I swear it's inside jobs on these juggings.
TX04Aggie said:
100%. I dint have to go to bank or ATM too much but it has made me think if moving bank account to somewhere that is by my office downtown that I can access cash or services in the the tunnel or at a branch inside of buildings.
If you think about it, the vast majority of people going into a bank for withdrawal are not just requesting chump change. And if you see them walk out with envelope in hand it's game on. If you hit two people, chances are they weren't both making deposits and you will probably score a minimum of $400-500...potentially thousands. Which these cretins will absolutely hurt you over. That's enough to buy a couple pairs of Jordans right there.jh0400 said:
I don't think it was an inside job. I think someone watched me go in, stand at the teller window a while, and walk out. I withdrew $100 in ones and fives to have for tips on vacation, so it wasn't like I had a large amount of cash on me.
I may start racially profiling my bank tellers and waving people ahead of me in line if one from a certain demographic calls on me. I would imagine the insiders virtually all fit the same profile of the ones carrying out the attacks do. Sad that it is this way.aggiedata said:
In Cypress, Harris CO sheriff dept has a bank sting that caught several bank employees working with the thugs. It most certainly happens. As I mentioned before, my contractor was followed 20 miles to my house where the jugging happened right outside for $1000. Temp plates of course.
jh0400 said:
I got hit in a jugging this afternoon. Stopped at a bank to get some small bills for a trip and then stopped again to run into my tailor to pick up something. I was inside for under a minute when someone walked in and told me that I had a busted window. So much for going to the bank mid day. I'm just glad I didn't decide to go straight home.
And before anyone asks, it's obvious they were looking for a cash envelope, because they flipped down both visors and emptied the glove box.
ETA: all they got was my work laptop which was immediately locked and a gym bag with some dirty clothes in it.
maroon barchetta said:
Please tell me HFD doesn't leave their trucks unattended when they make their weekly stops at HEB anywhere in the city, but especially someplace like Gulfgate.
https://abc13.com/houston-crime-chainsaw-stolen-taken-from-hfd-truck-theft-woodridge/12964534/
TarponChaser said:
Do we have a definitive list of vehicles most likely to be involved in or seen fleeing the scene of a crime yet?
I'm thinking:
- Nissan Altima
- Chevy Impala
- Chevy Malibu
- Chrysler 300/Dodge Charger
Feel free to add. And paper plates are just assumed to be a given, right?
TexasAggie81 said:TarponChaser said:
Do we have a definitive list of vehicles most likely to be involved in or seen fleeing the scene of a crime yet?
I'm thinking:
- Nissan Altima
- Chevy Impala
- Chevy Malibu
- Chrysler 300/Dodge Charger
Feel free to add. And paper plates are just assumed to be a given, right?
Even Black people will readily admit that they predominantly drive at least three of those four kinds of vehicles.
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Eyewitness News was the first to expose the rash of burglaries back in January. Business owners said they were sleeping in their bars with weapons to protect their property.
We aired some surveillance video back then, and several bar owners watching were convinced the same man was behind the burglaries at their businesses. He'd get arrested, bond out, and then go right back to breaking into the bars.
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HPD said 45-year-old Reginald Jones is in custody. Officers said the serial burglar is a repeat offender and has been arrested 63 times in Texas. Fifty-four of those arrests have been in Harris County alone.
agproducer said:
Single mom is left paralyzed after a violent jugging.
The robber followed her more than 20 miles and attacked her. It's on video, but I don't think he'll be caught.
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/woman-left-paralyzed-after-robber-body-slammed-her-to-the-ground-suspect-still-wanted
https://t.co/OEGdfXUiaR
— Andy Kahan (@akahancrimesto1) March 18, 2023
Yet another example of why we need to pass SJR 44 a Constitutional Amendment to allow Judges discretion not to grant bond to defendants charged with certain violent crimes.
There’s little doubt the defendants are a threat to public safety
CheeseSndwch said:Quote:
Eyewitness News was the first to expose the rash of burglaries back in January. Business owners said they were sleeping in their bars with weapons to protect their property.
We aired some surveillance video back then, and several bar owners watching were convinced the same man was behind the burglaries at their businesses. He'd get arrested, bond out, and then go right back to breaking into the bars.
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HPD said 45-year-old Reginald Jones is in custody. Officers said the serial burglar is a repeat offender and has been arrested 63 times in Texas. Fifty-four of those arrests have been in Harris County alone.
63 Strikes and You're Out!
This is the definition of career criminal. This is what they don’t tell you about bail reform. And remember there is no such thing as a victimless crime. So how many victims were left in the dust? Absolutely absurd. #HarrisCounty 🙄 pic.twitter.com/EClv4KHtLJ
— Michelle GCR (@theshellbelle) March 18, 2023
Man, I wish the old Crime Blotter was still a thing. One of the best things in the newspaper back in the day.Microwave Onions said:
The family being able to talk about her injuries and prognosis seemed to be the "timely" part of this story.
