Re: [Mpls] Theft at Lake Nokomis
My son lived in a duplex near 24th and Clinton. The estranged husband of the woman upstairs threw a molotov cocktail on the front porch one night about 3 a.m. Fortunately, both my son and his roommate worked at bars and arrived home only about 1/2 hour before then and the roommate smelled smoke, awakened my son and they helped the woman, her mother and two children upstairs to safety. The entire place went up in flames. My son told me that the police found a gasoline can and rags in a nearby dumpster, and my son had overheard several screaming matches in the days previous to this, as well as threats from the husband to the effect that he would kill his estranged wife. Apparently that was not enough to arrest him. My son made numerous phone calls to follow up on the case, gathered evidence himself, etc. After six months, he gave up. To add insult to injury, the next morning before he could clear out what was salvageable of his stuff he was robbed and lost nearly everything he had of value. This crime was not investigated and neither was the time he got robbed last year -- in the Lyn-Lake neighborhood -- once by some thief pushing in his air conditioner while he was at work. When a second attempted was made to rob him he happened to be home, and actually saw the guy. He immediately called 911, but the police didn't arrive for 20 minutes and by that time the guy was long gone. In both cases, the police took a report, but that's as far as it went. I can understand the difficulty police have in pursuing property crimes, but it was the arson that shocked me more. However, to give the cops the benefit of the doubt, perhaps there was just not enough evidence to indict the guy. It's definitely a sad state of affairs. Barbara Nelson Burnsville you can take the girl out of the city, but you can't take the city out of the girl ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re: [Mpls] Theft at Lake Nokomis
In a message dated 7/17/02 9:33:32 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: All the advice Dan has gotten so far relates to how to make sure his car is not broken into again. Important, yes, but what about the lack of response from the police department when it seems clear that SuperAmerica has evidence, but the MPD seems unwilling to even look at it? Any advice for Dan on how to deal with that? I think he should deal with the Park Police not the MPD. They are still two separate entities and if the car was broken into on Park property, it's the responsibility of the Park Police. Karen Collier Linden Hills
Re: [Mpls] Theft at Lake Nokomis
In a message dated 7/17/2002 9:33:33 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > All the advice Dan has gotten so far relates to how to make sure his car > is not broken into again. Important, yes, but what about the lack of > response from the police department when it seems clear that > SuperAmerica has evidence, but the MPD seems unwilling to even look at it? > > Any advice for Dan on how to deal with that? > > Cara Letofsky > Seward The case of Dan's stolen credit card was probably closed after the preliminary report was filed. The MPD assigns 2 officers per police precinct (there are 4 or 5 police precincts) to investigate residential property crimes, and they generally don't investigate car thefts and car break-ins, even in some of the city's more fashionable neighborhoods. On two occasions I have had the privilege of getting two separate cars stolen from me in the city of Minneapolis. On the morning of Friday, April 12, 2002 I got a call from a Minneapolis resident who told me that my car had been stripped-down and abandoned in a parkling lot near 38th and Portland, and that over a dozen other stripped-down cars had been dumped in that particular lot during the past year. The police were on the scene. My car was totaled: the steering column was destroyed, the doors had been removed, the truck lock was punched out, etc. In 1985, I initially reported a car as "missing." It was recovered, parked illegally next to a fire plug, with a broken window, and the collar on the steering column was cut away. A tool used to turn the ignition switch, a modified screw driver, was left on the floor. I was charged with parking it illegally. An employee at the impound lot laughed and said "you got to be kidding" when I said that I wanted the police report amended, or have a new one filed, so that the theft of my car would be investigated. -Doug Mann, King Field, the new 8th ward > ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re: [Mpls] Theft at Lake Nokomis
All the advice Dan has gotten so far relates to how to make sure his car is not broken into again. Important, yes, but what about the lack of response from the police department when it seems clear that SuperAmerica has evidence, but the MPD seems unwilling to even look at it? Any advice for Dan on how to deal with that? Cara Letofsky Seward Dooley, Bill wrote: >When I run Harriet, I also park on a residential street. I only bring my drivers >license, change for a pay phone and my house and car key (leather necklace winter >large safety pin summer). This may not keep my window from getting smashed but at >least I avoid the stolen credit card nonsense. > >Bill Dooley > >Kenny > >> >>I am writing to the list to get some advice. I called my credit card >>company, and they notified me of an unauthorized charge at a local >>SuperAmerica on my card only 20 minutes after the event. I called the >>SuperAmerica, and they told me they have video tape both inside and at the >>pump. However, the police told me they are unwilling and/or unable to >>investigate any further. SuperAmerica will not release the tape to me. I >>am tired of being a passive victim!! Do I have any alternatives or am I >>left only to move to the rear of the long line of ignored and apathetic >>victims of lesser crimes? >> >>Dan Kramer >>Bancroft >> > ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
RE: [Mpls] Theft at Lake Nokomis
