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From: Patty Bulack <pbul...@gmail.com>
Date: January 22, 2012 9:10:41 AM EST
Subject: [UCNeighbors] Found books scattered on the corner of 48th
and Springfield 8 am this morning (Sunday)..... Robbery?
Hello All,
We have had a rash of robberies in our neighborhood, and so I am
more vigilant about unusual circumstances. This morning while
walking my dogs, I found about 5 books scattered on the corner and
into the street at 48th and Springfield. One of the titles was
"Latin American Visions". Does anyone know of someone who is
missing their backpack and/or books? I am concerned that there was
a robbery and the contents dumped while the robbers made a getaway,
as happened last week on Windsor Ave (one block away). The police
came and took the books away, and so if you know who is the owner of
these books, have them call the 18th District at 55th and Pine to
recover the books and connect the dots between themselves and what I
reported this morning.
I didn't think to look through them myself for identification, but I
will in the future so I can try to contact the owner myself.
Also, it was very effective to have two of us calling 911 this
morning. After I called 911, I called Bruce Dorpalen who is on our
list, and he followed up my call by asking to speak to the
supervisor and stating firmly why we needed someone to come right
away. I definitely think that helped me to get a timely response
(20 minutes). We also talked about being Town Watch. I asked Nick
Lai if I should stay on the scene, and he said yes, and after
staying to talk to the officer I agree - we needed to explain the
significance and who we were and why we had called it in (Bruce had
joined me by then). The officer who came had not heard about our
Town Watch, and didn't seem aware that there have been a significant
number of robberies right around here. So it took him a minute to
realize that it might not be just weird trash!
Thanks all - I will be following up with a report about what was
shared with us at the last Community meeting with Lt. McBride at
Calvary on Thursday. Also, if you know who these books belong to,
please feel free to direct them to e-mail me if they want to talk
more about it.
Yours,
Patty Bulack
