After reading over several police reports posted on the New
York Times, I noticed that a lot of crime has been taken place around the same
area. Most of these crimes have been done by young teenagers from the ages of
14-19 years old. One of the main reports that I read that stood out to me the
most was the teen who was suspected in two break-ins in one day. One of the
break-ins was in a 39 year old man's house located on Greene Avenue. The boy
had broken into the man's house just before 5 o'clock on Aug 20. When the man
had heard a noise he got up to go see what it was, the man saw the boy trying
to hop the fence with the man's Dell laptop, MacBook Pro laptop, iPad, Sony
camera and broken Blackberry. The boy went through a hole he had cut in the
screen to enter the house and ran off on foot. He was later arrested at 5:45
pm. When police found the teenager, he was in possession of a MacBook Air
laptop that was stolen from a 44-year-old woman’s Clermont Avenue home earlier
that afternoon.
This is a big social problem and global problem because many
teens are robing houses, stealing iPhone, iPads, iPods, computers, money, jewelry,
and much more each and every day. These types of crimes make it hard for not
only the police but other people as well because they have to make sure their
home is protected at all times. I also noticed that a lot of the crimes that
were taken place involved the same things such as, mugging men/ women from
behind just to take their iPhone or iPad. Jewelry theft and purse/ wallet theft
was also a big issue when reading these reports. There isn't much that people
can do to prevent these things from happening, just watch your back at all
times and be aware of your home surroundings. Luckily for some people, their
neighborhoods are very quiet, which is where most teens make their move to try
and break-in, but little do they know, the neighbors are always watching so the
police are just one call away. This puts the suspects in a bad position because
they would have no time to run away after attempting to steal someone else's
stuff.
http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/crime-report-playground-shooting/
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