My Belmont Heights - crime - Comments

Burglaries

KavJack — Mon, 21 May 2007 22:18:58 -0500

We were robbed in a home invasion in 1979 (2nd. and MiraMar).Recently I have been thinking of getting a security yard sign which advertises a (non-existent) alarm monitoring system. I also came across this item http://www.norcoalarms.com/ezstore123/CUProductReviewList.asp?productID=1639at Norco Alarms - it is a solar powered night light which illuminates the home security yard sign. After all a fake alarm sign is no good unless the burglar can see it. I am thinking of buying one but first I am trying to get a cheap security yard sign on E*Bay.

burglaries

DAGMAR — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:38:38 -0500

I don't have any info on burglaries on my block but I will not leave my vehicle on the street overnight because we have a lot of auto break-ins.

I live on 6th Street west of Ximeno...for years the residents on 5th street have been parking on my street because they say the car thefts and break-ins are so bad on 5th....and they feel 6th is safer....but 6th is also bad. I have observed guys, "casing the street at like 5:30 am....have reported to the police but they can't do much.

I would think the best defense is everyone keeping their porch lights on but there are many who apparently don't want to "waste the electricity"...

Burglaries and carts

Roberto — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:05:42 -0500

We moved here 2 years ago. i am surprised to hear about the burglaries. If it's
happening to some areas we should alert everybody so we will know if this problem
is rampant or just isolated to certain areas. We choose this areas because of the
ideal location and low crime statistics. We should all be vigilant and more watchful
of our immediate areas. It's also a good idea to know our neighbors and chat with them
so we know what's going on.

The carts are the responsibility of the stores and I believe that just sending them a letter
regarding this would be taken care of. There's a lot of people that walk to the stores and
we can't blame them if they take the cart. Walmart has been using cart with lock for awhile
but you have to consider the cost.

Thank you and I do hope as one of the post i read that somebody will
say the general area: say between 4th and 5th. ximeno and bennett

Roberto

Burglary Locations

Barry Jackson — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:33:17 -0500

It might be helpful to tell your readers exactly which blocks are having problems.
After all, the burglars know which houses they robbed but we other residents of the Heights do not. We do not need to know the exact addresses but surely some better identification of the problem areas would help us all to maintain extra vigilance.

shopping carts

Dana DeVera — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:34:41 -0500

The use of shopping carts which are disabled once they go off the market's property is a great idea. Is that something the association could suggest to the local supermarkets?

shopping carts

marky — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:27:45 -0600

I wonder if we could ask the super market to start using the same type of carts that Target has. The wheel lock up if you go off the property.

abandoned shopping carts

Bette — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:51:16 -0600

While I have not heard of an increase of house or car burglaries recently, where I live has its own unique special problems with transitional housing and that is abandoned shopping carts. We are located between a supermarket and a transitional housing facility which claims to ban shopping carts from the premises. So when their residents walk to the market and then walk home with their purchases in a cart, they abandoned the cart a half block or so from the transitional housing facility. Frequently, in front of my house or across the street is an abandoned shopping cart. I always take the time to call the supermarket to reclaim their property. The other day I spoke to the person who picks up the shopping carts for the stores and he said he drives my block every day now. Sad. He wouldn't be driving my block daily unless there was money to be made.

I welcome any suggestions to end this blight.

FYI, at the last Joint

Paul Murnane — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:53:39 -0500

FYI, at the last Joint Council meeting there was talk of a "Graffiti Day" sometime in September, with Justin Rudd organizing. Volunteers would use city-supplied paint to paint over graffiti on public buildings. If I find more info I will post it.

Paul

LBPD East Division to attend BHCA Meeting

Mike Stewart — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 22:40:46 -0500

The plan at the moment is to have somene form LBPD east Division or Neighborhood watch attend next weeks meeting. PSA Kym Cloughesy from East Division said she will be able to make it next Wednesday. She works with Community Policing/Directed Enforcement, and they deal with a lot of the chronic neighborhood problems. You may want to give her a heads-up on any specific incidents that might come up in case she wants to do a little research. She can be reached at 570-5808, or via email, kycloug@longbeach.gov. Please post any incidents here, too!

Recent Break-ins

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 22:36:13 -0500

We live on Nieto and have had someone come into our backyard on two seperate
occassions taking a skateboard and bicycle. Both happened during the night.

Just another FYI:

Amy Johnson — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:42:55 -0500

Last Saturday, an acquaintance of ours who lives on Loma at the corner of 7th (southwest corner) left her purse on her porch while helping a neighbor move something out of her car. Her purse was stolen in that brief moment and she had to replace her locks because her keys were in the purse. Amy