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Criminal Activity on the Rise?
I've had a feeling that criminal activity has been on the rise in Mt. Hope lately.
My white picket fence on Camp street has been vandalized 3 times in the last month and yesterday they pulled down an entire eight foot section, which I immediately repaired.
In addition some knucklehead has a supply of firecrackers and has been shooting them off up near the Crossroads, Camp & Cypress, for the last week.
Yesterday I saw a three man foot-patrol around 5 thirty within hours after my fence had been vandalized but several hours before another round of firecrackers went off. They did not seem to have an impact on either event.
When a police officer came at our request to report the vandalized fence my wife had to cajole a report out of him. He repeatedly asked her if she was sure it had been vandalized and it wasn't the wind that blew it down. A picket fence, for chris-sake, you know the kind that the wind blows right through, right between the pickets, which are at least 5 inches apart.
I've noticed a group of young men, maybe 18 to 22, walking back and forth from Pleasant street to the Crossroads lately and I suspect them as the vandals. I also see them stop to look into any cars parked along Camp, looking, I suppose, to see if there is anything in plain sight that they could break in and steal.
I'm sure others have made similar observations.
John
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Posted at December 13, 2007 4:12 PM