{"id":2018,"date":"2007-08-21T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-22T04:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/21\/how-are-things-in-nola\/"},"modified":"2007-08-21T21:07:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-22T04:07:00","slug":"how-are-things-in-nola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/21\/how-are-things-in-nola\/","title":{"rendered":"How are things in NOLA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You tell me.  How would this message, from the President of our Neighborhood Association, make you feel?  Two of these incidents were within 3 blocks of our house.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-style: italic;\"><p>Dear Neighbors:<\/p>\n<p>We have had several reports of crime in and around our neighborhood in<br \/>the past few weeks.  Below are specific incidents relayed by neighbors<br \/>with first-hand knowledge or alerts sent out by the NOPD, which I<br \/>forward for your information.  Note that some of these incidents<br \/>occurred in broad daylight, prior to commencement of the evening patrols<br \/>by the BCP\/Palance organization.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And now, some recent incidents:<br \/>August 9: Mugging<br \/>On August 9th at or about 9:45 pm, a 24 year old male was walking home<br \/>from the Winn Dixie, located at 5400 Tchoupitoulas Street. As he was<br \/>walking northbound on Jefferson (near Atlanta Street), the victim was<br \/>approached by an unknown black male subject. The subject asked the<br \/>victim for a &#8220;light&#8221;, at which time the victim advised that he did not<br \/>smoke. As they passed each other, the subject came up from behind and<br \/>pressed an unknown object into the victim&#8217;s side &#8211; implying he had a<br \/><script><!-- D([\"mb\",\"gun. The victim was then robbed of approximately $27 in cash.\\u003cbr \/\\> The suspect is described as a 17-20 year old black male, 5\\'9&quot;, 160\\u003cbr \/\\>pounds, clean shaven, short hair, dark complexion, wearing a dark shirt,\\u003cbr \/\\>no further information.\\u003cbr \/\\> If you have any information on this case, please contact Sgt. Chris\\u003cbr \/\\>Cambiotti or Det. Nathan McGahee at 658-6022 or 658-6020.  You may also\\u003cbr \/\\>call Crimestoppers anonymously at 822-1111.\\u003cbr \/\\>August 14: Assault\\u003cbr \/\\>\\u003cbr \/\\>&quot;At around 7pm on Tuesday 14 August I was driving down Webster from\\u003cbr \/\\>Prytania and came upon a slow driving Silver Dodge Magnum in front of me\\u003cbr \/\\>in the 1000 block of Webster.\\u003cbr \/\\>\\u003cbr \/\\>&quot;It had no license plate, but a distinctive opaque plastic cover over\\u003cbr \/\\>some sort of image (perhaps a dealer plate) but it was barely visible as\\u003cbr \/\\>if the plastic was by design to obscure the plate - I could also barely\\u003cbr \/\\>make out a temporary tag through the tinted glass of the rear window.\\u003cbr \/\\>Attached is an image of a similar car of the same color - I distinctly\\u003cbr \/\\>remember the black outlines of the headlights - though I don\\'t recall\\u003cbr \/\\>the rims.\\u003cbr \/\\>\\u003cbr \/\\>&quot;This car stopped for a long time where there is no stop sign at\\u003cbr \/\\>Chestnut St., perhaps for a jogger that went by.  This car then pulled\\u003cbr \/\\>one or two lots forward into the 900 block of Webster and stopped in the\\u003cbr \/\\>middle of the street.  I stayed back at Chestnut.  The car then went\\u003cbr \/\\>forward slowly, took a left onto Camp toward downtown.  Once they were\\u003cbr \/\\>turning I started to follow as they looked very strange.  They pulled\\u003cbr \/\\>over to the side in front of 6101 or 6109 Camp and as I passed them up I\\u003cbr \/\\>called the NOPP patrol cell number.  As I kept driving toward Whole\\u003cbr \/\\>Foods I could see in my rearview mirror 2 teenage black males get out of\\u003cbr \/\\>the passenger side of the car.  The car then pulled forward and to the\\u003cbr \/\\>curb a couple of feet - so there was a 3rd person in the car driving.  I\\u003cbr \/\\>\",1] );  \/\/--><\/script>gun. The victim was then robbed of approximately $27 in cash.<br \/> The suspect is described as a 17-20 year old black male, 5&#8217;9&#8243;, 160<br \/>pounds, clean shaven, short hair, dark complexion, wearing a dark shirt,<br \/>no further information.<\/p>\n<p>Burglaries\/Property crimes:  Various dates<br \/>&#8220;Our car was broken into in front of our house (August 2) on the corner<br \/>of Annunciation and Joseph. Believe it happened during the day. They<br \/>smashed in the back passenger window.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We also had someone go into our back yard and take a bike, and other<br \/>tools a few weeks ago &#8212; again during the middle of the day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A neighbor on Laurel and Joseph had their back door kicked in and their<br \/>house burglarized.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A neighbor on Annunciation between Nashville and Arabella had their<br \/>back door busted with a large brick and their house burglarized.  