Candlelight Neighborhood Association

Crime in Our Area

News Alert

Louisville Metro Police Department
This is a “News Alert” for our Third Division citizens and businesses. We hope you will share this information with your Neighborhood Associations and Businesses Associations. Our goal is to keep you informed and for you to help us reduce crime. The information in this report will be sent out monthly thru our volunteer Mr. Billy Carter. All replies will go thru our volunteer assistant who will forward the information to us. For immediate responses please call 574-2135.

If you see anyone suspicious hanging in parking lots or your neighborhood please call 574-2111 and report suspicious activity with a description of the suspect. Please get as many details as possible regarding the subject’s height, weight, hair color, and clothing descriptions. If the suspicious person is in an automobile, and you can get a license plate number without compromising your safety, please do so.

Do not leave vehicles running and unattended. It only takes a second for someone to get into your vehicle and leave the area.









Thefts of Items Taken From Autos

The largest trend appears to be with items being taken from vehicles parked in the parking lots of businesses. Vehicles in residential areas are also prime targets. In most of the thefts, valuable items were visible in unlocked and locked autos. Please do not store valuables in your auto!

 Several streets off Greenwood Rd
 Several streets off Lower Hunters
 Several streets in the Afterglow Drive area



Residential and Business Break ins

During this period we are on the decline and have made numerous arrests. Until we hit the number zero we cannot relax, burglary is a problem in some of our residential, businesses and churches. We need your help in being our eyes and reporting suspicious activity. Our areas of concern are listed below.

Apartment complexes:
 Brooklawn Drive
 Zachery Circle (Fairdale area)
 Glen Hill Manor/ Lambourne Blvd. (Valley Station area)

Neighborhoods:
 Southern Parkway/Taylor Blvd area.
 Gheens Avenue.
 Mackie Lane Newcut Road area.
 Third Street Corridor. Lambourne Blvd area.
 Cane Run Road/ Marie Anna area.

Churches: This period there was one church burglary.
 4600 block of Greenwood Road.

Business Burglaries: There was one business burglaries during this period. The area of focus appeared to be the Dixie Highway..
 Dixie Highway corridor.

Others were widely spread at other complexes and in various neighborhoods. If you see anyone suspicious please call 574-2111. If you have any information on who may be committing burglaries please call 574-2135 and ask for Sgt Davis. Sgt Davis and/or a detective will follow up on all information and your name will never be disclosed.







Business Robberies

We are experiencing business robberies in the area of:
 Dixie Highway corridor (4700-13000).
 Manslick Road area

The suspect in the Manslick Road area is described as a white male, 45-50 years of age, 6’0”, thin build, fair complexion and unshaven. This subject was armed with a large hunting knife.

There are two different suspects for the Robberies that occurred on the Dixie Highway corridor. One suspect is a white male 40-50, 5’9” to 6’0” heavy build and tanned complexion. This subject was armed with a black revolver. Another suspect is a black male, 20-25, 150 to 170 pounds, black toboggan hat, and jeans. Our last robbery was on December 10, 2005 on the Dixie Highway corridor. Please call us or 574-LMPD if you have any information on who is committing robberies.

For additional information regarding the business robberies in this area, please visit the LMPD website and check out the Robbery ASAP Program page. www.lmpdasap.com . This website provides detailed information to the public regarding area business robberies and the offenders.

Please check all of your store cameras inside and outside your business, your photos help us in identifying suspects. These are very dangerous individuals! If you have any information regarding robbery suspects or suspicious activity call 574-2111, 574-LMPD, or the district at 574-2135. For all emergencies please call 911.



Other Thefts
Utility trailers continue to be a prime target of thefts from both business and residential areas. Fences and locks are being cut in order to take the trailers. Make sure you have a serial number or other identifying marks on your property in order to identify it in case of a theft.
 Trailers were taken from the Sylvania Road area, Upper Hunters Trace area, National Turnpike area, Mount Holly Road, and from a construction site off of Third Street Road (loaded with building materials).

There were several reported thefts from the Riverport Area.
 We received reports of vehicles being broken into on the lots of the businesses, as well as one trailer delivering merchandise to a business on International Drive. The lock was cut on the trailer and numerous boxes of clothing were taken.


 On Global Drive a fence was cut and aluminum taken.


574-LMPD has just published their newsletter. \\hqfile\utility$\HomePage\574LMPD We inserted their neighborhood watch tips below.

