October 2013 Meeting

MARSON-NOBLE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

    

       Protect your home…

Protect your family…

    Against crime!

Make a difference in your community!

Your Marson-Noble Neighborhood Watch, in cooperation with the Mission Division of the Los Angeles Police Department, invites you to attend our next

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETING

WHEN:   TUESDAY OCTOBER 22^nd ,  2013 AT  6:30 PM

      WHERE:  Corner of Marson and Noble

Get the latest information about crime in our neighborhood…meet our Community Lead Police Officer and learn about crime prevention…

Fourth of July will be the topic for discussion. Our Guest Speaker will be from Vice discussing prostitution and massage parlors.

·       Get to know your neighbors!

·       Voice your concerns!

·       Updates on crime stats!

·       Bring a neighbor!

Please visit our blog online at   http://marsonnobleneighborhoodwatch.blogspot.com

                                                     

What is Neighborhood Watch?

Neighborhood Watch is a crime prevention program which enlists the active participation of residents in cooperation with local police to prevent and reduce crime in our neighborhoods.

Neighborhood Watch is residents not only knowing each other, but taking the time to care about each other and working together in a program of mutual assistance.

Neighborhood Watch is about crime prevention education and the implementation of important home and personal security strategies.

BARRIO MARSON-NOBLE MIRA

    

      Proteja su casa ...

Proteja a su familia ...

Contra el crimen!

 Marque la diferencia en su comunidad! 

                

Su Marson-Noble Neighborhood Watch, en cooperación con la División de Misión de la Policía de Los Ángeles, le invita a asistir a nuestro próximo

REUNIÓN DE VIGILANCIA DEL VECINDARIO

CUÁNDO: MARTES, OCTOBRE 22^ND, 2013  A LAS 6:30 PM

LUGAR: ESQUINA de MARSON y NOBLE

Obtenga la información más reciente acerca de la delincuencia en nuestro barrio ... conocer a nuestro Lead Comunidad Oficial de Policía y aprender acerca de la prevención del delito ...

Cuatro de julio será el tema de discusión. Nuestro orador invitado será de Vice discutir la prostitución y salas de masaje.
• Conozca a sus vecinos!

• Expresar sus preocupaciones!

• Actualizaciones en estadísticas del crimen!

• Lleve un vecino!

 Por favor, visite nuestro blog en línea http://marsonnobleneighborhoodwatch.blogspot.com

                                                      

¿Qué es la Vigilancia de Vecindario?

Vigilancia del Vecindario es un programa de prevención del delito que alista la participación activa de los residentes en cooperación con la policía local para prevenir y reducir el crimen en nuestros vecindarios.

Vigilancia del Vecindario son los residentes no sólo conocerse, pero tomarse el tiempo para cuidar el uno del otro y trabajar juntos en un programa de asistencia mutua.

Vigilancia del Vecindario es acerca de la educación sobre prevención del delito y la aplicación de su casa importante y estrategias personales de seguridad.

e Seguridad.

LAPD Blood Drive for Children's Hospital

On October 8 from 9 am to 2 pm, LAPD, Valley Traffic Division and Operations-Valley Bureau will be hosting a blood drive for Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). The blood drive will be held in the Plant parking lot at 7870 Nollan Place, Panorama City 91402. 

Appointments are being taken for three blood donors every 15 minutes from 9 am to 1:30 pm. 

In the San Fernando Valley when a serious traffic collision occurs where a child is injured, the child is airlifted to CHLA. Every month, CHLA uses 2,000 units of blood to treat their patients. 

Please contact either v8852@lapd.lacity.org or jacandrade@chla.usc.edu to schedule an appointment to donate on October 8.

Thank you for your consideration.

Aggravated Assaults are down YTD 21%. Weapons arrests are up

Aggravated Assaults in the Mission Area of LAPD are down 21%, which means 73 fewer victims than last year.

This year has seen 19 persons shot in gun incidents, compared to 37 last year, a nearly 50% reduction.

While one might expect weapons-related arrests to drop as AGG assaults drop, officers have actually made more gun arrests this year:  130 weapons arrests this year, compared to 96 last year.  Perhaps that's an explanation for the reduction in assaults.  Certainly, every weapon seized is represents at least one potential assault not completed.

In the meantime, property crimes, especially those related to cars, are up for the year.  Lock your cars; remove all objects from the passenger compartment.  Do that, and crooks will look in other cars.

Addressing Neighborhood Blight, One House at a Time

Probation search takes down flop house, nets huge rock, 3 arrests!



Arleta.  Acting on a tip by local Senior Lead Officers about two women burglars, LAPD detectives, building inspectors, US postal inspectors, and Department of Children and Family Services, converged on a dilapidated house early this morning to conduct a probation search.  The inspection netted two persons arrested for drugs and another for an outstanding arrest warrant for building and safety violations.  When searched, the home also contained 8 dogs, one of which bit a postal inspector on the butt.  She was not seriously injured, and the animals were taken by the Department of Animal Regulations.

“Melissa Reis, who was on probation, was at the home which gave us the authority to search the house,” explained Lt. Paul Vernon, commanding officer of the Mission Detective Division.  “The home had become a flop house for meth users and a total blight on the neighborhood.”

Senior Lead Officers Sean Smith and Phil Ruiz made 9147 Hazeltine Street a special project of theirs, knowing it had become the unattractive nuisance of the neighborhood.  “Everyone knew the house was a problem, but we have to follow the law to do something about it,” explained Officer Ruiz.  “It takes time, and sometimes we have to be creative in how we address these quality-of-life issues.”

That’s why police brought with them inspectors from Building and Safety and the Postal Inspector.  Detectives believed Reis and another woman were responsible for thefts of mailed packages off porches in the neighborhood, hence the postal inspectors’ interest.  And city building inspectors carry with them the authority to red-tag homes that are unsafe.

“This place was a real hovel, and the stream of illicit visitors was causing havoc in the neighborhood.  The building inspectors were able to board up this house and place a lien on it so we can legally keep people out,” Lt. Vernon said.  “The neighbors were really appreciative, too.”
Detectives seized one of the biggest rocks of methamphetamine any of the officers had ever seen.  They also found stolen mail, evidence of identity theft operations, and filthy conditions of human and dog excrement throughout the house and property.

Melissa Reis, 40, was booked on a charge of methamphetamine possession and her probation was revoked.  Daniel Brody, 38 was booked on a charge of possession of methamphetamine for sale, and the homeowner, Shay Sowden, 37, was booked on a warrant for building and safety violations.  He had failed to appear in court yesterday to address building and safety violations.  Sowden admitted to detectives that he has been addicted to opiates since he was 9 years old, yet he is able to function as a robotics expert for Honda.  “By all accounts, he’s a genius, but he’s taken his life down a path of addiction that’s affected his quality of life and his neighbors’, to say the least,” Lt. Vernon said.

Anyone with information on this crime is urged to call Detective Tim Kohl, Mission Burglary Unit, at (818) 838-9977.  Anonymous tips can be called into Crimestoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477), or by texting 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads) with a cell phone.  All text messages should begin with the letters “LAPD.”  Online tips may be placed at www.LAPDOnline.org, click on “webtips” and follow the prompts.