After a string of several below average crime months, we popped back up to the typical level this month. Some of this came from a string of assaults around Kinki’s and NSL, five this month alone. On violent crime, two were family violence situations, but the other two were a robbery in the parking lot of the Turtle Dove apartments and a car-jacking in the Billiard Bar parking lot. (See story below)  We’re also seeing a slow increase in the number of auto thefts. One was stolen right out of a driveway on Ellsworth this month. Over the couple of years, we had slowed to a small trickle with many months having no auto thefts at all. But lately, we’ve been seeing them more consistently. This is not been a dramatic increase, but something to keep our eyes on. Please keep reporting suspicious vehicles and suspicious persons to 911. Continue reading “January 2012 Crime Report”

The crime reports for December are below. For the first time in a very long while, I simply don’t have any significant news to share. Once again, we had a very good month, with only 19 total incidents in the residential part of the neighborhood. Most significantly, there was only 1 burglary in the entire LGNA area in December and that one was of a garage, not the house itself. We did have 7 car-break-ins in the neighborhood, which is about typical. I’m hoping we can do better on this in the coming year. Continue reading “December 2011 Crime Report”

The crime reports for November are below. The overall number of incidents was again lower than usual, but the incidents we focus on the most (Burglaries and Car Break-ins) were about average. Of serious concern is the number of firearms stolen this month. I’ve raised this before in previous emails, but there were 4 incidents this month of guns being stolen. In one case, they were left unattended on the sidewalk after returning from a hunting trip. I understand many people keep them for personal protection, but if you’re not at home, please make sure they are well secured, preferably in a safe.  Continue reading “November 2011 Crime Report”

We had a fairly good month, in fact one of the lowest on record for burglaries and car break-ins in the residential part of the neighborhood. This month’s car break-in hot spot was the Walgreens at Matilda & Mockingbird, with three BMVs there in October. Continue reading “October 2011 Crime Reports”

The Crime Reports for September 2011 are below. Although from the big picture, it looks like everything was about average this month, we do have a burglary issue hitting the area.  I also wanted to thank all of you who came out to this year’s National Night Out earlier in the month. We estimate over 1000 neighbors came out for the event. Continue reading “September 2011 Crime Reports”