The Meadows Neighborhood Association : P.O. Box 12865, Dallas TX, 75225

The Meadows- Crime Report 6/4-6/12

Good afternoon, fellow neighbors! I have heard of some neighbors voicing concern about the “increase” in activity in our neighborhood and wanted to follow up with you and let you see something for a change that I look at every weekday keeping on the lookout for “stuff” in our neighborhood. At the bottom of this email, is an an email of the daily crime report that I get from the Dallas Police Mondays thru Fridays. It is included at the bottom of this email. I have removed the street addresses since they are not relevant for this email. I send this report to the block captains on a weekly basis, unedited, to let them know that stuff is going on all around us but not directly affecting us as a neighborhood. Unfortunately, this only contains information on situations that were actually reported to the police. Except in the case of sex-related crimes or where a death has occurred by natural causes/self medication/help/whatever, the report comes with complete address information so I can tell immediately what household is involved and can contact the homeowners (if I have any information on them) for further information if it’s not detailed enough. I usually do this when there is a break-in/robbery so that I can keep on top of the latest procedures that are being used. With the exception of the incident on Lakehurst this past week, this report is pretty much the same every week but with the addresses/streets changed to keep the police busy doing the same paperwork on their investigation — they just love doing paperwork as you can tell by some of the descriptions of the incident. The report ALWAYS has listings for specific streets. My favorites are:

Steppington is in the area along Central just north of the Tom Thumb. Stone Canyon is the street that runs parallel to Central and crosses Meadow Road just east of our neighborhood. References to Central Expressway are the businesses that are along the north and south side of Meadow road along the frontage/access road to Central.

The following statuses may not be self-explanatory:

Open - They have an idea on who the bad guys are based on similar crimes, descriptions, whatever they know that we don’t Suspended - the police have everything that they need to know and can’t go any further with this at this time

If there is an incident in our neighborhood, I will use that as an opportunity to educate the neighborhood on practices that make sense to protect ourselves and our property. If I do see something, you can rest assured that an email will be coming out in the form that you have become accustomed to seeing with the logo across the top of the document. I will tell you in not so gory details what happened and leaving out enough details to protect the identities of the victims. Following that will be a few thoughts/suggestions on how to help prevent a situation like the one that occurred. In closing, it is always a good practice to have a light/lamp on inside (visible from street) every night (overnight, if you can) while the household is up and running around, and the porch/driveway lights lit from sundown to sunrise. Dark houses tell me, and the bad guys, that no one is in the house especially after dark. Should you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to contact me for further clarification. Thanks! Tim

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Subject: Daily Crime Report for 6/14/2010 / Dallas Police Beat 653

