THE CRIMEBUSTER
A Quarterly Newsletter from the
GRANT PARK SECURITY PATROL

March, 2012

GPSP NEWS

Please join us in a standing ovation to our retiring security patrol officer Deputy Sheriff Huner.  Huner has been patrolling our streets for the security patrol for over 20 years.  His knowledge of our local cast of characters and their MOs have been invaluable.  He will be missed.  He has been offered a position with the Rockdale District Attorney’s office as investigator and will no longer have the flexibility to allow him to cover our weekday patrols.  We wish him well in his new position.  In the meantime, Lt. Iosty has taken on extra patrols and we’re grateful for his experience in the neighborhood as well.  In addition to his bicycle, Lt. Iosty will be patrolling in a dark blue Ford SUV.   Sgt. Jim Hodge, who used to be assigned to our old precinct in Grant Park and who formerly patrolled for us as well, is interested in doing some patrol hours.  He is on the lieutenant promotion list, but for now will patrol one morning and one afternoon each week for us, in coordination with Lt. Iosty.

Our Annual Meeting will be held Saturday, April 14th at 2 PM at 354 Grant St.  Come have a slice of pizza and a soda, cast your vote for our corporate officers, and hear about the latest crime scenes.  We have a critical need for members who value the security patrol to step up and get involved as corporate officers, or commit to be Secretary-elect, Treasurer-elect or President-elect.  More detailed job descriptions for all the corporate officer positions are available.

 
CRIME NEWS:

As reported in crime alerts, this quarter has been relatively quiet, but there have been reports of mail/packages being stolen from front porches; and

In early January:

• a side door was kicked in at a house in the 600 block of Hill St. near Georgia Ave. The alarm was activated, but a TV was taken.
• a burglary in the 800 block of Mercer, just to the east of Grant Park near the RR tracks.
• a burglary on Delmar near Confederate where several electronics items were taken.
• two Toyota 4-Runners had their catalytic converters stolen. 

In February:

• copper toppers on fence posts have been stolen from as many as five homes, both on the east and north sides of the neighborhood.
• several car break-ins where the GPS was the target (1 on Park north of I-20 and one at the zoo parking lot).

• One burglary on Grant St near Grant Park Place,
• One GPS taken from a vehicle at the lofts on MLK at Grant St,
• 2 car thefts (one from the zoo parking lot and one from the 400 block of GA Ave) and one attempted car theft (in the 500 block of Grant St),
• 2 cars vandalized on Home Ave, and
• 2 cell phones that had been stolen in car break-ins have been traced back to Trestle Tree Apartments via phone apps.  We are working with Trestle Tree management to resolve this issue.

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