Thieves broke into six cars at Briarwood Presbyterian Church Saturday afternoon during a carnival. The church was hosting the fund-raiser for The Little Lighthouse. The Little Lighthouse is a school for children with disabilities under the age of six years old. The Little Lighthouse does not charge tuition and uses teachers and therapists to serve the children.
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JJ received numerous tips Saturday night about the car burglaries and was able to speak to a victim last night. He said he went to the church at approximately 4:30 and stayed from an hour to an hour and a half. When he and his wife returned to his truck to leave the carnival, he noticed several windows on other cars were knocked out but none were broken on his Ford F-150 truck. He discovered his truck was vandalized after he opened the door and saw a tray between the seats missing. The thieves stole a handgun out of his F-150 that was not in plain view but was under the tray. The thieves also struck another F-150 in the parking lot without breaking the window as well. JPD told the victim the thieves had a way to get around the keypad in the F-150 and enter the vehicle in less than ten seconds. Ironically, one of the victims works at Homeland Security.
JPD was called to the scene and conducted a full crime scene investigation, including checking for fingerprints.* JJ is attempting to get more information from JPD. Several of the victims have special needs children.
*Yes, JJ is obtaining a copy of the police report.
18 comments:
Since I wasn't there to see this with my own eyes, I'm calling BS on this one. Besides, victims of society enter cars without express permission in every city -- especially in the suburbs where all the racists live. When you're in a cosmopolitan utopia like Jackson, you can't let negative perceptions like this overshadow all the good things the city has/will have to offer. Like robotic parking garages. Find that in the 'burbs, bitches.
@8:03 your are such an IDIOT. Just because you were not there does not mean it did not happen. What happened is terrible all the way around but in my opinion even more so because it was to help special needs children. My grandson is a special needs child and I know for a fact how hard that is on parents and grandparents and anything that can help them is needed and greatly appreciated. And then to have something like this happen while people are trying to help these precious little ones is a tragedy.
I think he was being sarcastic
We are not oblivious to the crime Jackson A. Pologist, we just don't over react. Some of us live in the real world instead of one that never existed.
My car was robbed of Christmas presents I had in the trunk in 1966 in a theatre parking lot along with several other cars. There was no broken glass and several of the cars were locked.
My husband's car was broken into in Madison in 1983. The radio was stolen and the theif did break glass.
Neither of these incidents made the news and the local gossips weren't as effective as the Internet in spreading the word.
Since you were unaware, you felt safe.
There is a reason cars now have alarms.
We need to focus on reducing crime instead of running from a problem that has existed in societies for centuries.
There are a few places in the world that fit YOUR Utopian notions of crime free societies.
Sarcasm is fast becoming a lost art. Of course with truth being so fluid now days it is understandable the the ridiculous seems so real....
Hey KF...i cant stop laughing...8:38 must be a female...
I was there minutes after it happened and walked around and saw 5 cars with broken windows. My son attends this school and we cannot leave our cars unlocked when dropping off our children because of the crime. Funny how local news does not put this on television. I even stopped a news channel 12 car and asked that they report on this. They did not.
9:06 do you understand there is no extraordinary crime in Jackson, it's the same for centuries. They had to lock their chariots in Rome when dropping the kids at the Forum...
I heard Dale Danks did something at Highland Village to reduce crime when a lot of stores were gettting robbed. I heard it worked. Does anyone know the details? I did not live here then.
Jpd could put a huge dent in this crime problem if they wanted to do so. They could use bait cars in the I55 area and catch all they want. Once the word got around the thieves would think twice. Also, a few of these thugs need to get shot while in the act, and they will think twice. Finally, these thugs need to be tried in front of judge weil so they will get a lot of time in prison.
Just went walking at Parham Bridges and there was an old police car parked in the corner, of course with paint peeling off the hood. No doubt the crooks are really worried when seeing this. Also, there is a big sign posted that warns not to leave valuables in the car and specifies that the City of Jackson is NOT responsible for stolen items.
Just what I was thinking,,,,,,, not responsible at all.
It is obvious that the church functions are a target, why don't they hire security guards, it is not going to get any better.
@9:00 yes 8:38 is a female and damn proud of it.
9:00am You and A.Pologists are , for certain, not gentlemen.
Sarcasm usually involves wit and wit is absent in A. Pologist's comment.
Also, given the ignorance of some posters, without tone and inflection as aids, sarcasm becomes rather difficult to recognize.
I can't fault 8:03 for missing it but I fault you for your gratuitous insult. You also lack wit.
@4:59, spare us the lecture. You should have picked up the sarcasm when @8:03 said "victims of society enter[ing] cars without express permission," at a minimum. Get over yourself.
The Internet needs a sarcasm font
when a criminal shatters a car window to gain entry and then rifles thru the contents held within and takes what he or she wants; j.p.d. calls it a misdemeanor. if the criminal is identified on survellance video, the victim is given an incedent card with case number. the victim must go to j.p.d. on pascagoula st to swear out an affidavit. the victim then hopes a judge signs it. j.p.d will not arrest the car burglar or anyone with a misdemeanor warrant cause they have no where to hold them. j.p.d.'s attitude is "let your car assurance handle it".
Chokum gonna change this soon as he gets done with the 'pickin up paper' campaign.
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