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Important Arrests Made
District 8 news.
Mt. Hope’s District 8 policemen and women continue to do a great job of community policing. Several arrests took criminals engaged in car-breaks and drug dealing off the street in recent weeks. The percentage of reported car-break theft declined significantly immediately, and a well known junkie/dealer frequently seen on Camp Street, arrested on an outstanding warrant, will not be bothering people or plying his trade for a while. Both perpetrators violated their parole, and it is hoped that the judge rules on their parole status and gives them significant time behind bars.
District 8’s Lt. Schiavulli, keeps himself busy with his leadership duties, working with the policemen and woman of District 8, and working to improve the physical condition of the District 8 Sub-station. It looks cautiously optimistic for renovations to begin shortly. The neccessary funding, lined up through S.W.A.P., came through, and the first materials have arrived. The Police Department is attempting to negotiate a two year lease to insure that the neighborhood reaps the benefit of the renovations.
If the owner donated the facility to the City of Providence, as GCCC suggested several time to the Police Department, the Mayor, and to Councilman Jackson, it would save the taxpayer money and give District 8 a permanent home on Camp Street. Make it worthwhile to the owners financially through tax incentives on the adjoining property and the City and the Neighborhood benefit.
This is an issue made to order for GCCC and we should initiate a campaign to help the City follow this idea through to completion. It may be time to sharpen your pencils for some letter writing.
Correction on “Bold Daytime Forced Entry Attempt by Three Masked Intruders Thwarted” 7/18/05
I learned that the incident described in the above post was not actually an attempted home invasion but actually an armed robbery. (A “home invasion” is defined as a house break-in while the residents are home, while a “B & E, breaking and entering,” is defined as a house break-in when no one is home.)
Three black males, one armed, lured a pizza delivery man to the rear of the house on Locust Street and robbed him at gun point. The delivery man rang the doorbell and the resident called the police. No arrests have been made as of yet.
I make the correction because an “home invasion” is much scarier and a much more serious crime than a “b & e”. No reported “home invasions” occurred recently in Mt. Hope, and the last one involved a drug related home invasion, where drug dealers were the victims of other drug dealers.
This incident demonstrates how, in the heat of the moment, experiences and statements get skewered from what really happened, and can lead to unreasonable fear.
While it remains scary to have armed, masked men pulling armed robberies next door, it is not quite as scary as having armed men invade your house while you are home.
John Twomey
Posted at August 4, 2005 01:55 PM
Hats off!!!!to the men and women of the of the Police Department. They deserve our support. They keep our streets safe for our ourselves and for our families. We should see if we can provide an impact statement to the judges to try and keep the criminals right where they belong. Off the streets!
Posted by: Uri at August 4, 2005 08:52 PM