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Service Number	Date of Occurrence	Time of Occurrence	Beat	Address	Description	Method of Operation (and Narrative of the Incident, if available)	Status
0164137-X	6/12/2010	09:00	653	N CENTRAL EXPWY	BURGLARY OF RESIDENCE	UNK SUSP BROKE OPEN COMP RESIDENCE DOOR, ENTERED TOOK PROP ON LISTED DATE AND TIME AT LISTED LOCATION, UNK SUSP USED UNK INSTURMENT TO DEFEAT DEAD BOLT LOCK. UNK SUSP ENTERED APT AND TOOK LISTED PROP WITHOUT COMP CONSENT. END OF ELEMENTS.	Open
0164252-X	6/12/2010	13:00	653	STEPPINGTON DR	DEADLY CONDUCT	SUSP WAS IN POSSESSION OF WEAPON AND MADE A VERBAL THREAT.	Open
0162707-X	6/11/2010	04:30	653	STEPPINGTON DR	BURGLARY OF MOTOR VEHICLE	SUSP ENTERED COMPS VEH THRU OPEN WINDOW AND TOOK PROP SUSPECT ENTERED THE COMPLAINANTS VEHICLE BY AN UNLOCKED/ROLLED DOWN WINDOW AND TOOK PROPERTY WITHOUT THE COMPLAINANTS PERMISSION. END OF ELEMENTS.	Suspended
0163147-X	6/11/2010	13:23	653	MEADOW PARK DR	BMV	UNK SUSP BROKE VEH WINDOW, TOOK PROPERTY WITHOUT CONSENT ON LISTED DATE AND TIME, WITNESS PERSONALLY OBSERVED UNK SUSPECT BREAK THE DRIVER WINDOW OF COMP’S VEHICLE BY PRYING THE WINDOW OUT BY UNK MEANS, REACH IN, AND TAKE COMP’S LISTED PROPERTY WITHOUT CONSENT. UNK SUSPECT FLED IN SUSPECT VEHICLE. COMP WAS GIVEN A BMV AFFIDAVIT AND THE ADDRESS TO MAIL TO N/C STATION. END OF ELEMENTS	Suspended
0163606-X	6/11/2010	22:20	653	STEPPINGTON DR	ASSAULT M/C (FV)	A/P SLAPPED COMP ON LEFT CHEEK TWICE ON LISTED DATE AND TIME, COMP DROVE TO A/PS HOUSE TO RETRIEVE PROPERTY. A/P MET COMP IN THE PARKING LOT OF COMPLEX. WHEN COMP WALKED UP TO A/P, A/P GRABBED COMP’S RIGHT ARM AND SLAPPED HER TWICE ON THE LEFT CHEEK CAUSING MINOR PAIN. END OF ELEMENTS	Cleared by Arrest
0161560-X	6/10/2010	00:30	653	STONE CANYON	CRIMINAL MISCHEIF	KNOWN SUSP KICKED COMP’S WINDOW BREAKING IT THEN FLED LOCATION SUSPECT KICKED COMP’S WINDOW, BUSTING IT OUT. SUSP THEN FLED LOCATION.	Open
0161677-X	6/10/2010	04:15	653	STONE CANYON RD	CRIMINAL MISCHIEF	SUSP BROKE COMP’S WINDOW ON LISTED DATE, TIME AND LOCATION THE SUSP BROKE THE COMP’S WINDOW ON THE LISTED VEH AND FLED. END OF ELEMENTS	Suspended
0162957-X	6/10/2010	22:30	653	N CENTRAL EXPWY	BURGLARY MOTOR VEH	UNK SUSP BROKE COMP VEH WINDOW, AND TOOK COMP PROP W/O CONSENT. BETWEEN LISTED DATES AND TIMES UNK SUSP BROKE COMP VEH DOOR WINDOW. UNK SUSP ENTERED THE VEH AND TOOK COMPS LISTED PROP WITHOUT COMP CONSENT. END OF ELEMENTS	Open
0163001-X	6/10/2010	23:00	653	RIVERFALL DR	CRIMINAL MISCHIEF	COMP’S DRIVER’S WINDOW WAS BROKEN COMP STATED THAT AT THE ABOVE LOCATION , DATE AND TIME UNKNOWN SUSPECT BROKE COMP’S DRIVER’S WINDOW ON THEIR VEHICLE. NO WITNESS OR SUSPECT INFO AT THIS TIME. NFI . END OF ELEMENTS	Suspended
0160943-X	6/9/2010	00:15	653	N CENTRAL EXPWY	BMV	UNKNOWN SUSP DAMAGED WINDOW AND DASH, NO PROPERTY TAKEN UNKNOWN SUSECT DAMAGED COMPS DRIVERS WINDOW OF COMPS VEHICLE, BY UNKNOWN MEANS. SUSPECT ENTERD COMPS VEHICLE AND DAMAGED THE DASH. SUSPECT THEN FLED LOCATION FOR UNKNOWN REASON. COMP DISCOVERED THE OFFENSE AND CALLED THE POLICE. COMP COMPLETED AN BMV FORM AND GAVE IT TO R/O. PES WAS ORDERED. “END OF ELEMENTS”	Suspended
0160974-X	6/9/2010	12:10	653	STONE CANYON RD	ASSAULT M/A	SUSPECT PUNCHED COMP CAUSING PAIN	Suspended
0160209-X	6/8/2010	01:00	653	ORCHID LN	CRIMINAL MISCHIEF	DAMAGE TO PARKED VEH IN COMP’S FRONT DRIVEWAY	Suspended
0159682-X	6/8/2010	02:00	653	LAKEHURST AVE	THEFT (AUTO ACCS)	UNK SUSPECT(S) REMOVED ALL 4 WHEELS AND TIRES COMPLAINANT STATED ON LISTED DATE AND BETWEEN THE LISTED TIMES UNKNOWN SUSPECT(S) REMOVED ALL 4 TIRES AND WHEELS OFF HIS VEHICLE AND LEFT THE VEHICLE ON BLOCKS. NO FURTHER INFORMATION	Suspended
0159155-X	6/7/2010	05:56	653	N CENTRAL EXPWY	THEFT M/A	THEFT OF SECURITY CAMERA	Open
0157840-X	6/6/2010	10:15	653	STONE CANYON RD	INJURED PERSON	INJURED PERSON	Suspended
0156395-X	6/5/2010	01:30	653	N CENTRAL EXPWY	THEFT	SUSP TOOK UNDETERMINED PROPERTY WITHOUT PAYING SUSP JUMPED OVER COUNTER AT THE PHARMACY AT THE STORE AND MAY HAVE TAKENSYRINGES, AND LEFT THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING. END OF ELEMENTS	Suspended
0158035-X	6/5/2010	09:00	653	BROOKSHIRE DR	SUICIDE	COMP SHOT HIMSELF IN CHEST WITH A PISTOL CAUSING DEATH	Open
0156934-X	6/5/2010	15:00	653	STEPPINGTON DR	ASSAULT FV	SUSP STRUCK COMP CAUSING PAIN AND SCRATCHES KNOWN SUSP STRUCK THE COMP ACROSS THE FACE WITH AN OPEN HAND CAUSING PAIN. END OF ELEMENTS	Open
0155754-X	6/4/2010	15:33	653	STONE CANYON RD	ASSAULT	AP PUSHED COMP, AND SLAP COMP IN THE FACE. COMP REPORTS A VERBAL ARGUEMENT ESCALATING INTO THE AP PUSHING AND STRIKING THE COMP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE WITH AN OPEN HAND. COMP STATED HE WAS NOT INJURED BY THE ASSAULT, BUT WAS PROVOKED AND OFFENDED BY THE CONTACT.	Cleared by Arrest
0156292-X	6/4/2010	23:30	653	STEPPINGTON DR	CRIMINAL MISCHIEF	SUSP STRUCK COMP’S RESIDENCE WINDOW CAUSING DAMAGE	Open