When I run Harriet, I also park on a residential street. I only bring my drivers license, change for a pay phone and my house and car key (leather necklace winter large safety pin summer). This may not keep my window from getting smashed but at least I avoid the stolen credit card nonsense. Bill Dooley Kenny -Original Message- From: Jay Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 6:50 PM To: Daniel Kramer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mpls] Theft at Lake Nokomis I also jog around Lake Nokomis. This is a habitual problem. I regularly see the glittering green rubble of another smashed window courtesy of the wallet and purse snatchers. I am sure that they are watching and waiting until you get halfway around the lake. and then they do the smash-and-grab. I bet this also goes on at Calhoun and Harriet, but I see it at Nokomis. In addition to wanting you too far away to do anything they also want to be able smash your window with privacy. I have run at Nokomis virtually every day for 15 years, and have never had a window smashed. My strategy: I park on a residential road that abutts the lake, directly across the street from a house. Usually I park on Woodlawn, Edgewater, or 54th Ave. A neighbor could be looking through the window, or be drawn to the sound of tinkling glass, and so the risk to the smash and grabbers is too high. I think you are in the most danger of getting nailed if you park along the side of the parkway or in the small remote parking lot at the north end of the lake, where they are most likely to get some privacy while helping themselves to your goods. I have also seen cars broken into at the main parking lot, (ironically) usually when there aren't a lot of people there I hope this helps you from being victimized again. Jay Clark Cooper Daniel Kramer wrote: > > Last Friday I had my car broken into and my wallet stolen as I was jogging > around Lake Nokomis. I believe I was watched the entire time as I arrived, > put on my shoes, dropped my things in my trunk, and then left to run. This > is the second time in three years this has happened to me at Nokomis. > > I am writing to the list to get some advice. I called my credit card > company, and they notified me of an unauthorized charge at a local > SuperAmerica on my card only 20 minutes after the event. I called the > SuperAmerica, and they told me they have video tape both inside and at the > pump. However, the police told me they are unwilling and/or unable to > investigate any further. SuperAmerica will not release the tape to me. I > am tired of being a passive victim!! Do I have any alternatives or am I > left only to move to the rear of the long line of ignored and apathetic > victims of lesser crimes? > > Dan Kramer > Bancroft > > Daniel Kramer > Ph.D. Candidate > University of Minnesota > Conservation Biology > Room 180 > McNeal Hall > St. Paul, MN 55108 > > _ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > ___ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re: [Mpls] Theft at Lake Nokomis
I also jog around Lake Nokomis. This is a habitual problem. I regularly see the glittering green rubble of another smashed window courtesy of the wallet and purse snatchers. I am sure that they are watching and waiting until you get halfway around the lake. and then they do the smash-and-grab. I bet this also goes on at Calhoun and Harriet, but I see it at Nokomis. In addition to wanting you too far away to do anything they also want to be able smash your window with privacy. I have run at Nokomis virtually every day for 15 years, and have never had a window smashed. My strategy: I park on a residential road that abutts the lake, directly across the street from a house. Usually I park on Woodlawn, Edgewater, or 54th Ave. A neighbor could be looking through the window, or be drawn to the sound of tinkling glass, and so the risk to the smash and grabbers is too high. I think you are in the most danger of getting nailed if you park along the side of the parkway or in the small remote parking lot at the north end of the lake, where they are most likely to get some privacy while helping themselves to your goods. I have also seen cars broken into at the main parking lot, (ironically) usually when there aren't a lot of people there I hope this helps you from being victimized again. Jay Clark Cooper Daniel Kramer wrote: > > Last Friday I had my car broken into and my wallet stolen as I was jogging > around Lake Nokomis. I believe I was watched the entire time as I arrived, > put on my shoes, dropped my things in my trunk, and then left to run. This > is the second time in three years this has happened to me at Nokomis. > > I am writing to the list to get some advice. I called my credit card > company, and they notified me of an unauthorized charge at a local > SuperAmerica on my card only 20 minutes after the event. I called the > SuperAmerica, and they told me they have video tape both inside and at the > pump. However, the police told me they are unwilling and/or unable to > investigate any further. SuperAmerica will not release the tape to me. I > am tired of being a passive victim!! Do I have any alternatives or am I > left only to move to the rear of the long line of ignored and apathetic > victims of lesser crimes? > > Dan Kramer > Bancroft > > Daniel Kramer > Ph.D. Candidate > University of Minnesota > Conservation Biology > Room 180 > McNeal Hall > St. Paul, MN 55108 > > _ > Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > ___ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Theft at Lake Nokomis
Last Friday I had my car broken into and my wallet stolen as I was jogging around Lake Nokomis. I believe I was watched the entire time as I arrived, put on my shoes, dropped my things in my trunk, and then left to run. This is the second time in three years this has happened to me at Nokomis. I am writing to the list to get some advice. I called my credit card company, and they notified me of an unauthorized charge at a local SuperAmerica on my card only 20 minutes after the event. I called the SuperAmerica, and they told me they have video tape both inside and at the pump. However, the police told me they are unwilling and/or unable to investigate any further. SuperAmerica will not release the tape to me. I am tired of being a passive victim!! Do I have any alternatives or am I left only to move to the rear of the long line of ignored and apathetic victims of lesser crimes? Dan Kramer Bancroft Daniel Kramer Ph.D. Candidate University of Minnesota Conservation Biology Room 180 McNeal Hall St. Paul, MN 55108 _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
