College Park Woods, MD

Dear Neighbors:

We have received the following reports of multiple auto break-ins over the weekend (September 19-20, 2009):

<< While walking my dogs in the 9200 block of Limestone this morning, I noticed the window glass from a vehicle in front of [a home on] Limestone.  A short time later I saw one of the residents of that block.  She told me that a car was broken into on Limestone last night and she saw the police taking a report.  The incident occurred in the area where I saw the glass.  The neighbor also told me there was another similar car break in over the weekend. >>

<< My wife was leaving this morning and found someone’s ID in our grass.  We had a feeling that it was due to an auto break-in since they are so commonplace these days.  We also had a feeling it belonged to the college rental house on the corner of Bridgewater and Marlborough Court and asked several students standing out front.  They said the ID did belong to someone that lived at the house and that all the cars from the residence that were parked on the street (4-6 cars) were broken into last night.  PG County Police took a report and just left a few minutes ago. >>

Please be on the alert and report any suspicious activity and suspicious persons to the police right away at 301-333-4000; call 911 if you think crime is about to be committed.  Also, please encourage victims of these crimes to notify us (CPW Neighborhood Watch) after they have made a report to the police.

Zari Malsawma

CPW-NW Coordinator

Dear Neighbors: 

The following crime alerts sent out to residents of University Park, our neighboring city, were forwarded to us — we are sharing them with you FYI:

<<The following is a brief synopsis of information reported to the University Park Police:

INCIDENT: Attempted Breaking & Entering

OCCURRED: July 27, 2009 at 1:55pm

LOCATION: 4000 block of College Heights Drive

UPPD CASE #:  09-208-0898

BRIEF DETAILS:  On July 27, 2009 at 1:55pm in the 4000 block of College Heights Drive a resident advised that he was sitting in his basement when he observed a person look in his basement window. The suspect then walked down the exterior basement steps and opened the unlocked basement door. The resident grabbed the suspect’s arm as he was opening the door, but the suspect slipped away, jumped over the fence and ran down Beechwood Rd. towards Adelphi Rd.  The suspect left behind a silver and blue Dynacraft mountain bike. The resident advised that he also saw a second suspect leave the area in an unknown direction.

The resident called 911, and UPPD & PGPD responded to the scene. The area was searched for the suspects with negative results. The bicycle left behind was processed for fingerprints and held for evidence. No property was stolen.

Suspect #1 was described as a black male, 5′8″, 130 lbs, between 15-17yrs. old, with short dark hair, wearing a red t-shirt and blue jeans.

Suspect #2 was described as a black male, 5′8″, 130 lbs., between 15 – 17 yrs.old, with short dark hair, wearing a dark blue t-shirt, blue jeans, and riding a dark colored mountain bike.

Please be vigilant of suspicious persons and suspicious activity . 

 As insignificant as a situation may seem at the time, it could be the tip necessary to solve the crime so please call the UPPD if you notice anything out of the ordinary.

 If you believe a crime is in progress call 911 immediately. If you have any information pertaining to this incident or any other crime committed in University Park, please contact the UPPD at 301-277-0050. Your information will be kept confidential. >>

<< On July 21, 2009 at approximately 3:00 p.m., three unknown suspects broke into a residence in the 3900 blk of Madison Street in Hyattsville.  The suspects entered the home through a basement window and stole several electronic items.  The suspects are described as follows:

       Suspect #1 — Hispanic male, late teens or early 20’s, 5’8”, 145 lbs, wearing all white clothing

       Suspect #2 — Hispanic male, late teens or early 20’s, 6’0”, 170 lbs, wearing all white clothing

       Suspect #3 — Black male (no further description available)

The suspects fled in a white sedan. >>

<< The following is a brief synopsis of information reported to the University Park Police:

INCIDENT:  Breaking & Entering

OCCURRED:  July 23, 2009 Between 7:30am – 10:00pm

LOCATION:  4200 block of Sheridan St.

UPPD CASE #:  09-202-2101

BRIEF DETAILS:  On July 21, 2009 at between 7:30am and 10:00pm in the 4200 block of Sheridan St. the home owner arrived home and found his laptop computer missing. The UPPD was contacted and the home was searched and found to be safe. The homeowner advised that the windows were left open and some indication that window screens had been tampered with was found. The Item stolen was a Dell 17″ laptop computer.

The UPPD processed the scene for fingerprints, searched the area for suspect/s and witnesses and notified local jurisdictions of the incident.

Please be vigilant of suspicious persons and suspicious activity .

As insignificant as a situation may seem at the time, it could be the tip necessary to solve the crime so please call the UPPD if you notice anything out of the ordinary.

If you believe a crime is in progress call 911 immediately.

If you have any information pertaining to this incident or any other crime committed in University Park, please contact the UPPD at 301-277-0050. Your information will be kept confidential. >>

Please note that for us who live in College Park, the non-emergency number to call for police is 301-333-4000. 

Call 911 for crimes in progress or suspicious activity that you feel needs immediate police attention.  Follow your instinct in calling 911 — don’t rationalize away your first impression of emergency!

Dear Neighbors:

One of our Block Captains for Gettysburg Lane has reported the following:

<<A visitor’s truck which was parked in our driveway [on] Getttysburg Lane was broken into last night between 11:00 pm and 5:00 am.   A generator was stolen from the back of the truck and the chargers for the cell phone and GPS were stolen from the cab.  They broke into the glove compartment but did not take the GPS.   We don’t know for sure if anything else was stolen.   The break-in was reported and the police came quickly.   There has been at least one other break-in last night (on Marlborough Way), and they expect to hear of others since the thieves cruise the area taking whatever they can get. 

If anyone knows or heard anything, please notify the police at 301-333-4000.>>

There will be a citywide Neighborhood Watch meeting at 7:00 p.m. next Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 at Davis Hall.  All residents are encouraged to attend.

Dear Neighbors:

Below is an e-mail we have just received from Major Daniel A. Dusseau, PGPD District 1 Commander, in response to our inquiry about the 2nd robbery suspect in the manhunt of Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 in CPW:

—– Forwarded Message —–
From: “Daniel A. Dusseau”
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 2:28:36 PM (GMT-0500) Auto-Detected
Subject: RE: More on second suspect?

Good afternoon,

I have been in contact with our CID Robbery Unit (they are conducting the investigation)  they have an idea who the suspect might be but can’t as of yet prove it.  The person that was actually arrested had his last address on 85^th Ave in New Carrollton.  (His new one is the jail in Upper Marlboro.)

There is nothing to indicate that he is anywhere in the area.  In fact my experience says that he has probably fled the area.

I hope this helps,

Dan  

—–End of Forwarded Message —–

Please be on the alert — with the economic downturn continuing, we may experience more incidents like this everywhere.

Thank you all in advance for doing your part to help keep our neighborhood safe.

Rex Powell and Zari Malsawma

CPW-NW Coordinators