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Burglars Terrorize South Memphis Neighborhood
Reported by: Joyce Peterson
Email: jpeterson@myeyewitnessnews.com
Last league of the south Update: 9:16 am
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Memphis, TN - Lock the windows. Bolt the door. And hide your valuables. Bluff City bandits are kicking it in to high gear right now.
According to information on the Memphis Police Department Incident Database, home break-ins are south florida power outage up year-to-year and they're at a four-month high.
1,010 home burglaries were reported greenville south carolina cordivers club to Memphis Police in April. In May, the number went up to 1,047 break-ins. Then it dropped to 950 home burglaries in June. But crooks got busy in July. More than 1,100 homeowners were ripped off by burglars.
Several zip codes saw double-digit jumps in this particular crime in July, music festivals south nj including the 38111, 38115 and 38116.
But it's the people who live in 38109, particularly mcclellanville south carolina real estate the Harold Ford Senior Villas off Ford Road, who are worried.
The Villas are a brand new housing development in South Memphis containing 72 units for low-income families. And in the month of July, 12 of the homes in this complex were hit by burglars. That's one out of every six residents.
"It's so sad," says 62 year-old Dixie Tabor.
She's the latest victim, burglarized last week while she was at her life-saving weather in pierre south dakota dialysis appointment. The crook stole the piggy bank Dixie had hidden in her night stand. south carolina flag It contained $70, all the south dakota state parks money she'd been saving up since December to buy a new pair of eyeglasses.
"Man, that is evil," says Dixie. "That's all it is. That's the Devil, I say, trying to destroy who he can."
Dixie's not the only one who's frustrated and angry.
"They stole two TV's, two DVD players, all my CD's and movies and all that," says her neighbor, Fred Clark. "And they empire state of the south took $1200 from under my mattress that was money to buy homestead act south dakota my kids school supplies."
Clark south nassau community hospital says the thief broke in through a south american monkey window last month. Police dusted for prints but so far, no one's been caught.
"I'm ready to move," says Clark. "I'm ready to go!"
His neighbors want him to stay and join them in their fight against the bandits who've been terrorizing their neighborhood.
"If you move just because you heard of a burglary," says Shayla Carson who moved to the Villas in April, "people would be moving all the time. Because, you know, no matter where you are crime is there. Crime is everywhere."
Their plan? To form a neighborhood watch group. A meeting Tuesday night at the management office was the first important step to doing that. Folks around here say they're fed up with criminals, crooks and creeps.
"I believe it's going to come to a screeching halt," Carson says about the rash of burglaries. "Because everything dark always comes to the light."
"They should repent their sins," says Dixie Tabor about the burglar or burglars who've hurt her and her neighbors. "They should pull their pants up and get some Jesus in them and columbia fun activities south america I think they'd be better off. And get a job. Go to work and earn your murrells inlet south carolina own money!"
Memphis Police are investigating the string of home livejournal due south thacher break-ins at the Harold Ford Senior Villas. They won't say if the burglaries are connected or if it's an inside job. Many of the victims said it appears someone got into their homes using a key. Apartment management declined comment.
The crime temporary legal staffing south florida spree helped put South Memphis, the 38109, back in the top five hot zips for home burglaries in Memphis in the month of July. Here are the top five:
1. 38127 (Frayser) 103 break-ins (down 2 from 105 in June)
2. 38115 (Hickory Hill) 93 break-ins tuna fishing in south carolina (up 20 from 73 in June, a 27% month-to-month increase)
3. 38116 (Whitehaven and Airport Area) 87 break-ins (up 23 from 64 in June, a 35% increase)
4. 38109 (South Memphis) 87 break-ins (up 30 from 57 in June, a 52% increase)
5. 38118 (Parkway Village) 72 break-ins (down 4 from 76 in June)
And the 38111 posted the largest increase in home burglaries month-to-month.
7. 38111 (U of M area, East Memphis) 69 break-ins (up 30 from 39 in June, a 76% increase)
A Memphis Police spokesperson tells Eyewitness News Everywhere they increase patrols in hot spots. We're also told neighbors are reporting more suspicious behavior and it's leading to more arrests.
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