For those of you who didn't come to our meeting last night, I'm listing the crime stat highlights.  For those of you who DID attend, be advised that Captain Cody said we had two more car thefts.  See below.    104th (Maspeth)

• 2 Grand Larcenies - the one that could have been prevented was a car window was broken on Hull Avenue and property was removed.
• Car thefts (GLAs) - as of last night's meeting we had one stolen car on Clinton Avenue.  As of today, we had two more - yesterday a 2010 Toyota as stolen from in front of 69 #'s on 53rd Avenue.  The second was a 2004 Acura stolen this past Saturday from 66 #'s on Clinton Avenue. 
• Folks, especially in northern Maspeth and the Plateau, need to keep their eyes pealed - looks like we're being targeted!

110th Precinct (Elmhurst)

• Robberies - one occurred on Woodhaven/Hoffman Drive at 2:00 am.  The second one occurred on 85 #'s on 57th Avenue at 7:15 pm.  A man had his chain stolen.  Please folks, if you have anything valuable don't flaunt it.  Keep expensive jewelry, cell phones, etc. out of sight!
• Burglaries - one occurred on 58th/87 #s through the rear window.  The second occurred on 83/54th through the rear window. 
• Car thefts (GLA) - one car was stolen in the vicinity of Seabury/57th Avenue.  The second was stolen from QB/Albion which is the north side of QB but close to Cometland.
• Folks, especially in the vicinity of 57th Avenue need to be careful and keep their eyes pealed!  We don't usually have this much activity in that area.

108th Precinct (Woodside/Winfield)   Captain Powers could not provide the statistics, but said there were no major crimes in our area.  This DOES NOT mean to let your guard down.  Crooks move around to avoid being caught!  

Things are not looking good with the car break ins in.  Apparently the thieves are breaking into vehicles even if no property is visible.  They are breaking in, checking the glove box, etc.  Please remove tools, GPS's and anything of value in case your vehicle is targeted.  We are not the only area being targeted in this end of Queens.

• I heard from a Comet member who lives on 57th Avenue off Mazeau Street.  She was up until 5:30 am moving items from her house to her car and didn't see or hear anything.  Apparently, at some time during the night/morning, someone took a crow bar pried open a car  parked in front of her house, removed the radio/CD player and popped open the trunk and took an item from there as well.  For some reason they also stole the car registration.  This must have occurred when she went into her house to get something or after 5:30 am when she went to sleep.  The Comet member also said that a neighbor was trying to park on Caldwell Avenue and there was glass on both sides of the street - possibly more car break ins.
• I spoke with the 108th Precinct this afternoon and they are also getting hit with car break ins.
• DI Napolitano at the 110th looked at the most current map of the Elmhurst portion of Comet and said reports for car break ins came from Ankener Avenue, Calamus Avenue and Hillyer Street.

Look folks, you might not want to make a report to your insurance company because there's a $500 deductable.  That's fine.  But you really need to make a police report so our precincts know what areas are being hit.  I suspect there's a lot more break ins that are not being reported.  You should call 911 and tell the operator you need to have a report taken.  Since taking a report for a past crime isn't a priority, you may have to wait quite a while before a police car shows up.  If you have a busy schedule and can't wait around, call 911 once you are home for the evening.    But please, file a report.
 
I am reaching out to the Crime Prevention Officers in our precincts to come up with ideas to help safeguard your property.  Stay tuned.  Please pass this along.

For those of you who saw the commotion on Calamus Avenue this afternoon at about 3:00 pm, here's what I've learned.   At approximately 3:00 pm today on Calamus Avenue/74th Street, the 108th Precinct arrested a male in a stolen vehicle.  Believe it or not, they found a stolen motorcycle in the stolen vehicle!  He was arrested for a double GLA (Grand Larceny Auto).  The investigation is still ongoing.   I'm sure we'll hear more about this i.e. where the  vehicle was stolen from, etc. at our Comet meeting on 9/12.