Mere robberies haven't made the news since the days of early & late edition newspapers.
BBRex said:Man, I wish the old Crime Blotter was still a thing. One of the best things in the newspaper back in the day.Microwave Onions said:
The family being able to talk about her injuries and prognosis seemed to be the "timely" part of this story.
Mere robberies haven't made the news since the days of early & late edition newspapers.
BBRex said:
It also took a ton of time to put together, and newspapers don't want to dedicate manpower to do it.
I was never personally "afraid" of these, and I heard them all the freakin time living there...it became normal. That being said, as soon as we found out we were expecting a kid, we GTFO. Wasn't going to raise my child in a place just 2 miles from absolute ghetto to the direct north and east, where you would routinely hear gunshots in the distance if you hung out on the back patio enough at nights. Where the convenience stores down the street were getting robbed at gunpoint on almost a weekly basis during the pandemic.David Happymountain said:
Congrats libtard elected officials. You've just about normalized murder in a once-great city, along with illegal immigrants, sex trafficking, grooming, crt, etc…
Olds who dismiss this post: what? Houston has always been dangerous!
Snarky weirdos who will chime in: ive never been afraid of gunshots in the GOOF area! Grow up!
BG Knocc Out said:I was never personally "afraid" of these, and I heard them all the freakin time living there...it became normal. That being said, as soon as we found out we were expecting a kid, we GTFO. Wasn't going to raise my child in a place just 2 miles from absolute ghetto to the direct north and east, where you would routinely hear gunshots in the distance if you hung out on the back patio enough at nights. Where the convenience stores down the street were getting robbed at gunpoint on almost a weekly basis during the pandemic.David Happymountain said:
Congrats libtard elected officials. You've just about normalized murder in a once-great city, along with illegal immigrants, sex trafficking, grooming, crt, etc…
Olds who dismiss this post: what? Houston has always been dangerous!
Snarky weirdos who will chime in: ive never been afraid of gunshots in the GOOF area! Grow up!
Not a knock on Oak Forest/Garden Oaks, we loved it there...but I don't think people realize just how bad it could get in those more urban neighborhoods if we ever hit truly hard times. SEALS would not be able to stop what would descend upon that neighborhood. That goes for a lot of nice neighborhoods in Houston that are just a stones throw away from mini-Mogadishu's like Acres Homes and Independence Heights.
I feel you...but it is pretty crazy to live in a nice neighborhood and for it to be normal to hear gun shots in the distance on a regular basis and have two Valero stations within half a mile of your house that get robbed at gunpoint routinely. One of the cashiers I know at the 34th and OF location also had her car stolen when they held a gun to her head and demanded her keys during the robbery.htxag09 said:
Some hyperbolic drama queens in here, I see
Diggity said:BG Knocc Out said:I was never personally "afraid" of these, and I heard them all the freakin time living there...it became normal. That being said, as soon as we found out we were expecting a kid, we GTFO. Wasn't going to raise my child in a place just 2 miles from absolute ghetto to the direct north and east, where you would routinely hear gunshots in the distance if you hung out on the back patio enough at nights. Where the convenience stores down the street were getting robbed at gunpoint on almost a weekly basis during the pandemic.David Happymountain said:
Congrats libtard elected officials. You've just about normalized murder in a once-great city, along with illegal immigrants, sex trafficking, grooming, crt, etc…
Olds who dismiss this post: what? Houston has always been dangerous!
Snarky weirdos who will chime in: ive never been afraid of gunshots in the GOOF area! Grow up!
Not a knock on Oak Forest/Garden Oaks, we loved it there...but I don't think people realize just how bad it could get in those more urban neighborhoods if we ever hit truly hard times. SEALS would not be able to stop what would descend upon that neighborhood. That goes for a lot of nice neighborhoods in Houston that are just a stones throw away from mini-Mogadishu's like Acres Homes and Independence Heights.
I have faith that Yao Bling, PVSherwood, and the rest of the crew would protect us if **** ever truly hit the fan
You can do that now. Most papers ditched the Crime Blotter before the Internet existed. You could say optics are why they don't bring it back.Irish 2.0 said:BBRex said:
It also took a ton of time to put together, and newspapers don't want to dedicate manpower to do it.
That was a BS excuse. You can write a simple line code that would automatically produce and populate the blotter. It got ditched on optics
I'm honestly curious - if the Chronicle decided to run a crime blotter, listing every arrest and reported crime (theft, robbery, car break ins, murder, criminal mischief, etc), how many pages and column inches would the print version run, even if it was just HPD?BBRex said:You can do that now. Most papers ditched the Crime Blotter before the Internet existed. You could say optics are why they don't bring it back.Irish 2.0 said:BBRex said:
It also took a ton of time to put together, and newspapers don't want to dedicate manpower to do it.
That was a BS excuse. You can write a simple line code that would automatically produce and populate the blotter. It got ditched on optics