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From the block watch captain: Dear Neighbors,
I just received the following information:
Am writing to alert you that this evening at 9:10 pm (June 9th) my wife pulled into our driveway at 180 Westwood. As she was opening her door to get out she was confronted by two black males, early 20s roughly 6 feet each about 190lbs, who tried to take her purse. My wife fought back kicking at them and screaming, which I heard since I was inside with our 4 kids. The 2 grabbed the keys to her car and ran off. I called 911 and one of our neighbors I who was walking his dogs chased them. The cops searched the area. I don't know if anyone as arrested...I would assume not.
Cops came and we gave them all the details.
Please let everyone know to be super careful when driving home. And lock doors and windows. "
6 Comments
Mary Faulkner (Registered User)
Westvillian (Registered User)
This is escalating - it's the second time in a year a car was stolen in this way *on this block*
It's also the same, quiet, family-oriented block where someone was selling drugs out of an SUV parked on the street, and where neighbors have found stolen property behind their garage after it had been stolen from a house on Chapel.
One issue appears to be the vacant house in the middle of the block. After many years of vacancy (the owner maintained the lawn), now that it is in the process of being sold it is not being mowed or maintained. It seems to have become, as a result, quite obviously empty - and a cut-through route for many.
If the current owner installed some sort of motion detectors or safety lights, might it make this block less attractive as a target? Or for that matter, if the yard was mown? As neighbors we might be able to help if necessary.
Elm Street Mama (Guest)
Mary Faulkner (Registered User)
City of New Haven (Verified Official)
Closed An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)