I don't mean to sound cold or callous here, but I don't think these acts of violence are random. Why would a criminal take a chance, on someone he doesn't know anything about, blowing their brains out over a possible stash? These aren't crimes of opportunity. They seem to be planned.What if you broke in someone's home and they greeted you with a gun? Many homeowners are ready, willing,and able to protect themselves. Most of my friends are ready, in and out of the house. To the best of their ability anyway. The average homeowner doesn't keep large amounts of cash in their home either. I know I don't, do you? If you invaded my home and committed that crime. You would have to go to a bank or somewhere with cameras, and commit another. I can't see even a criminal taking chances like that. There is usually at least a couple of perpetrators involved. Is $200 worth invading some one's home? I think this is something preplanned. At least a case of "the chickens coming home to roost", to use a famous MalcomnX quote. These crooks have been to the houses before. That or they are familiar with the contents. This to me is proof there is no honor among thieves. Someone banging on the door, could be a robber or the police.
It started back with the incident involving the New Orleans rapper Turk. Who has since been found guilty. He was in an apartment, that was raided by the DEA. He shot at the police because he thought he was being robbed. It turned out to be a criminal investigation. When it comes to the police, ignorance isn't an excuse. If you shoot at them, they're going to throw the book at you. For heavens sake don't kill one. You're going to get the death penalty. If someone is trying to enter your house uninvited. You wouldn't tell them to come around back. Most people would call 911 or start shooting. Unless they didn't want the police there.I would like to know the rate at which these type crimes are solved. After the initial story, we never hear about them anymore. I don't think a tremendous amount of police resources, are dedicated to these crimes. I would imagine after closer inspection. Many of these unfortunate victims, are of questionable character.
I feel sorry for the latest witness, she is only 10 yrs. old. The poor child is too upset, or indoctrinated to secrecy to identify or give a description of the crime. Even though she was an eyewitness to it happening. The other eyewitness jumped out the window and ran. They haven't found him yet. Since when did we have to find witnesses? Could it be that what we are calling home invasions, are simply calculated robberies?
Police say latest Germantown home invasion was not random crime
ReplyDeleteBy Lela Garlington (Contact)
Originally published 12:44 p.m., January 11, 2008
Updated 04:29 p.m., January 11, 2008
Three suspects, all armed with pistols, kicked in a side door and robbed a home in Germantown early this morning, accosting a mother and daughter before taking electronics, credit cards and other items.
There were no injuries in the incident that began at 2 a.m. in the 2600 block of Park Creek Drive. The home is located in the Shady Creek subdivision just off Poplar.
The homeowner, Deanna Vaughan, 47, woke up when she heard the commotion. As she got out of bed, the three suspects met her at the entrance to her bedroom, which is just off the kitchen.
“I won’t feel safe until they get them,” she said.
Vaughan said after the trio left, she and her daughter hid briefly to make sure the robbers had left. The two then climbed a fence and went to a neighbor’s house to call police.
By this afternoon, Vaughan and her 14-year-old daughter were looking through photo line ups to see if either one could identify who robbed them. Vaughan also notified an alarm company to reactivate her security system.
As she spoke to the alarm company on the telephone making the arrangements for a worker to come to her house, Vaughan’s hands trembled from the ordeal and the lack of sleep.
“I don’t believe it was random,” she said as she sat at the table at her newly renovated kitchen. She said they asked specific questions of her that a stranger should not have known.
Germantown spokeswoman Angela Buckley also confirmed that the Shady Creek home invasion bears little resemblance to last month’s home invasion in the Steeplegate subdivision.
“There is definitely not a connection with the home invasion last month,” Buckley said adding the trio fled on foot. No vehicle was seen. All three were wearing masks and Buckley said police are uncertain, at this point, if the trio were all men.
Buckley said based on interviews with the victims, this armed robbery was not a random act. “This family was specifically targeted,” she said. They knew particular information about the family.
In December five armed men invaded a home in Steeplegate, putting the homeowners in handcuffs and stealing cash, valuables and a safe. So far, no arrests have been made in that case.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s office reported 44 robberies of an individual in 2006 and 60 robberies in 2007. The department does not distinguish robberies of an individual between home invasions and those that could have happened on a street or elsewhere.
Public Information Officer Steve Shular with the Sheriff’s office said he was unable this afternoon to provide a specific breakdown on how many of those were actually home invasions. From 2006 until now, Shular released information on eight home invasions in the county, including the latest one that happened in Shelby Forest near Millington.
“Often, the suspects know the victims who are targeted specifically for something that they have,” he said.
Memphis Police has seen a dramatic drop in its home invasions over the past three years. The city reported 375 home invasions in 2005, 347 in 2006 and 282 in 2007.
Memphis Police Public Information Officer and Det. Monique Martin credited the department’s Blue Crush initiative, its cyberwatch program and citizens emailing the lead detectives who are working particular cases with police making more arrests.
“People start to remember what they saw,” Martin said, particularly ones who may have seen something in their neighborhood but never saw any story in the news media.
Buckley said anyone who saw something suspicious this morning should call the Germantown Crimestoppers at 757-2274.
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