Alert from 70th Precinct – Home Invasions

Alert from 70th Precinct – Home Invasions

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

During last few weeks of August, there have been 2 home invasions and two attempted burglaries in the neighborhood, Detective Scotto tells us, which is very much out of the ordinary. In one home invasion (200 block of E19th street) an arrest has been made, in the other (200 block of Rugby Road) no arrests have been made.

The attempted burglaries took place last night (100 Westminster block) and the night before (Beverley Road between Stratford and Coney) – in all four cases, the perpetrators entered the house sometime between midnight and 3am, waking up the residents, who in the latter two cases scared the invaders away. In all four cases firearms were reported present, in the two home invasions residents were tied up.

This is unusual and disturbing, and the precinct is asking all homeowners to please consider making sure that they have motion sensitive lights and that they work, and strongly consider installing cameras and / or an alarm system. Even if all it does is wakes you up when someone is trying to pry a window open or open the door, you’ll have more time to respond. Please also consider calling the Crime Prevention Unit (718) 851-5504 to have them come out, take a look at your particular situation and make suggestions for what you can do to make your house less of a target for criminals. This service is also available to apartment buildings, and it is completely free.

Please remember to check that your doors are locked, and windows closed and locked before going to bed. And make sure none of your doors have hinges on the outside, as in one of the cases above the burglar took the hinges off the home’s back door and lifted the door off to get inside.

On another note – there were reports of shots being fired last Sunday night by the Parade Grounds – Detective Scotto tells us that casings were recovered, but no reports of injuries, so yes, shots were fired, but thankfully no one was hurt that they knew. I have also asked to let us know if they have made any arrests in the shootings we were reporting on earlier in the summer, so will update.

- Liena

Tags: 70th Precinct, thefts
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ramona quimby

actually, though, burglaries are comparatively down in the neighborhood, according to the 70th precincts crime stats for this week: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs070pct.pdf

last year, there were twice as many burglaries from aug 16 – 22.
whoknows

Did the residents in these cases have security alarm system?
Buck

Why are they striking at night? You would think that these things would happen during the day when nobody is home? This is very disturbing info. Especially since I have two kids… I really appreciate this post Liena. I’m off to Lowes to buy some “security stuff”
Eddie

We’ve just been robbed as well. We live on Rugby. The items stolen were on our porch – locked down, in fact, with a krytonite bike lock. The lock was cut during the night (between 11P-7AM) and everything swiped. Total value wasn’t high. More of a nuisance, because we liked using the porch stuff. But truth be told, it’s the third time we’ve been robbed this summer, including propane tanks, a gas grill, etc.

The beat cops who took the report mentioned that there are far less police in the 70th precinct than there were a few years ago, and that they’ve noticed that crime is DEFINITELY rising.
J

What part of rugby? Makes me think that the private security company hired by the Neighborhood Associations are far from effective.
nathan

Actually J,
the robberies are consistently happening at hours the private security is not on duty.
In both PPS and Bev Sq West the guards were off duty. The neighborhoods cannot afford 24 hours service though they both would like to.
A relevant question that should be asked loudly is whether the police officers are regularly checking in with the private security guards on what cars they have seen hanging around these addresses. The guards in both areas know about the issues and to keep a note of cars that might be casing out houses. But follow up is key, if the police aren’t talking to these guys regularly, you have a right to ask why.
J

Uggh. Well, my stuff is safe. I have set up a trip-wire, shotgun security system. I dare ya to rob me! Wear a helmet.
bklynartiste

Try getting a home camera system with motion detection. There’s a great app (iCam – video streaming) available for iPhone (ipod Touch) users that detect motion and records it from either cameras you buy and connect, from webcams, or built in computer cams. You can keep an eye on things no matter where you are.

If you have problems getting it to work, email the developers. They really respond back.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icam-webcam-video-streaming/id296273730?mt=8
bklynartiste

PS. It also push notifies and beeps when it senses motion. It’s not as fancy as some home systems, but it’s pretty decent. You can also adjust the sensitivity of motion detection.
bklynartiste

Hey, also: Don’t twitter or announce on Facebook how much you’re looking forward to that trip to europe tomorrow. Those 568 “closest friends” in your list and their friends will be in the know you’re not home. Sounds like common sense, but believe me, I’ve heard of people who have done that.
jjk3

If the security company only works 16 hours a day maybe we should use them for what appears to be the most vulnerable time, i.e., 3:00pm to 7:00am. In the alternative, perhaps it’s time for a volunteer neighborhood watch group to patrol when the professionals are not doing it.

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