Elizabeth Safety Email Group has been
formed to inform and empower residents to talk openly about safety
issues in the Elizabeth community that concern them and to work
together to keep an eye out for criminal and suspicious behavior.
Here's how it works:
If anything criminal or suspicious happens to you
or you see something suspicious in our neighborhood for active
crimes call 911and for suspicious behavior call 704-353-1000 and
tell the Police. Then when you get a chance, send an email describing the incident and hell forward
it back out to everyone on the group list. He will also copy our
CMPD Community Coordinator, Laura Orlov, our detective, Muriel Reid,
and Captain Mike Campagna who heads up our Providence District (and
the source of this great email alert idea) so they can be kept up
to speed on things happening in our neighborhood. In your email,
include the following info:
What happened
Where it happened (Street Address)
When it happened
What specifically was stolen (if applicable).
Was your home or car or whatever was broken into locked or secured?
How was it secured? How was it broken into?
Does your home or car have an alarm system? Was it activated?
Did you call the Police? Did they take a report? Have they told
you anything?
Do you have any idea what happened? Pawn Shops checked? Landscaping
or Construction Crews working in the area? Does it seem like an
inside job or just a crime of circumstance?
Anything else you want to add?
Preferably keep the entire email to 50-60 words or less.
Brad Miller, Crime Committee Chairman Elizabeth Community Association
FROM OFFICER RICK GREENE, August 2005
Hello everyone. This is Officer Rick Greene that lives on Morningside
Drive. I just wanted to pass on to everyone that over the last week
the neighborhood has seen a lot of break-ins. Three homes on Morningside
that I know of, including mine was hit Monday (8/1/05). Another
one happened on Morningside Drive Tuesday morning.
People in the area have seen 2 B/Ms driving in the area in a U-haul
truck over the past two days circling the block and stopping at
people's homes. Police that work in this area have advised me of
three subjects that they are looking at as possible suspects. They
are the same that Community Police Officer Varnum was giving out
at the last community meeting. For those of you that were not there
the men's names are: Daryl Walker B/M, Eric Bernard Houston B/M,
& Timothy Houston B/M.
If you would like pictures of these men you can go to the Sheriff's
Department website at www.cmpd.org.
Once there type in Inmate Inquiry in the search engine and it will
guide you to the Sheriff's web page.
Most of these break-ins are occurring in the middle of the day between
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Commonwealth, Green Oaks, Pecan, and Central
Avenue have also seen break-ins over the last week. If anyone sees
anybody that doesn't belong or any vehicles that are circling the
block or sitting in front of homes and don't belong there, don't
hesitate to call the police. Believe me it is not a bother to us
and the police don't know that there is a problem unless we call
them.
Thank you for your time and vigilance.
Rick