POLICE NAB BIKE THIEVES

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thievesJust after 1pm on Wednesday, November 20th, 3 males stole a bicycle from my neighbors’ porch in the 1500 Block of Crete. Two of them acted as look-outs while the third went up the stairs & grabbed an unsecured bicycle off of the porch.

My next-door neighbor has a man working on his house & was kind enough to put himself out there by notifying me & 911 on what he saw concerning the theft. I passed the information on through Dispatch via my radio. I was unable to chase down these guys as I am off full duty until next week due to an injury.

First District Police Officers, Sgt Ricci Fayard, Officers Kenneth Thomas, Dwight Sallier & Detectives Daniel Hiatt & Patrick Kennelly did an excellent job in responding to my call for assistance & apprehended the perpetrators on Paris @ Industry Streets.

My neighbor’s renovation guy put himself out there & agreed for me to relocate him to the place of apprehension in order to identify the stolen bicycle & the perpetrators. The perpetrators are not just bicycle thieves, they come from an area of the city known as Mid-City Killer territory, which is inclusive of S Rendon, Ulloa, Baudin Streets, bordered by Tulane/Carrollton/Jeff Davis. The bicycle & perpetrators were positively identified & the perpetrators were placed under arrest. The detectives advised me we’ve had an uptick in burglaries & thefts in our area & they will look further into these perpetrators concerning these other crimes. First District Police responders did an Excellent Job today as well as the renovation man for my other neighbor who witnessed this crime.

I just want to let all of you know I am very proud of the response by our First Police District & very proud of the fact a man, who doesn’t live in our neighborhood, decided to step up & identify these perpetrators. Granted, a bicycle theft is not a huge crime in the grand scheme of things, but THE TEAMWORK BY THE OFFICERS & MY NEIGHBORS WAS OUTSTANDING AND TRULY WONDERFUL! I love our little Neighborhood & will always do my best as a Citizen & an Officer to keep us safe.

Just a few reminders for Crime Prevention:

1. Always lock up your Property (bikes, homes, cars).

2. Always keep your front & back porch lights on (it doesn’t cost that much, electricity wise).

3. If you think you’re coming home after dark, keep a couple of lights on inside your home before you leave.

4. Always be aware of who & what is around you when you get home, day or night.

5. Have the Fair Grounds Patrol meet you at your house when you come home. More in the link:
https://fsjna.org/about/fairgrounds-patrol/

Thank you, Neighbors!
Thank you, First Police District!

Everybody be well & keep safe.

~Liz on Crete

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HENRY JOHNSON

HENRY JOHNSON

WILLIAM BROWN

WILLIAM BROWN

ROMALICE SHAW

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Relentless Tire Thieves

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theft-2013june173300 block of St. Philip. Photo by Sten Thornburg. June 17, 2013.
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2013ma18-maurepas-northlopezMaurepas and North Lopez. May 18, 2013. Photo by Susan Roth.
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2TireThieves2013mar3March 3, 2013 photo by Jim Danner. Tire thieves continue their crimes in and around Faubourg St. John. 67C 3/3/2013 1:30 am: Four rims/tires were removed from a vehicle parked in the 4100 block of Orleans Ave.
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UPDATE: Report from WWL-TV on January 25, 2013
Peggy Harmon was shocked to find her son’s Corvette on cinder blocks last week, stripped of it’s tires and rims. Thieves hit the car the night of January 16th or in the early morning hours of January 17th in front of her Lakeview home on Argonne Boulevard.

“The window of opportunity for them to do this was so small and we have such good lighting on this street, that it was a little surprising,” said Harmon.

Police believe several people must work together to quickly jack the car up, put it on cinder blocks and then take the tires. “If they can do it in a minute and half to two minutes, what chance do you have?” said Harmon.

A few houses over, a Cadillac had its wheels stolen just a few months ago. Burglars also hit a Tahoe on nearby Louis XIV Street last week. Now neighbors are taking extra precautions.

“I think we’ll probably leave our exterior lights on through the night,” said neighbor Jeanine Miller. Others are installing security cameras and tire locks. Police say that’s just a deterrent. Tire thieves have been targeting high end vehicles all over the metro area for months. It started with 20 inch rims on SUVs, but Harmon’s case shows, cars are becoming targets too.

“It’s a scary feeling because you wonder when are they going to graduate from cars to houses,” said Harmon. Harmon said it will cost thousands of dollars to replace her son’s tires and rims. For now, she’s just glad no one was hurt and she’s hoping for more patrols on the street.
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MrPhil-theftphoto by Linda Landesberg. Tires and wheels were stolen from this Chevrolet in the 1300 block of Moss Street on January 12, 2013.
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A neighbor reports, “sometime in the night on Sunday, January 6th, a white pickup near Moss and Dumaine had all its tires stolen.

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On December 7, 2012 tires and wheels were stolen from the vehicle picture below on North White. Photo by Tommy Lewis. 5 days later a similar vehicle had its wheels stolen at Grand Route Saint John and North White on December 12, 2012.grsj-north-white2012dec12a