Crimewatch

Dear Neighbors,

I am very disturbed that this rash of crimes has now officially escalated from taking things out of unlocked cars and driveways in the middle of the night, to a break-in of a home in broad daylight!  There was also an incident last week where there may have been an attempted break-in of a home in on Smoke Rise Ct in Live Oak at night.

Today’s break-in happened between noon and 2:30 pm in the Isle of Pines on Lacebark Pine Rd by Capri.  The thieves went around back and kicked in the door.  The house is owned by a retired police officer – and his gun collection was stolen along with a computer and a lot of jewelry with very sentimental value.   

Tonight at our IOP Board meeting we had several members of the Orange County Citizen’s Patrol come speak.  They are going to help patrol our communities when possible and may park their car on one of the main streets as a deterrent.   They cannot make arrests – but they will call in any suspicious activity, take photos and get the police to respond if needed.  Please thank these volunteers if you see them in our area! 

A couple of suggestions were made at our meeting. 

1. Make a website with descriptions of what is going on and what to look out for.  If someone is interested in creating this website – please let me know so we can work together on this.
2. Make decals for our car windows so we can easily know if a car belongs in our neighborhood.

This is not required – but we could offer to anyone that wants one.  Maybe they would all say LMJ CrimeWatch?? Give me other ideas or your thoughts on this.   If anyone wants to work with me on this  – I thought this was a great idea!

Again – keep your eyes out for suspicious vehicles.  So far the sightings of suspicious vehicles include many sightings of a white truck, a red truck, a light SUV, and a silver 4 door 2005 Toyota Camry.  People are seeing them driving slowly along the streets in both in daytime and night – and sometimes they are parking in front of houses.  If you see a suspicious vehicle – get the license plate number if you can do it safely.  Remember – we know they have guns now – and we don’t want anyone hurt!

Lock you cars and your doors.  I just put up a BEWARE of Dog sign out front – this is a great deterrent too!

Thanks to all of you for your emails and info!

Suzanne Arnold

Crimewatch