Fulton Area Neighborhood Watch ALERT

Lt. Laino from the 1st precinct is pleading that we all watch for groups of young men preying on properties, mostly during the day, but also at night. There has been a great spike in burglaries in the last two months or so in Fulton Hill, Montrose Heights and Fulton (Bottom.) He asked that we all […]

May 27, 2009; 10:09 AM • by vmallonee

Lt. Laino from the 1st precinct is pleading that we all watch for groups of young men preying on properties, mostly during the day, but also at night. There has been a great spike in burglaries in the last two months or so in Fulton Hill, Montrose Heights and Fulton (Bottom.)

He asked that we all keep our eyes open for kids, most have been under 18, in groups of 2-4 wandering into people’s property and busting out windows, often in the back of houses, mostly when owner’s are at work, and stealing property.

His message below states that when the police have asked questions in the areas most recently hit, many of the people the police questioned said that they had in fact seen suspicious people in the area when the crimes were committed but very few have reported questionable or unreasonable behavior and trespassing.

PLEASE PLEASE share this information with at least five friends and or neighbors or preferably your whole block. The First Precinct needs help right now to quell this.

Call 911, or non-emergency 646-5100

Message from Lt. James Laino:

As far as our earlier conversation if you could advise residents in the Montrose Heights and Fulton Neighborhoods to report any suspicious activity to the police as soon as possible. Since the beginning of the year there have been 19 residences broken into while the residents have been away from their home. In some cases neighbors had heard and/or observed suspicious activity at the time of the incident but didn’t realize the importance of the information until detectives canvassed their neighborhood the next day. Also there were 14 cars stolen and 13 additional cars broken into since the beginning of the year. Please advise residents not to leave items in plain sight within the interior of their cars and to make sure their cars are locked at all times.

I will talk to you tomorrow.

Thanks for all your help,
James Laino

Lieutenant James J. Laino
First Precinct – Sector 111
804-646-0572
James.Laino@richmondgov.com

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