Crime reports

December 20, 2009

The following crime reports are taken from the Zone 6 crime stats for weeks 49 and 50 of 2009, with emphasis on our Beat # 603, but with news from all over the Zone as it applies to us. Again, I stress these reports are not meant to scare anyone – but to give you…

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Holiday Gifts from AFR Station 19

December 20, 2009

Don’t forget that our local firefighters have great t-shirts with their logo – available at the station on North Highland Avenue. If you can’t see the truck through the garage windows – come back later to make a purchase.

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BOLO

December 20, 2009

BOLO for a green Chevy Lumina with license plate BGU-7453 – this car has been seen in Morningside following delivery trucks, sending a young black male up to porches to take packages and replace them with other already looted boxes. Call 911 immediately if this vehicle is spotted in action. Yes – we have safe…

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Front Porch Package Thefts

December 20, 2009

This continues to be a huge problem, with reports reaching me almost every day. Does anyone reading this report work for either UPS or FedEx? I’ve yet to figure out how to contact someone at these organizations to ask what they are doing on their part to stem this crime. Their web sites offer a…

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VaHi Clean Car Campaign

December 20, 2009

In an attempt to help stem the continuing flood of car break-ins that plagues our neighborhood, I have arranged with Rapid Sign Systems at Ford Factory Square to print up banners as a reminder to both local and visiting vehicle drivers to clean out their cars before parking in our local lots and streets. The…

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