All<br \/>these events happened in the last month or so.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last week 2 guys were attempting to take a car &#8212; they were caught in<br \/>the act and then ran to hide out in a neighbors back porch.  The police<br \/>caught one of the guys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>August 20: Burglary Arrest Reported by NOPD<br \/>NOPD:  Late last week, Second District Detectives were working an auto<br \/>burglary investigation, where a credit card was taken and used at a<br \/>local convenience store. As they were looking at the surveillance video<br \/>of the suspect, a cooperating individual recognized the person in the<br \/>video. They supplied the suspect&#8217;s name, address and some additional<br \/>information on him. Detectives continued their investigation, which<br \/>leads to a search warrant being executed at 5831 Tchoupitoulas Street.<br \/><script><!-- D([\"mb\",\"Inside the location, detectives discovered a large cache of stolen\\u003cbr \/\\>property - all of which was taken in car burglaries. Recovered property\\u003cbr \/\\>includes electronic items like ipods and laptop computers.\\u003cbr \/\\>Detectives also arrested the suspect, who was identified as Charles\\u003cbr \/\\>Benson (WM [white male], 12\/21\/71). When interrogated, Benson confesses\\u003cbr \/\\>to committing several dozen auto burglaries in the Second District. He\\u003cbr \/\\>supplied detailed information on many of the car burglary incidents.\\u003cbr \/\\>Thus far, Benson has been charged in over a dozen of the offenses.\\u003cbr \/\\>At this point, Detectives are attempting to match the recovered property\\u003cbr \/\\>to individual cases, so that the property can be returned to the owners.\\u003cbr \/\\>If you have any information on this case, please contact Det. Rob Long\\u003cbr \/\\>at 658-6022 or 658-6020.\\u003cbr \/\\>August 20: Attempted Homicide\\u003cbr \/\\>NOPD:  On August 20th at or about 5:30pm, three young black males were\\u003cbr \/\\>observed riding bicycles on along Webster Street. The suspects were\\u003cbr \/\\>checking door handles of parked cars. A witness to the activity followed\\u003cbr \/\\>the suspects in his vehicle. The witness confronted the suspects at\\u003cbr \/\\>Arabella Street and Garfield Street, challenging their actions. At that\\u003cbr \/\\>time, one of the suspects pulled out a handgun and fired at the witness.\\u003cbr \/\\>One bullet struck the witnesses vehicle, but the witness was unharmed.\\u003cbr \/\\>A .380 caliber casing was located on the scene. There are no\\u003cbr \/\\>descriptions on the three suspects.\\u003cbr \/\\> If you have any information on this case, please contact Sgt. Chris\\u003cbr \/\\>Cambiotti or Det. Nathan McGahee at 658-6022 or 658-6020.  You may also\\u003cbr \/\\>call Crimestoppers anonymously at 822-1111.\\u003cbr \/\\>-----------------\\u003cbr \/\\>Please stay vigilant.\\u003cbr \/\\>Andrew Pilant\\u003cbr \/\\>President\\u003cbr \/\\>Audubon Riverside Neighborhood Association\\u003cbr \/\\>\\u003cbr \/\\>\\u003cbr \/\\>\\u003cbr \/\\>\\u003c\/div\\>\",0] );  \/\/--><\/script>Inside the location, detectives discovered a large cache of stolen<br \/>property &#8211; all of which was taken in car burglaries. Recovered property<br \/>includes electronic items like ipods and laptop computers.<br \/>Detectives also arrested the suspect, who was identified as Charles<br \/>Benson (WM [white male], 12\/21\/71). When interrogated, Benson confesses<br \/>to committing several dozen auto burglaries in the Second District. He<br \/>supplied detailed information on many of the car burglary incidents.<br \/>Thus far, Benson has been charged in over a dozen of the offenses.<br \/>At this point, Detectives are attempting to match the recovered property<br \/>to individual cases, so that the property can be returned to the owners.<\/p>\n<p>August 20: Attempted Homicide<br \/>NOPD:  On August 20th at or about 5:30pm, three young black males were<br \/>observed riding bicycles on along Webster Street. The suspects were<br \/>checking door handles of parked cars. A witness to the activity followed<br \/>the suspects in his vehicle. The witness confronted the suspects at<br \/>Arabella Street and Garfield Street, challenging their actions. At that<br \/>time, one of the suspects pulled out a handgun and fired at the witness.<br \/>One bullet struck the witnesses vehicle, but the witness was unharmed.<br \/>A .380 caliber casing was located on the scene. There are no<br \/>descriptions on the three suspects.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>Please stay vigilant.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You tell me. How would this message, from the President of our Neighborhood Association, make you feel? Two of these incidents were within 3 blocks of our house. Dear Neighbors: We have had several reports of crime in and around our neighborhood inthe past few weeks. 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