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Meadowlake residents to discuss security
Published November 03, 2005
Five home burglaries in eight days have Meadowlake Village subdivision
residents on edge.
“Everyone’s scared,” said a resident who asked to remain to anonymous. “Police
can’t be there every second of the day. It was a good subdivision when I moved in. Now, I don’t know.”
Fortunately,
there were no burglaries to report Wednesday.
A neighborhood meeting will be held at 7 p.m., Nov. 10, at the Meadowlake
clubhouse, 7410 Breda Drive.
Homeowners association president Shelia Crianza said she hopes residents attend the meeting
to brainstorm how to improve security and to discuss beginning a neighborhood crime watch.
There have been no arrests
for the string of burglaries and home invasions in the Meadowlake subdivision, said Sgt. Dana Wolfe of the Harris County sheriff’s
office.
The suspect is described as a slender, black male in his early 20s riding a mountain bike and wearing a backpack.
The sheriff’s office assigned the Burglary Apprehension Response Squad (BARS) to investigate the Meadowlake
Village home invasions. They are also working in conjunction with the Baytown Police Department.
The crimes were committed
in a similar fashion, with entry made into the houses by breaking a side window or by kicking in the front door, Wolfe said.
Some of the houses that have been burglarized had an alarm system.
On Tuesday, the homeowners association announced
it would increase patrols from 25 to 40 hours per week. A security officer has always patrolled the neighborhood, Crianza
said.
“All the buzz is because this is so out of the norm, it’s really shocking,” Crianza said.
The
recent burglaries have made Meadowlake residents more aware of their surroundings.
Morgan Page, a resident on Bighorn
Street, said he was home more often than usual because his mom was scared. “If they break into our house, they’re
not going to survive,” Page said. “We won’t put up with it. They have no right to ruin another person’s
life.”
Laura Marsalis, a resident on Bighorn Street for 24 years, said that she was not aware of the recent burglaries
until her neighbor was robbed. “We have never had problems until recently,” she said.
Javier Texis, a resident
on Shoshone Drive for five years, said that despite recent events, he still considers his neighborhood safe.
“Anywhere
you go, you have those problems,” he said. “There’s no control on that.”
Anyone with information
on the home invasions should call the Harris County Sheriff’s office at 713-455-8050.
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There will
be a neighborhood meeting at the Meadowlake Village subdivision 7 p.m., Nov. 10, at 7410 Breda Drive.
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