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comment   post to delicous
August 31, 2006

they’ve got him?!?

2nd hand email from Lt.King of Sector 111, forwarded to me: “I don’t want to jump the gun, but we arrested a susp today for a B. and E and he matches the discription of many of the ones we have been having. Keep your fingers crossed.”

Was he on yellow bike?

Posted at 7:15PM under crime

21 Responses to “they’ve got him?!?”

  1. posted by juju at August 31, 2006 7:30 pm :

    this is great news. if this is indeed the perp or one of the perps, let’s hope the city prosecutes him justly, and he’s not back on the street in 6 months. zero tolerance, people, zero tolerance!

  2. posted by amy at August 31, 2006 8:59 pm :

    If he was on yellow bike, they couldn’t have caught up with him- that thing looks fast! On the other hand, weighed down by a notebook and a bunch of change. . .

  3. posted by John m at August 31, 2006 9:10 pm :

    I wrote to Lt.King and asked if there was anythign official that I could get on this. He replied:

    We did arrest someone this afternoon and he matches most descriptions, however,

    I don’t want to say that he is the one who is doing all of them. Once the

    detectives finish their investigations, we’ll know more. For now we are very

    happy we caught this guy and we will continue to work hard to solve and prevent others.

  4. posted by ralph on 22nd at September 1, 2006 7:45 am :

    I have a burning question….how was he caught? In the act?….his nervy arrogance suggested to me it was a matter of time….

  5. posted by john m at September 1, 2006 7:47 am :

    He’s lucky that I didn’t catch him.

  6. posted by Lora at September 1, 2006 8:05 am :

    Ditto for us, John.

  7. posted by dcc at September 1, 2006 8:31 am :

    good news indeed, but I’ll keep up the vigilance anyway. unfortunately, there will be a next one. good site, by the way. the brother finally persuaded me to dial it up.

  8. posted by Lt. Jack King at September 1, 2006 12:21 pm :

    This guy was caught through the great observation of one of our citizens. I have said all along that we needed your help and it was a phone call about this guy being suspicious that led us to him. More to come when I am able. Great work by all involved, but please do not let your guard down. Continue to call with any and all suspicious activities, regardless of the time of day. Thanks again for all of you help and support.

  9. posted by B at September 1, 2006 2:42 pm :

    Re: video cameras –

    As a woman who works at home (and hence keeps motion detectors off for the most part), I had my fiance wire the front and back doors with motion-sensitive video cameras. Not that they would keep someone from entering, but if someone did, they’d be on candid camera — no mystery as to who we’d have to chase down. Luckily, no one has freaked me out with such an unwelcome visit.

    As an aside - I had started feeding a feral cat, leaving food out before I went to bed. The tapes showed us that in fact I was feeding a raccoon, about 3 cats, birds, and two muskrat/possum-type creatures. I quickly stopped the midnight feedings — I don’t want a raccoon terrorizing my cat. The point: video can also give you all kinds of insight re: what’s going on around your home that you might not otherwise know about.

    If you are interested in learning about or installing your own video monitoring system, send an email.

    B

  10. posted by j at September 1, 2006 6:01 pm :

    The RTD named the guy charged with the burglaries: “Officers arrested James Stanley Smith, 50, of the 2100 block of Creighton Road, on North 27th Street moments after he had broken into a home. The tip came from a resident of the area who observed Smith behaving suspiciously in a neighbor’s backyard.”

  11. posted by John m at September 1, 2006 9:41 pm :

    RTD: Burglary suspect arrested

    A tip from a Church Hill resident led police Thursday night to a suspect in at least 30 burglaries in that part of the city.Officers arrested James Stanley Smith, 50, of the 2100 block of Creighton Road, on North 27th Street moments after he had broken into a home. The tip came from a resident of the area who observed Smith behaving suspiciously in a neighbor’s backyard.Police charged Smith with breaking and entering and with felony larceny. He is being questioned about the rash of additional burglaries.

  12. posted by John m at September 3, 2006 7:48 am :

    nbc12.com has a picture and ties Smith to the Ginter Park burglaries, too.

  13. posted by jc at September 3, 2006 9:01 am :

    Is this guy the same burglar/asshole mentioned in Mark Holmberg’s column in today’s TD?

  14. posted by John at September 3, 2006 9:03 am :

    Holmberg’s article seems to describe something that happened Friday night, after this guy was caught.

  15. posted by AN-B at September 8, 2006 8:36 am :

    Don’t know if anything came of it, but I called 911 on Tuesday night when I noticed a man walking with a ladder at 8:30 pm through my alley (400 block of 31st! — please no more). When my husband asked if he had “gotten locked-out”, he replied, “yes, and don’t tell anybody about this.” It wasn’t a threat, but seemed mighty suspicious. I don’t know if it was related to the B&Es (btw, can someone tell the writers of the Church Hill Newsletter that break-ins does not require an apostrophe), but it matched the MO. He was in his 40s, African-American, and wearing a pale yellow baseball cap.

    One of the Ginter Park robbers was caught according to the R T-D.

  16. posted by cb at September 8, 2006 8:49 am :

    AN-B, please tell me that you called the police about the guy with the ladder. Also, we need to get these vacant houses cleaned up and boarded up. We have someone living in the vacant house next door to me. I am continually calling CAPS.

  17. posted by AN-B at September 8, 2006 9:38 am :

    cb, I’m your friendly neighbor two doors down (in case you didn’t know). I called 911 twice (the suspect disappeared and then reappeared about 15 minutes later), chatted with the police about what I saw, and alerted our ally neighbors on 32nd. I was hoping to say goodbye to you today… I’m off to the field today. But you and the hubbies should tackle the house between ours! Loved our brief neighbor time.

  18. posted by archie bunker at September 8, 2006 11:04 am :

    AN-B — was the guy wearing gloves?

  19. posted by AN-B at September 8, 2006 12:51 pm :

    Gosh, it was dark and I didn’t notice? Why? Cuz of prints?

  20. posted by archie bunker at September 8, 2006 3:40 pm :

    The cops believe the that the M.O. of the guy(s) responsible for the rash of brek-ins includes that he/they wear gloves to avoid leaving prints.

  21. posted by john m at September 8, 2006 3:41 pm :

    Ladders are worth stealing themselves, for recycling value alone. We’ve had a few go missing.

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