CrimeWatch-Recent Activity

Good morning, fellow neighbors!
With the hot days of summer, we have seen an increase in the activity of the bad guys in our neighborhood. I’ve gotten reports that they are driving up and down the alleyways looking for opportunities in the form of storage sheds, vehicles (locked and unlocked) especially if there is stuff in the car that looks valuable.

The best place for your vehicle to sleep at night is in your garage. I know many of you have multiple vehicles, and you should be putting the most expensive ones in the garage to minimize your risk. For the vehicles that are left outside, they should have all items removed that might be “attractive” to the bad guys. This includes cell phones, GPS devices, garage door openers, briefcases, luggage (even though it only has dirty clothes in it), and other similar items. The cars should always be locked even if in a gated area since the gated driveway only presents an additional challenge that most of the bad guys will be quick to accept.

For those of you that leave cars outside, it might be worth the expense to consider installing the locking lug nuts on your tires. It’s probably a hassle but worth it since the tires are not removable without a special key for the lug nuts.

On a more serious note, I have heard of plastic bottles being left in gutters and/or front yards that contain some kind of liquid. The contents of the bottle are a combination of foil, drain cleaner, and water. When disturbed, the bottle explodes within 30 seconds causing some injuries or burns to the folks holding the bottle. I have not heard of anything like that in our neighborhood but want each of you to be aware of this in the event that you are gifted with one of these.

Please let me know if you have any questions. I will let you know if I hear any additional details.
If you are getting this information in the form of a paper document and have an email address that you check regularly, you are welcome to send me an email at timothy.chapman@sbcglobal.net requesting the electronic delivery. Please include your name, your street address (so I don’t turn off someone else’s paper by accident), and your phone number (if desired). I’ll add you to the neighborhood database of emails and update my records so that the paper delivery can be stopped.
Thanks!
Tim

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