Crime statistics
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| From an e-mail [[February 10, 2006]]: The apartment complex that Trevor lives in backs up to a shopping center and | From an e-mail [[February 10, 2006]]: The apartment complex that Trevor lives in backs up to a shopping center and | ||
| - | there is a cut through that people walk through to get back an forth. | + | there is a cut through that people walk through to get back and forth. |
| Trevor was walking through there one evening; I think it was around 7 or 8 | Trevor was walking through there one evening; I think it was around 7 or 8 | ||
| when a couple of guys jumped him. Trevor got up and started running, some | when a couple of guys jumped him. Trevor got up and started running, some | ||
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This entry is intended to collect some crime statistics close to home and crimes against friends and family.
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Robbery
Bar patron robbed by his new 'friend'
October 16, 2006 EL CAJON – A 21-year-old man found that bar friends aren't necessarily the best friends Friday night.
The man went to a bar on Graves Avenue near Bradley Avenue and struck up a conversation with another man, sheriff's Sgt. Kenn Nelson said. About 8:45 p.m., the two went out to the parking lot, where the new “friend” grabbed the victim by the neck and demanded he give him cash or his car. The 21-year-old handed over his money.
About 45 minutes later, a deputy saw the car the robber had driven from the bar. The driver had the victim's money in his pocket. The man was arrested on suspicion of robbery and battery, Nelson said.
The victim did not seek medical attention.
– Dani Dodge http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20061016-9999-1m16crime.html
Tobacco Store Robberies
My sister and nephew share a job at a tobacco store in Franklin, Tennessee. The store has been robbed three times in the time that they have worked there:
- My nephew got the license plate number and description of the getaway car and even observed it in the parking lot nearby. He reported it to the police. The store is in a busy area and the police are usually present. The police showed up some time later to take a report. When asked why they did not approach the robbers parked in their car the cops claimed they were unable to find the blue car; The car had been described by the victim as white or silver.
- A thief entered the store, grabbed up packages of cigarettes and fled without paying. My sister followed him out of the store, noted the license plate of the getaway car and immediately returned to the store. She reported the event to the police by phone and provided the plate number. The cops asked which way the car had gone but she had not observed that. There was no further response from the cops.
- The owner of the shop was working alone. Cigarettes where stolen. He never bothered to make any report to the police.
Shootings and gun fights
muggings
From an e-mail February 10, 2006: The apartment complex that Trevor lives in backs up to a shopping center and there is a cut through that people walk through to get back and forth. Trevor was walking through there one evening; I think it was around 7 or 8 when a couple of guys jumped him. Trevor got up and started running, some people in the shopping center saw what was going on so they came over and the 2 guys jumped in their car and took off. Fortunately they didn't take anything from Trevor, but I guess he had a few minor cuts and bruises plus I am sure he was pretty shook up from the ordeal. They didn't get a license plate number and the guys were wearing masks so he wasn't able to get a very good description. I am not sure why the police don't believe him as he would have absolutely nothing to gain by making it up especially since he admitted that they didn't get anything from him. Hopefully it was a one time isolated incident, I think it was just a matter of him being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Sex Crimes
February 3, 2006 A three-year veteran of the El Cajon Police Department was arrested Friday on eight felony counts alleging the officer had solicited sexual favors from women in exchange for their freedom. Officer William Robert Taylor, 26, has been on administrative leave since Dec. 3 after allegations last November of improper sexual conduct with women Taylor had placed in his custody, said Police Chief Cliff Diamond. Since the first allegations surfaced, El Cajon police detectives have identified a total of five victims, the chief said. District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, who attended the news conference, said her office planned to aggressively prosecute the case. “When an officer dishonors the badge, disgraces the uniform, destroys the trust of the public, we must take swift action,” she said. “Police officers are prosecuted just like any person, but it is even more devastating when an officer uses his authority and his badge to gain favors of any kind, especially sexual favors.” Investigators asked anyone who might have more information about the case to call Sgt. Cameron DeMarco at (619) 579-3321.
update
Officer Faces Additional Charges In Sexual Assault Case 04-21-2006 4:54 AM (San Diego, CA) -- More charges have been filed against an El Cajon police officer accused of soliciting sexual favors from female detainees in exchange for their freedom. William Taylor now faces a total of eight felony charges of soliciting bribes, two counts of rape with a foreign object, two counts of sexual battery and one count of attempting to influence a witness. If convicted of all charges, Taylor could be sentenced to up to 17 years in prison. Taylor, who is free on one-quarter-million-dollars bail, pleaded not guilty to the six original charges at his arraignment last month. Officials say the investigation included interviews with about 300 women who had been detained by Taylor. Some of the women allegedly said Taylor offered to let them go free in exchange for sexual favors. The investigation began when one woman came forward and reported the alleged coercion. Police are still looking for about 50 women known to have been detained by Taylor over an 18-month period. Taylor has been on unpaid administrative leave since his arrest in February.
