College Park Woods, MD

Dear Neighbors:

A resident on the 9300 block of St. Andrews Place has sent us the following report:

<< We live [on the 9300 block of ] St. Andrews Place and on August 19th at approximately 7:30 a.m., we discovered our cars had been broken into.  We believe this occurred sometime between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.  The alarms did not sound for either car.  One was parked in the driveway – it was broken into, vandalized and items from glove box and pockets were strewn all over the car.  The other car was on the street immediately in front of the house — the passenger side window on that car was broken, the contents  strewn all over.  We called the police, they came and took a report and inspected the cars.  They advised us this was their second call of the morning for vehicle damage. >>

Mary Cook, our District 4 City Councilmember, has asked Bob Ryan, Director of Public Services for College Park, to increase contract police patrol of our neighborhood, and Bob informs us that an investigation is on-going on the happenings of last Wednesday, August 19th.

In the meantime, please continue to be on the alert and report all suspicious activity, persons and vehicles to the police — 301-333-4000 for non-emergies and 911 for anything you sense is worth police attention right away.

Dear Neighbors: 

We have received the following report of a break-in & entering that occurred yesterday – Wednesday, August 19, 2009:

<< I live on the 3700 block of Marlbrough Way in College Park Woods.  I would like to inform you that around anywhere between 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. a Dodge Durango was parked in my driveway and a couple, most likely two or three, hispanic males broke into my house.  They stole a ton of jewerly and were in the process of stealing a TV when my son (coming back from Starbucks) saw the car in the driveway.  Thinking that it was a friend of mine’s car and that they were helping me move in, my son parked outside the driveway and when the thieves saw him, they drove off in the Durango really FAST. 

I’ve reported the incident to the police.  I would just like the neighborhood know that incidents like these are starting occur very frequently in our neighborhood — my son has friends that say that their house has been robbed on Duke Street – and we need to put an end to it, immediately. >> 

Please be on the alert – take note of suspicious persons and vehicles, record their descriptions and license plate numbers, and report them to the police at 301-333-4000.  If you sense that they pose an immediate threat, call 911 and ask for the police.  After you make such reports to the police, notify us as soon as possible so that we can alert the neighborhood.