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Both break ins occurred on 11/20/2018
Ken shared:
We had a break in and burglary on the 3000 block of M St, Richmond, VA 23223. Someone unscrewed our back porch light and broke in the kitchen window. Rummaged through the entire house, just emailing to let you guys know. This was between 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm when we left for the gym at 6:30 pm on 11/20/18. We didn’t have cameras, unfortunately the police told us that since we don’t have cameras that there was nothing they could do. They didn’t send anyone to try to get fingerprints off anything either unfortunately. We’ll probably be looking into cameras for the future. Someone had to have been watching us because we leave for the gym at the same time every night. I’d caution that some people were watching us and got our routine down, they used a vehicle and I’m guessing that they started a little after we left for the gym. We even left the lights on in the living room, front, and back porch like we usually do. So it seems like someone has been watching us. Luckily not much of value was taken but a lot of sentimental stuff was that will probably end up in the trash.
Katarina shared:
A couple of things I noticed that I didn’t realize last night, I don’t think his shirt is up, I believe he’s wearing a weight belt. Also, the more I look at the last video of the guy in the red hoodie, the more I think that person must have been involved. More than likely, they planned to open the front door. You can see the second person appears to be texting, most likely communicating with the guy in the back.
Official press release from the RPD regarding the crime:
Suspect Sought in Church Hill Attempted Breaking and Entering, Larceny
Richmond Police detectives need the public’s help to identify the male suspect in the attached photos and video (sent separately) who attempted to break into a Church Hill home early yesterday morning. At approximately 12:25 a.m. yesterday (11/20/18), an unknown male attempted to break into a residence through a locked window in the 2900 block of East Marshall Street. The suspect reportedly stole the victim’s surveillance camera that was located outside of the home and removed an exterior light.
Detectives ask anyone with any information about the identity of the suspect to call First Precinct Detective T. Wilson at (804) 646-0672 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000, online atwww.7801000.com. The P3 Tips Crime Stoppers app for smartphones may also be used. All Crime Stoppers methods are anonymous.
Julie & Celeste shared the same story from CBS 6
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I’m a bit confused. This post has 2 separate burglaries—one on M street that happened on 11/20 and another on East Marshall that happened whenever yesterday was at 12:25am, correct? Are they related in some way? Thanks for any clarification.
Someone broke into my truck on the 700 block of 24th St Saturday night. Normally people will just see if the door is unlocked and if it’s locked move on, but this time they tried to Jimmy the lock through the window frame and broke the glass on the front passenger side while also bending the window frame. Nothing was taken, and police really didn’t do much than take a report.
Wait, the police can’t do anything unless there’s video of the break-in happening?
@ EastEnder, one of the requests on a previous posting was that crime in our area be reported more often on this blog. I believe the admins are honoring that request.
I am surprised that the police said unless you have a camera ther is little they can do! I had clear images of faces of three people going through my car and it took a week and contacting the Mayor’s office to get a police officer to take a look. Nothing ever came of it!
The video was posted here on CHPN.
The break in on the 2900 block of Marshall is actually my house. What’s not really clear in the article is that there is another video that wasn’t used in the news story. It shows a man in a red hoodie and white pants standing in front of my house texting at roughly the same time as the break in was occurring in the back. I also believe I saw this person walking past my house the following day. Here’s the video:
@1 I think they are both from Nov. 20 and CHPN just got around to reporting them today. The 20th was last Tuesday. Don’t know if they are related. And I agree the reports are somewhat confusing.
I’m disappointed about the police’s lackluster response to the burglary notice above by Ken, and Chris’s truck incident. What’s happening at the First precinct? I live in the Chimborazo/Oakwood area and neighbors there have had problems with drug dealing and burglaries. We’ve had to pull teeth to get them to pay attention to problems.
Can someone please pass along when and where the next 7th District Mtg is. CHPN? I would like to raise these concerns there during the police informational part. Thanks.
@8 Why don’t you call the 1st Precinct and speak to Lt. Roane? He’s easy to talk to.
And here’s a new one – I very rarely eat at McDonalds but just before noon today I tried to. Was turned away as they had just been robbed, someone in a restaurant uniform came out to where I was trying to go in the drivethru and said they were closed as they had been robbed. Cops were there and more arriving.
@9, My neighbors and I have spoken to him. While he’s easy to talk to, we still have received a very slow and tepid response to some serious problems.
As one of the burglarized people, the most frustrating thing about the whole burglary is the theft of so many things that have little to no retail value.
The items that were stolen have no reason to them, e.g. cheese out of the refrigerator, deodorant, electric razor, some old DVDs. A few fantasy dragon and fairy statues that will probably end up being used for gifts this season. Lastly, the pewter and silver jewelry gathered over the last thirty years from Renaissance fairs and pagan festivals will be of no interest to anyone and will end up in trash.
The theft of the fire safe full of important documents is going to take a lot of time and money to replace, e.g. birth certificate, passports, etc. It is highly unlikely that someone will get it open anyway.
My Christmas wish this season is that the items find their way to my porch or something, instead of lost forever in the landfill.
This is Ken, I tried to call the 1st precinct multiple times but they never answered and tried calling the non emergency number and they told me that they would get a detective to contact me but kept giving me the run around. I figured that they would get someone to finger print the window that was broken but they told us the detective was “busy” at the 4th precinct. When I googled where the 4th precinct was, I noticed that it was only like 10 minutes at the most from our house… Still no call back even though I’ve left messages and tried to get in touch with the officer who filed the report.
