Crime reports

The following reports are gleaned from the APD Zone 6 crime stats for weeks 2 and 3 of 2012, with emphasis on our VaHi Beat 601 – but with news from around the Zone as it applies to us. Once again, I state that these reports are not meant to scare anyone, but to raise your level of awareness as to what happens around us everyday.

• Aggravated Assault – No reported incidents in Beat 601
• Auto Theft – Two reported such incidents – both happened at the Virginia Highland Apartments parking lot on Virginia Avenue.
• Residential Burglary – A St. Charles Avenue residence was entered via a doggie door. Is this convenience for your dog worth compromising the security of your home? Yeah – it’s a small entry way, but remember these thieves are skinny, An arrest was made of this perp.All around the Zone in this time period – entry was made to residences via a kicked-in door three times.
• Commercial Burglary – The well publicized burglaries of the new 310 Rosemont clothing store on North Highland Avenue, two nites in a row, were the only incidents in Beat 601. Entry was via broken front glass and only True Religion jeans and other apparel were taken. Not a good welcome for a new business. The story at http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/blue-jean-bandits-hit-1305133.html
• Residential Robbery – No reported incidents in Beat 601
• Commercial Robbery – No reported incidents in Beat 601
• Larceny From Vehicle – Vehicles were broken into on Arlington Place, North Highland Avenue (4), St. Charles Avenue, and Briarcliff Road. Of these 7 reported incidents, 6 of the owners were from outside of VaHi. PLEASE remind your visitors to clean out their parked car before enjoying time here, and this includes our businesses.
• All around the Zone in this time period – there were 10 cell phones lifted, 9 laptops stolen, 4 license plates unbolted (keep checking to make sure you still have a plate), FIFTEEN GPS systems ripped out, 3 catalytic converters sawed off, 5 I-Pods stolen, and three more firearms added to the arsenal on the streets (one was already loaded and ready to fire). Two more liquor delivery trucks had the locks cut on the back door while they were making deliveries.
• Larceny Other – A bicycle was stolen from a 2nd floor apartment balcony on Virginia Avenue – yeah these guys can shinny up a floor. A Rosedale Road resident reported a car cover, a wheelbarrow and large solid rocks stolen. Rocks? – yes that is what the report stated. A/C units continue to be stolen around the Zone – 6 were taken in two nites from the Graveyard Tavern on Glenwood Avenue, S.E. in East Atlanta Village.

  There is a scrap metal bill now in the Georgia House that deserves support. There is no indication that the price of copper and other metals is going to drop in price – so this type of theft will continue without deterrents.

• Pedestrian Robbery – No reported incidents in Beat 601 – But nearby in Zone 6 – in Inman Park at 3:10 a.m. on North Highland Avenue at Washita Avenue a female pedestrian (with friends) had her purse snatched by a lone male pedestrian who fled on foot. In the 4th Ward at 4:30 a.m. a lone male was robbed by 3 males of $850 at the corner of Boulevard and North Avenue. I’m going to refrain from any comments about being at that corner at that time of morning with $850 in your pocket.

Remember the CLEAN CAR CAMPAIGN, and keep ALL parked cars cleaned out at ALL times. If you don’t clean out your car – chances are someone else will!!

Again, I suggest that our neighborhood businesses post a gentle reminder on their front door to remind their patrons to clean out their parked cars. No – this is not meant as a scare to your patrons, but that customer who returns to their car to find the window broken will not think well of VaHi and may never drive in from Villa Rica or Lawrenceville again.