South of Sunnyside

Two years ago a car was stolen from our neighbors across the street; the theft occurred early in the morning. Soon after, these same neighbors hosted a neighborhood watch meeting. That went nowhere.

Last year, another neighbor was robbed of all their Christmas presents, their plasma TV, fine china and jewelry; they had been spending a few nights away from home, as the woman of the house was having a baby, and wanted to be closer to her mother; because their house backs up to a vacant lot (slated for development before the housing market crashed), they seem especially vulnerable.

The night before last, another theft occurred: the same family whose car was stolen, had one broken into. Broken glass lay in the street just feet from our house. Kim was the one who first noticed the broken window, and had to wake the family up to alert them.

Sigh.

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