Neighborhood Watch Alert, Montrose Heights!
Residents of Montrose Heights please be alert a house was broken into on Luray Ave. last week. It is the same type crime that has been the trend in Greater Fulton Hill area since the beginning of spring: The house was vacant for many days, (he owner was out of town) the house next door […]
Residents of Montrose Heights please be alert a house was broken into on Luray Ave. last week. It is the same type crime that has been the trend in Greater Fulton Hill area since the beginning of spring: The house was vacant for many days, (he owner was out of town) the house next door is not lived in, the backyard is wooded and concealed and the people broke in through the rear door taking a camera, a bicycle, etc… It seems to have occurred during the day.
The police have told me that most of this type of crime is being committed by kids 14-18 years old and they walk around in groups of two to four people scoping out houses with no one home. There was an arrest of a young man recently that was behind many of these breaking and enterings, but it seems some kids are still doing it.
If at all possible, when you are not home, keep your houses as secure as possible. Keep windows locked and if you have a back door with glass panes in it you might consider putting in a double cylinder bolt lock that requires a key from the inside and from the outside. You need to keep the inside key on a hook near the door but out of reach if someone were to break a pane.
If you see groups of kids that look suspicious and/or you don’t recognize them, please call non-emergency police at 646-5100 and give as accurate a description as possible.
-
Recommend this
on Facebook -
Report an error
-
Subscribe to our
Weekly Digest
This article has been closed to further comments.