If you haven’t browsed the Beacon Hill Blog site much, you might have missed the link to the Forum. The Forum is an area where readers of this blog can post questions, ask for recommendations, and participate in discussions.
Recently, a neighbor reported the following crime in the Open Line Time section of the Forum:
“I live at 3026 Beacon Ave. S. #101, on Beacon Ave. between Stevens and Hanford. Between 2:30 PM and 3:15 PM on Sunday, June 21st, in broad daylight, my apartment was broken into and numerous items were taken. A civilian’s camera in the back parking lot showed no activity during those times. Since one of the items taken was a large, heavy television, the burglars must have had a vehicle parked in front of the building on Beacon Ave. Did anyone see/hear anything suspicious or unusual in this area during those times?”
Please post in the Forum discussion if you can help.
On a related note, I’ve seen a couple of cars broken into recently on the north end of the hill.
I blogged about it:
http://madness-hamster.blogspot.com/2009/06/warning-for-our-behi-neighbors.html
Yikes.
I actually saw a break-in across the street from our place a few years ago. Saw the guy around the car, then heard the smash — looked and saw the thief grabbing the loot. I called 911 and the cops showed up pretty quickly that time, but not quickly enough, unfortunately.
I was out jogging this past Sat. the 20th when a young male (16ish?) stopped me to ask the time. When I looked down at my iphone to check, he tried to grab it right out of my hand. I held on to it and he and his friends ran off. This was in broad daylight on Beacon Ave near Jefferson Park. I wonder if there are any statistics on whether crime is increasing in our neighborhood?