LMPD and Neighborhood Watch
Make your neighborhood your own again.

Protecting and Improving Your Neighborhood and Community
Concerned neighbors who watch out for and care about each other are the front-line defenses against crime. Whether you live in a subdivision, suburban city, small rural area, apartment building, or a city block bounded by a park or expressway your home is in a neighborhood. Whatever the crime-a home burglarized, a car stolen, a purse snatched, a shopper mugged-crime affects us all. Crime victims and their families suffer injury and loss on a personal level. Communities suffer at the civic level when neighbors retreat behind locked doors, merchants abandon business locations, housing prices drop, children fear going to school, and streets empty at night. Fear creates isolation, saps civic bonds, and increases vulnerability. Preventing crime restores personal and civic freedoms, and rebinds us as a community. Today’s busy lifestyles don’t always make it easy to be a good neighbor. But it really only takes a little time and attention.
• Get to know your neighbors and discuss your concerns about the neighborhood and community. Share information.
• Be alert to things that say “we don’t care” and invite crime like poor street lighting, vacant lots and streets littered with debris, boarded-up buildings, a lack of recreational activities or jobs for teens, and inadequate day care and after-school programs. Work with law enforcement, civic groups, schools, local businesses, community agencies, churches, and service clubs to solve problems.
• Join a Neighborhood or Apartment Watch group. Members receive training in crime prevention and agree to look out for each other’s safety and property. If there’s no Watch organization in your neighborhood, start one with the help from your LMPD Division Resource Officer. Call 574-LMPD (574-5673).
• Help local government do its job. Alert LMPD to suspicious activities and any crimes by calling dispatch. For the urban service district report criminal activity to 574-7111 and the suburban service district call 574-2111. Report nonworking street lights, missing street signs, abandoned houses, and other problems to Metro Call at 574-5000 or 311 and your concern will be forwarded to the appropriate department.
• Remember, no one can help you if you don’t let someone know there is a problem.

Louisville Metro Police Department
This is a “News Alert” for our Third Division citizens and businesses. We hope you will share this information with your Neighborhood Associations and Businesses Associations. Our goal is to keep you informed and for you to help us reduce crime. The information in this report will be sent out monthly thru our volunteer Mr. Billy Carter. All replies will go thru our volunteer assistant who will forward the information to us. For immediate responses please call 574-2135.

The following crime report contains information for the time period of November 15, 2005 to December 12, 2005

Auto Thefts

During the last month we are happy to report still another decline in auto thefts and we have made numerous arrests. We are still concerned about some areas that have experienced thefts of autos. Our areas of concern are the neighborhoods listed below and we are asking you to be our eyes:

 Inverness and Gheens Avenue.
 National Turnpike and Third Street area.
 South end of Dixie Highway in the Deering Road/Flushing Way area.

If you see anyone suspicious hanging in parking lots or your neighborhood please call 574-2111 and report suspicious activity with a description of the suspect. Please get as many details as possible regarding the subject’s height, weight, hair color, and clothing descriptions. If the suspicious person is in an automobile, and you can get a license plate number without compromising your safety, please do so.

Do not leave vehicles running and unattended. It only takes a second for someone to get into your vehicle and leave the area.









Thefts of Items Taken From Autos

The largest trend appears to be with items being taken from vehicles parked in the parking lots of businesses. Vehicles in residential areas are also prime targets. In most of the thefts, valuable items were visible in unlocked and locked autos. Please do not store valuables in your auto!

 Several streets off Greenwood Rd
 Several streets off Lower Hunters
 Several streets in the Afterglow Drive area



Residential and Business Break ins

During this period we are on the decline and have made numerous arrests. Until we hit the number zero we cannot relax, burglary is a problem in some of our residential, businesses and churches. We need your help in being our eyes and reporting suspicious activity. Our areas of concern are listed below.

Apartment complexes:
 Brooklawn Drive
 Zachery Circle (Fairdale area)
 Glen Hill Manor/ Lambourne Blvd. (Valley Station area)

Neighborhoods:
 Southern Parkway/Taylor Blvd area.
 Gheens Avenue.
 Mackie Lane Newcut Road area.
 Third Street Corridor. Lambourne Blvd area.
 Cane Run Road/ Marie Anna area.

Churches: This period there was one church burglary.
 4600 block of Greenwood Road.