Storm doors are helpful. Change up your routine. Definitely cameras. Dog if possible. Bright lights.
On another note, our new alarm had a false alarm by the cat with a motion sensor, at about 5:45 pm. The officer knocked on the door at 6:20 pm. Thirty-five minute for a response might seem be a bit much to actually prevent a robbery. We were just at the CVS down the road and I checked the app and it said that the alarm had gone off at 5:45 pm.
Chris, Jean, Katarina, Lee, and Ken,
I’m sorry about the destruction of property and the burglaries. I’ve had people break into my home and taken items of both little and great value. It f** stinks. I felt scared, helpless, sad and extremely angry at the thieves and the cops who didn’t seem to care. All this to say, I’m sorry.
@Lee, for what it’s worth, when trying to replace birth certificates, passports, etc., a faxing/emailing of a police report to the agencies can lead to fees being waived.
CHPN,
Would you happen to know when the next 7th District meeting is?? I would also like to attend. I went to Rep. Newbille’s twitter page, and couldn’t find any information. Please pass along any info. Thank you.
@ EastEnder, you’re right the social media pages for Rep. Newbille doesn’t have anything listed. I dug deeper and couldn’t find anything on the .gov pages. We also haven’t received any notice of the next one and we normally get a an email a few days ahead. I sent an email out and will post when we know more.
@Vanessa, thanks! Appreciate it.
Anyone read the post from 10/7? “I cocked they shotgun….and they bolted”. Another red hoodie.
I’ve had two new arrivals to the neighborhood ask me if the drug house down on the 11 or 1200 block of Oakwood Ave has someone at the first precinct on their payroll. That should sound 100% crazy. Which is what I started to say, but, and this bothers me, I had to take a beat. I answered that I actually have no idea why the first precinct allows a drug gang house they known about to just keep on grinding. Little kids, guns and hard drug all in the mix.
Second thing that’s new, is the drug dealers saying that the police have given them the okay to keep on. You hear a lot of bullshit in the streets, but when the dealers are out there and nobody could have a question what they are doing, and the police are called, and they don’t even go look at the car…. Well, if it happens once, nobody notices. But when it happens over and over again, we all notice. And when the dealers say, we have police permission to do what the fuck we like up in here, it kinda sounds true.
Lieutenant Roane and Capt Greer, and this are question for thought,, not one to be answered with political words: Is this what you think of our community?
@ EastEnder it looks like there are no meetings scheduled for November or December. They told us that the next meeting will be in January and the schedule is being published next week.
Here’s a thought, Dubois2. (I did this once.) If there is a view of drug activity from your home, invite the police to sit there and observe. There was, at one time, a squad in Church Hill dedicated to targeting drug dealers and they were willing to use my house as a lookout.
Ugh – the first precinct should be ashamed of themselves. We need to get the news media out here to get things rolling.
@Dubois2, that’s a sad question that those folks asked but I hear you about taking a beat and wondering about what the police are actually doing…
There is a house in the 1200-block of Oakwood (often with a bunch of people on the porch, on the sidewalk, or hanging in cars) that had someone shot on the porch back in May and just a few days ago, drugs and guns were seized and 2 guys arrested who were hanging with folks from that same house only after neighbors called in about loud noise late at night.
I bet it wasn’t the first time calls have been made and based on the police’s general blind eye towards activities in that house, it won’t be the last.
After a shooting, drugs, and guns all related to one house, and no serious police attention to that house, if not that block, it makes me shake my head at the police…
A big (enough) dog may be your most reliable protection. I was lucky enough to own a very gentle Chow whose bark was bigger than his bite, but he looked fierce and we never had a break in.
I hope the 1st Precinct people are monitoring this site. If not, I hope the TV media is. There is a serious problem in the 1st Precinct and it needs to be addressed. We’ve always had a problem with the officers, there. Whether it was speeding up Venable St., or a total lack of response, we need answers. Ever since Lt. Laino left it has been down hill.
There was a well known drug dealer operating out of a rental property at 28>> East Grace in the late 1990’s. One neighbor got bullet holes in his windows, one neighbor was chased down the street because he confronted them. I was told ( by the police ) to be careful because these people had police scanners and knew who called the police on them. Needless to say, we were furious about this and felt that the police just did not care.
My neighbor and I started a campaign to expose this activity and put the police and homeowner on notice. EVERT TIME a car pulled up in front of this house, we wrote down their license plate, time and date. We did not try to hide what we were doing but we weren’t blantant either. We gave our monthly list to the police AND the homes owner. We demanded that the home owner pay for damages to our homes from bullet holes, trash and anything else by sending letters of demand thru certified mail. We copied the police and the Mayor on any correspondence to the homeowner.
The person that owned this house thought that because all the houses areound it had been renovated, he was going to make a lot of money by hanging on to it. We let him know that if and when he tried to sell it, we would file a lien on the property for all documented damages unless he corrected this situation. I remember one phone conversation I had with him in which he tried to make it my problem to solve. My response to him was, ” it’s not my nore my communities problem but it is yours”.
After about a year he sold it and the drug problem was solved. I don’t think I or my neighbors gave much credit to the police in doing anything to help.
@jeanMcdaniel,
I admire the boldness! We should hang.
Good luck on getting any response from the police. The thugs rule the city, well known fact.