The blue house

By "the blue house" I'm guessing you mean 235, the student group home. Also the former home of the BD singers. As far as I know this house does not have a garage behind it.

No, behind Miya's sushi. I live there and it was my apartment that was broken into. I don't care about the things that I lost, I just want to keep this from happening to anyone else. Very, very scary and I am extremely fortunate to be unharmed.

I think you mean the block between Edgewood and Chapel. The only house behind Miya with a garage is the big salmon Victorian with blue trim. "Pushed up the bars on the window" sounds like awfully spindly bars. The bars on my house and my rental properties are not "pushable". Perhaps you should have a talk with your landlord about proper hardware. Also, sounds like the garage was locked with just a hasp and padlock. Again, proper hardware. My properties have metal garage doors and entry code systems.
A little preventive thought goes a long way. Crimes in Dwight are generally property crimes of opportunity....not premeditated burglaries. Storing valuables in plain sight near a window is probably not a good idea in the first place, but your best bet is to consult with your landlord about appropriate window hardware. I've lived in this neighborhood over 30 years and the only times I've had a theft in my house or in my rental properties is when a door or window was left open or something valuable was left in plain sight near a window or in a car. Don't provide an opportunity.

I think you mean the block between Edgewood and Chapel. The only house behind Miya with a garage is the big salmon Victorian with blue trim. "Pushed up the bars on the window" sounds like awfully spindly bars. The bars on my house and my rental properties are not "pushable". Perhaps you should have a talk with your landlord about proper hardware. Also, sounds like the garage was locked with just a hasp and padlock. Again, proper hardware. My properties have metal garage doors and entry code systems.
A little preventive thought goes a long way. Crimes in Dwight are generally property crimes of opportunity....not premeditated burglaries. Storing valuables in plain sight near a window is probably not a good idea in the first place, but your best bet is to consult with your landlord about appropriate window hardware. I've lived in this neighborhood over 30 years and the only times I've had a theft in my house or in my rental properties is when a door or window was left open or something valuable was left in plain sight near a window or in a car. Don't provide an opportunity.

You're right about the address Sven, I misspoke and apologize for any confusion. The homes affected have been between Edgewood and Chapel on Dwight.

While it is great that your properties are in good shape, and I agree that it is best to do what you can to prevent crime, I think it's foolish to assume that ANYONE is immune to something like this happening to them. Or assume that everyones landlord will take the same precautions you have to prevent a burglary. A person broke into a home down the street from you and robbed a tenant of belongings on their bed while they were sleeping in it. What if the tenant woke up? What if they were harmed or worse? What if this wasn't a "crime of opportunity" (I mean, seriously who considers stealing things from right next to a sleeping person who might at any moment wake up and catch them an opportunistic time to swipe a laptop?). While you may have lived in the neighborhood for 30 years, times change and isn't it better to be kept in the loop about what's happening here?

I beg your pardon. I didn't mean to belittle your experience. You were certainly subjected to a very dangerous and frightening circumstance and you are justifiably upset. I hope you gave a full account to the police. Of course your warning to the neighborhood is very much in order. I thank you for that.

My apparent callousness may be the result of my 30 years here. The Dwight neighborhood was once a very high crime area. Incidents such as you describe were routine in the late eighties and early nineties. Tenants vacated and left absentee landlords holding the notes on properties they thought they'd flip for easy profits. Then the landlords walked away and half the houses in the area were abandoned and boarded up. It took twenty years and a lot of work to bring back the neighborhood. I guess I'm still in "preventive" mode. I hope the rest of your residency here is much more pleasant!

Items were not in clear view of the window. Property manager amended the situation with the bars immediately.

More break ins on Dwight.

Another break in on Dwight Street this morning. I heard there have been 40 in the past two months and that they all occur between 5:00-7:00 am, right around the time of shift change for patrolling police officers. I have also heard that stolen cards have been used at the same locations. The burglar works very quietly when residents are home. This person is not afraid of you or intimidated by the precautions taken to protect your home. In my case and the case of the break in this morning there were bars on windows. This is extremely scary and something needs to done to prevent this from happening again.

How did they get past the bars on the windows? I've had bars installed on my windows and would like to know what else I might be able to do to protect my property.

Not to start any debates or anything, but you might want to check out http://www.woodbridgefirearms.com/ for other ways to defend yourself in your home.

40 break ins in the last two months? I checked the crime stats on the New Haven Independent and I see one burglary on Dwight in June. Of course the July stats are not in yet, but that means 39 break ins on Dwight in July. Where are you getting this info?

More developments in regards to the burglary I posted about yesterday (on Dwight between George and Chapel). Police were called after the initial incident and a report was taken. The burglar had taken many things including her car keys. The burglar then returned to the residence and stole the tenant's car at around 12:30 am. Tenant dialed 911 and was on the phone with dispatch as the thief was pulling out of her driveway. Police never arrived.

I think it's pretty obvious that the police aren't patrolling this neighborhood enough and criminals are taking notice.

I feel as if a HOME INVASION and a CAR THEFT deserve justice. As someone who recently had their home invaded on Dwight I was made to feel like it wasn't really a priority.

40 so far this summer is what the police officers said to my friend yesterday morning so maybe it has been longer than two months.

BGA, when you say Dwight, do you actually mean Dwight Street? Or do you mean the Dwight section of New Haven? There's a big difference. I can imagine 40 burglaries in the entire Dwight neighborhood—that is the area from Howe to Sherman and Whalley to George. The entire area may have had 40 burglaries over the course of the summer, but I can't imagine they all happened on Dwight Street.

Description of the car? plate number?

The car is an older brown Volvo station wagon. I am not able to reach the owner for more detail at this time.

The car was found today and impounded by the NHPD.

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