Business Burglaries: There was one business burglaries during this period. The area of focus appeared to be the Dixie Highway..
 Dixie Highway corridor.

Others were widely spread at other complexes and in various neighborhoods. If you see anyone suspicious please call 574-2111. If you have any information on who may be committing burglaries please call 574-2135 and ask for Sgt Davis. Sgt Davis and/or a detective will follow up on all information and your name will never be disclosed.







Business Robberies

We are experiencing business robberies in the area of:
 Dixie Highway corridor (4700-13000).
 Manslick Road area

The suspect in the Manslick Road area is described as a white male, 45-50 years of age, 6’0”, thin build, fair complexion and unshaven. This subject was armed with a large hunting knife.

There are two different suspects for the Robberies that occurred on the Dixie Highway corridor. One suspect is a white male 40-50, 5’9” to 6’0” heavy build and tanned complexion. This subject was armed with a black revolver. Another suspect is a black male, 20-25, 150 to 170 pounds, black toboggan hat, and jeans. Our last robbery was on December 10, 2005 on the Dixie Highway corridor. Please call us or 574-LMPD if you have any information on who is committing robberies.

For additional information regarding the business robberies in this area, please visit the LMPD website and check out the Robbery ASAP Program page. www.lmpdasap.com . This website provides detailed information to the public regarding area business robberies and the offenders.

Please check all of your store cameras inside and outside your business, your photos help us in identifying suspects. These are very dangerous individuals! If you have any information regarding robbery suspects or suspicious activity call 574-2111, 574-LMPD, or the district at 574-2135. For all emergencies please call 911.



Other Thefts
Utility trailers continue to be a prime target of thefts from both business and residential areas. Fences and locks are being cut in order to take the trailers. Make sure you have a serial number or other identifying marks on your property in order to identify it in case of a theft.
 Trailers were taken from the Sylvania Road area, Upper Hunters Trace area, National Turnpike area, Mount Holly Road, and from a construction site off of Third Street Road (loaded with building materials).

There were several reported thefts from the Riverport Area.
 We received reports of vehicles being broken into on the lots of the businesses, as well as one trailer delivering merchandise to a business on International Drive. The lock was cut on the trailer and numerous boxes of clothing were taken.


 On Global Drive a fence was cut and aluminum taken.


574-LMPD has just published their newsletter. \\hqfile\utility$\HomePage\574LMPD We inserted their neighborhood watch tips below.

LMPD and Neighborhood Watch
Make your neighborhood your own again.

Protecting and Improving Your Neighborhood and Community
Concerned neighbors who watch out for and care about each other are the front-line defenses against crime. Whether you live in a subdivision, suburban city, small rural area, apartment building, or a city block bounded by a park or expressway your home is in a neighborhood. Whatever the crime-a home burglarized, a car stolen, a purse snatched, a shopper mugged-crime affects us all. Crime victims and their families suffer injury and loss on a personal level. Communities suffer at the civic level when neighbors retreat behind locked doors, merchants abandon business locations, housing prices drop, children fear going to school, and streets empty at night. Fear creates isolation, saps civic bonds, and increases vulnerability. Preventing crime restores personal and civic freedoms, and rebinds us as a community. Today’s busy lifestyles don’t always make it easy to be a good neighbor. But it really only takes a little time and attention.
• Get to know your neighbors and discuss your concerns about the neighborhood and community. Share information.
• Be alert to things that say “we don’t care” and invite crime like poor street lighting, vacant lots and streets littered with debris, boarded-up buildings, a lack of recreational activities or jobs for teens, and inadequate day care and after-school programs. Work with law enforcement, civic groups, schools, local businesses, community agencies, churches, and service clubs to solve problems.
• Join a Neighborhood or Apartment Watch group. Members receive training in crime prevention and agree to look out for each other’s safety and property. If there’s no Watch organization in your neighborhood, start one with the help from your LMPD Division Resource Officer. Call 574-LMPD (574-5673).
• Help local government do its job. Alert LMPD to suspicious activities and any crimes by calling dispatch. For the urban service district report criminal activity to 574-7111 and the suburban service district call 574-2111. Report nonworking street lights, missing street signs, abandoned houses, and other problems to Metro Call at 574-5000 or 311 and your concern will be forwarded to the appropriate department.
• Remember, no one can help you if you don’t let someone know there is a problem.