Encounter with Police
State Tracked Protesters in the Name of Security
Officials say they have stopped monitoring antiwar and political rallies. The practice violates civil rights, Atty. Gen. Lockyer says.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-security1jul01,1,5482160.story?coll=la-headlines-california
protest
When we arrived for the scheduled 4:00-5:00pm protest there were two ECPD cars present. One was parked on Cordel Ct, up the hill from 1870. The other was parked in the driveway of Hunters office building. There was one officer in each car. About 4:15 there were 20 protesters assembled on the sidewalk, the officer from the car in the drive way and told us that we must keep moving and stay out of the street. He was unpleasant and appeared angry; early thirties, dark short cut hair, short with a pudgy build and face. Later a group of us went to walk up the drive to the office building and the officer challenged us: "Where do you think you are going?" "Hunter's office" we replied. "No you're not. This is private property." He finally allowed two of us to walk up. Again he appeared angry because we were protesting, was antagonistic and unpleasant. He left, in a blast of noise and exhaust, before we did. Protecting Our Future?
traffic collision
A car started tailgating me on Flinn Springs road. I sort of lost her after the left turn onto Olde Hwy 80. We got slowed down at Oak Creek to about 40mph. I moved to the right and never really increased speed (the speed limit is 50mph). She also moved right and accelerated right at me; I signaled the turn. I looked forward and slowed to turn and she hit me.
She had a puppy on her lap the whole time.
The first words from her were: "You stopped right in the middle of the road."
I didn't stop until I was off the road. She would have hit me even if I hadn't slowed down.
She gave me her id but when I asked for proof of insurance she didn't have it.
When she failed to provide proof of insurance, I dialed 911 on my cell phone. I got a recorded message twice, I responded "one" both times. A dispatcher answered, I gave my name and location, stated that I did not need medical assistance. I explained that the other driver did not have proof of insurance and her car was not drivable, a sheriff was dispatched. The sheriff arrived, asked several questions and called for the CHP. The sheriff gave me his card.
A CHP officer arrived. The other driver complained that I had yelled at her and the officer told me I was childish. He was very antagonistic and angry that he had been called to a minor accident. He asked me several questions and always cut me off before I could answer. I think he was trying to make me angry. I offered him a copy of my card and he waved it away.
The officer told me I should have gotten out of her way. I explained that I was turning off into the drive way and he repeated that I should have moved over and let the other driver pass. He held his hand up to cut off any further comment from me.
It looked like he finally cited her for following too close, excessive speed and unsafe operation.
I didn't yell at the young woman.
Hit-run deaths see 20% increase
Rise since 2000 far above overall pedestrian rate
October 17, 2006 The number of pedestrians killed by hit-and-run drivers has jumped 20% since 2000 and is at its highest level in a decade, a USA TODAY analysis shows.
The increase compounds the problems of investigating hit-and-run cases, which investigators say are among the most difficult crimes to solve because they often happen at night with no witnesses.
“Even if you're lucky enough to get the car, you can't always get the driver,” says Richard Ashton of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Of the 4,881 pedestrians killed last year, 974 died in hit-and-runs, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration records show. The total number of pedestrians killed nationwide increased by about 2% since 2000, but hit-and-run deaths increased at almost 10 times that pace, the USA TODAY analysis found.
“It's an outrageous statistic,” says Peter Kissinger, CEO of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. He says that although the increase is difficult to explain, likely factors include more cars sharing the road with more pedestrians, and increasingly distracted and aggressive drivers.
“I think it's a sad commentary on our society,” Kissinger says.
No national tally exists showing how many hit-and-run cases are solved. In many investigations in which drivers are later found, they tell police that they fled out of fear or because they had been drinking and wanted to avoid legal trouble, says Lt. Doug Dodson, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol.
“By the time we find them, a lot of them are really eaten up with guilt,” Dodson says.
The last time the USA had so many hit-and-run deaths was in 1996, when there were 982, records show. More than 5,400 pedestrians were killed that year.
Some of the crashes are deliberate attempts to hurt or kill. But in many others, drivers have done nothing wrong until they flee, says Michael Payne, a Fort Myers, Fla., investigator.
“Quite often, it's simply an accident,” he says. “But people get scared.”
Recent victims include Mary Kelley, 77, killed as she crossed the street March 2 in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on her way home from dinner. The driver, Jeanne Rose Dunn, didn't stop and didn't report the crash until the next day, prosecutors allege.
Dunn would not comment because she is charged with a felony for leaving the scene of the crash. She told investigators that she thought a rock had hit her windshield, according to a police report, and that she did not realize what happened until she heard about Kelley's death on the radio.
The crash haunts Kelley's children. “I wonder what's in somebody's mind that they could just hit someone and drive away,” says her son Kevin Kelley.
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20061017/1a_offlede17.art.htm
