Neighbors, Please report any new suspicious activity to the police, and to the rest of us, through the list serve: neighbors@buenavistasocialclub.org Ruth From: richdale-ave-community@googlegroups.com [mailto:richdale-ave-community@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Lipshaw Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 10:58 PM To: Richdale Ave Community Subject: Update on Tire (and Car) Thefts from Commissioner Haas ************************************************** Commissioner Haas advised me that Deputy Superintendent Timothy McCusker (tmccuske@CambridgePolice.org) is directly responsible for oversight of our neighborhood. He's responsible for one-third of the city. Richdale Ave and neighbors@buenavistasocialclub.org have invited him to join our list serv. ************************************************* From: "Haas, Robert" <rhaas@cambridgepolice.org> Date: March 28, 2009 8:19:49 PM EDT To: Jeffrey Lipshaw <jlipshaw@gmail.com> Cc: "Bernier, Holly" <hbernier@cambridgepolice.org>, "Decker, Marjorie" <mdecker@cambridgema.gov>, "Degou, David" <DDegou@CambridgePolice.Org>, "Sevieri, Rich" <rsevieri@cambridgepolice.org>, "Burke, Christopher" <CBurke@CambridgePolice.Org>, "DeMarco, Steven" <SDeMarco@CambridgePolice.Org>, "Ames, Robert" <RAmes@CambridgePolice.Org>, "McCusker, Timothy" <tmccuske@CambridgePolice.org>, "Walsh, Michael" <MWalsh@CambridgePolice.Org> Subject: RE: Spate of Thefts on Richdale Avenue Mr. Lipshaw: Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, I was actually away attending a conference in Washington, D.C. I did want to get back to you for a few reasons. First and foremost, to let you know that we have been monitoring this situation very closely. To that end, we have been deploying officers to this area during the times of day when we think these incidents are occurring. We have also been sending officers out to specifically to perform surveillance activities in neighborhood in addition to our normal patrol deployments. The detectives and members of our Crime Analysis Unit had developed a suspect who we think is responsible for these thefts. As you would have it, patrol officers arrested this subject for unrelated charges on late Friday night into Saturday morning. This not to say that we have stopped these incidents from occurring. In addition to our efforts, it is vitally important that the residents take an active role in helping us protect their property, and more importantly, be somewhat vigilant in reporting anything that appears to be out of the ordinary. This would also include calling us when there people who are not familiar to the area and who seem to be neighborhood for no specific purpose. We can certainly estimate when these thefts are taking place, but the intelligence that you and your neighbors can provide us is invaluable. It is also a very effective means of driving our patrol resources to areas of the city where they prevent or intervene into situations that may appear to be suspicious. Over the next couple of weeks, are hoping to also do the neighborhood tour to see what other things we can identify throughout the neighborhood much less appealing to those who may have designs on committing criminal activity. I hope you find this helpful. I also wanted to assure you and your neighbors, including those on Upland Road what we have been doing in response to the latest uptick in the thefts taking place. Please let me know if you have any additional concerns or questions. R. Haas Police Commissioner -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Lipshaw [mailto:jlipshaw@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 8:17 AM To: Haas, Robert Cc: Bernier, Holly; Decker, Marjorie Subject: Spate of Thefts on Richdale Avenue Dear Commissioner Haas: I'm going to take advantage of your interest in our street, and ask you to help us. Our newly-formed list serv has revealed that there has been a spate of property crime here in the last week, mainly tires being stolen off of cars on the street. There was an incident at 113 Richdale in which four tires were stolen off a car, and last night two tires were stolen off a car in front of the co-housing at 175. I saw it this morning when I walked the dogs at 5:45 a.m. - I wondered why a car was sitting there with the jacks on the street side and no tires. Clearly there is a pattern here, and I'm hoping you can put some resources to helping us. Thanks again. Best, Jeffrey M. Lipshaw Associate Professor, Suffolk University Law School 120 Tremont Street, Room 250C Boston, MA 02108 Cell Phone (preferred): 317.694.4976 Office Phone: 617.305.1657 Fax: 617.305.3079 ***************************************** From: NAN WALDSTEIN <nanwaldstein@msn.com> Date: March 25, 2009 11:30:23 AM EDT To: <margot.welch@verizon.net> Subject: RE: [Richdale Ave] tires stolen on Richdale All four wheels were stolen from a Honda Accord on Upland Road for the second time.The car was vanalized in other ways, in a search for electronic equipment. . It is believed to have happened at around 11:30 at night. The Honda had steel rims. The two cars next to it which have plastic rims a Honda and a Toyota, were not touched. The owner has installed motion detector lights over the car which he hopes will discourage a third attempt. Be watchful. 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