same street had been broken into. They took out the smaller right rear passengers window with a screwdriver prying between the window gasket and the glass. As far as we can tell so they took some CD's, change and a 12 volt air compressor from the trunk. You can never really tell what is gone until you need it though... The police took a phone report (they called my friend back in 30 minutes after the 911 call.) They told us that they do not come out and investgate. If we wanted a copy of the report we could pay $35 or visit the phila.org website. The cost of the window or the missing contents will hurt, but not as much as making an insurance claim. The fact that the police did not come out and investigate - even for just a minute - is disturbing: 1. Victims are not reassured that if they call the police that the police will actually come. 2. Individuals can commit these crimes without fear of being investigated. 3. The police are not observing the method of break in to seek out patterns. 4. Police are not visiting neighbors to see if they saw anything suspicious. Lowell On 5/26/07, Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometime this morning or afternoon the rear wheel was taken from my bicycle on Woodland Terrace. It was locked up next to the porch, that's beyond the front gate and up the walk. A housemate's bike which wasn't locked is gone from the porch. I also think the thief took my Netflix movies from the mail which was left in the entryway. I was on the porch interacting with some neighborhood cats around 4 or 5 this morning and didn't notice anything wrong. Since both movies are missing, I'm guessing this happened in broad daylight. Frank On May 26, 2007, at 08:14 PM, KAREN ALLEN wrote: My car was broken into on the 4700 block of Warrington earlier this week. Rear passenger vent window was broken, trunk popped and tools, a flashlight, and minor stuff stolen. Called the police who took a phone report. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UC] Smashed car window alert! Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 15:16:20 EDT In a message dated 5/26/2007 3:03:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: a car near our house that had been broken into, and said that it was happening along 49th street as well—900 blocks Anybody else know of the same thing on other blocks? We have a stronger case for going to the cops and asking for increased patrols if it's widespread. Al Krigman You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html. AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find
[UC] Smashed car window alert!
On the heels of a smashed car window rampage across the whole area a few weeks ago, two were busted out in my fenced-in-and-gated (well-lit, too, but we know how much good that does ... it may be a good example of lights helping the perps) parking lot last night (45th just south of Walnut). Several cars were parked overnight. Only two were touched -- both higher-end vehicles. I don't know if there's any precautions anyone can take -- other than to be sure there's nothing even hinting being worth taking left in view. (Whether this applied here, I don't know). Semper vigilans Al Krigman ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
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DUDE! You OWN a parking lot?? For higher-end vehicles?? And here I thought you were one of us, a comrade and member in good standing of the revolutionary underground. What else do you OWN, dude? Care to come clean? If not, as you well know, we have ways of discovering and eliminating dirty traitors in our midst. Meet me at the Lubyanka for lattes at midnight. Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky On 5/26/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the heels of a smashed car window rampage across the whole area a few weeks ago, two were busted out in my fenced-in-and-gated (well-lit, too, but we know how much good that does ... it may be a good example of lights helping the perps) parking lot last night (45th just south of Walnut). Several cars were parked overnight. Only two were touched -- both higher-end vehicles. I don't know if there's any precautions anyone can take -- other than to be sure there's nothing even hinting being worth taking left in view. (Whether this applied here, I don't know). Semper vigilans Al Krigman -- See what's free at AOL.com http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF0002000503. -- Ross Bender http://rossbender.org
Re: [UC] Smashed car window alert!
In a message dated 5/26/2007 3:03:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There was a lot of this last night. We were awakened at 4 AM by a presumably well-intentioned neighbor and her kids who pointed to a car near our house that had been broken into, and said that it was happening along 49th street as well—900 blocks… We didn’t know whose car it was, and it appeared the thieves were long gone, so we went back to bed, and swept up the glass in the morning. Thanks for this report. Anybody else know of the same thing on other blocks? We have a stronger case for going to the cops and asking for increased patrols if it's widespread. Al Krigman More complex than William of Occam ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
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I remember when Al Krigman first moved onto 45th Street and eventually forced all the people who had been parking in that lot to get out or pay a fee. There was a lot of grumbling, but folks either paid or parked somewhere else. sk - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: UnivCity@list.purple.commailto:UnivCity@list.purple.com Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 11:21 AM Subject: [UC] Smashed car window alert! On the heels of a smashed car window rampage across the whole area a few weeks ago, two were busted out in my fenced-in-and-gated (well-lit, too, but we know how much good that does ... it may be a good example of lights helping the perps) parking lot last night (45th just south of Walnut). Several cars were parked overnight. Only two were touched -- both higher-end vehicles. I don't know if there's any precautions anyone can take -- other than to be sure there's nothing even hinting being worth taking left in view. (Whether this applied here, I don't know). Semper vigilans Al Krigman -- See what's free at AOL.comhttp://www.aol.com/?ncid=AOLAOF0002000503.
Re: [UC] Smashed car window alert!
My car was broken into on the 4700 block of Warrington earlier this week. Rear passenger vent window was broken, trunk popped and tools, a flashlight, and minor stuff stolen. Called the police who took a phone report. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UC] Smashed car window alert! Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 15:16:20 EDT In a message dated 5/26/2007 3:03:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: a car near our house that had been broken into, and said that it was happening along 49th street as wellâ900 blocks Anybody else know of the same thing on other blocks? We have a stronger case for going to the cops and asking for increased patrols if it's widespread. Al Krigman You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] Smashed car window alert!
Sometime this morning or afternoon the rear wheel was taken from my bicycle on Woodland Terrace. It was locked up next to the porch, that's beyond the front gate and up the walk. A housemate's bike which wasn't locked is gone from the porch. I also think the thief took my Netflix movies from the mail which was left in the entryway. I was on the porch interacting with some neighborhood cats around 4 or 5 this morning and didn't notice anything wrong. Since both movies are missing, I'm guessing this happened in broad daylight. Frank On May 26, 2007, at 08:14 PM, KAREN ALLEN wrote: My car was broken into on the 4700 block of Warrington earlier this week. Rear passenger vent window was broken, trunk popped and tools, a flashlight, and minor stuff stolen. Called the police who took a phone report. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UC] Smashed car window alert! Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 15:16:20 EDT In a message dated 5/26/2007 3:03:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: a car near our house that had been broken into, and said that it was happening along 49th street as well—900 blocks Anybody else know of the same thing on other blocks? We have a stronger case for going to the cops and asking for increased patrols if it's widespread. Al Krigman You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
