Car break-ins at Index

[Buckaroo]

The Denny Creek trailhead has some new signs that say "this area under video surveillance". After all these pukes are doing this in broad daylight.

[denalidave]

Bath Salt seems to be pretty affective

 

[MisterMo]

Ok, now that everyone's had a chance to vent, and believe me I understand how angry that makes a person, how about some more useful info on a regular ongoing basis such as:

Crime reported to Sheriff?

Posted description of what was stolen

Description of suspicious persons

Description/plate number of suspicious vehicles

 

You're not going to wish those sorts of problems away; it's going to take some sort of persistent vigilance. Yeah, I know you just want to go climbing rather than be on some sort of social crusade, but.......

[Buckshot]

I want one of these for my car:

 

 

 

 

[kurthicks]

So we know this is a problem at the trailhead, but do break-ins happen in town itself?

[MisterMo]

It runs in cycles. Car prowls/gas thefts are not uncommon; home burglaries are fairly rare.

 

After not too many years in the community it's not too tough to correlate the rise and fall of theft epidemics with the arrival/departure of certain individuals. The more difficult, never ending task is to come up with sufficient evidence to hold them accountable.

 

When a theft loss occurs it's really important that it be reported to the Sheriff, each and every time. They can't/won't do anything if they do not know the problem is happening.

[rob]

So we know this is a problem at the trailhead, but do break-ins happen in town itself?

 

None of those yokels have anything to steal

[boadman]

Ok, now that everyone's had a chance to vent, and believe me I understand how angry that makes a person, how about some more useful info on a regular ongoing basis such as:

Crime reported to Sheriff?

Posted description of what was stolen

Description of suspicious persons

Description/plate number of suspicious vehicles

 

You're not going to wish those sorts of problems away; it's going to take some sort of persistent vigilance. Yeah, I know you just want to go climbing rather than be on some sort of social crusade, but.......

 

He did report it to the Sherriff. A shoulder bag with books, keys, etc, was all that was left behind and all that was taken.

 

I didn't see any suspicious vehicles, but I saw a mid-twenties man and women, slightly over-weight, that wouldn't meet my eye or respond when I passed them in the parking lot. The dude was blondish, wearing a baseball cap, and dressed in a red/black basketball jersey and black shorts. The woman was wearing black pants, shirt, and baseball hat, and had blond frizzy hair. I have no evidence that they're the ones that did the dirty deed, but they were the only characters I saw hanging around that obviously weren't there to boat or climb.

 

This was mostly meant as a public service announcement to remind people not to leave shit in their cars this time of year. It's the easiest solution, by far.

[alecapone]

Please do not judge my shady character either;-) but incase ayone noticed me, ÷ld like to remove myself from the suspect pool.

 

I showed up sunday am to help with the work

Party and I do not climb. I rode my bike and arrived a bit late. I rode my bike around the parking lot looking for a familiar vehicle and seen none. Climbers where looking down from the wall, and I realised I was looking shady.

 

Went over to drink a beer by the river and noted the white vw with frsh glass in the driver seat. Warned an arriving single female to not leave anything.bhung out for a while hiding down by the river waiting for the next attack. Nothing. Seen a suspicous white van, turned out to be nothing. Drank my other beer and went home.

 

Sorry for the people who got stuff stolen.

Edited August 2, 2012 by alecapone