Garbage Cans Knocked Over

During the night on Thursday, September 23, 2010 trash cans were turned over on the odd numbered side of LaFoy spreading trash and recycle material all over the street.

It appears someone walked along or perhaps drove along and grabbed at the garbage cans tipping them over all in the same direction.

If you see or hear anything CALL 911 - and PLEASE report this kind of activity to the Clayton Police.

Trash Cans Turned Over

A series trash cans on the odd-numbered side of Lafoy were turned over dumping the contents. This happend some time late in the evening on Thursday night September 23 or early morning Friday, September 24. If anyone has information pertaining to this incident, please contact your Glen Laurel Watch representative.

Thank you

Suspicious Vehicle

A number of calls came in including a call to 911 regarding a Suspicious Vehicle (Black Dodge Charger) parked throughout the community in the wee early hours. It turns out that this is a member of law enforcement on proactive duties in the neighborhood. Thanks for keeping a look-out and continue to report any suspicious avtivities/vehicles or persons in our neighborhood.

Neighborhood Watch Meeting

We had a great meeting tonight with the Glen Laurel Neighborhood watch – with a nice turnout. Although there was quite a bit of dialogue between homeowners and the Chief of Police, Mike was able to facilitate the meeting and get neighbors engaged in the neighborhood watch process.

Officer Joe Brady went over how 911 is for POLICE RESPONSE and not just emergencies and told us if we see something which doesn’t look right to call 911 and have the police come check it out. Any follow-up information on police response can be coordinated through Officer Brady and Lt. Hutchins or Mike and will be posted to the blog.

We have a wonderful community filled with neighbors willing to help neighbors – THANK YOU to all those neighbors who showed up tonight and most of all to those who stepped forward to be block captains!

Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 19 at 6:30 pm at the Glen Laurel Clubhouse.

Damage to Property @ Clubhouse

On 09/12/2010 Officer Owen Phillips responded to a reported damage to property at 918 Birkdale Dr, Glen Laurel Golf Club. Upon arrival he spoke with Steve Ostroff, manager, who advised someone had damaged one of the rear entry doors.

Officer Phillips walked to the rear of the business and found a large red landscaping paver laying on the interior floor approximately 6 feet from the door. The door has a large pane of glass ( approx 5` x 2`) in the center. The glass had been broken by the paver being thrown through it. The glass was double pane indicating a great amount of forced was used when thepaver was thrown.

Officer Phillips found that the motion detector in the room is at such an angle that it could not detect any movement from the damaged door. If the suspect had entered the business more than 7 feet, the motion detector would have picked up his movement.Mr. Ostroff stated he could not find anything missing from the business.

Officer Phillips checked the immediate area and did not locate anything that looked out of place inside of the business.Officer Phillips examined the paver and found it to be mostly wet indicating it had recently been thrown through glass due to it having rained recently.

There are no cameras located on the premises that would have captured the incident.Officer Phillips identified landscaping located 15 feet away from the door that was missing the exact type of paver.

Officer Phillips identified several easier ways to access the business for purposes of taking merchandise.This appears to be a damage to property at this time with no offender/suspect information.

Intentional Fire Destroys House Under Construction

After preliminary examination of the fire scene by forensic investigators of the Clayton Police and State Bureau of Investigation, information now tends to indicate that the fire was intentionally set.

Although it is much too early to speculate on suspects or motives, this fire has similarities with earlier illegal burnings that were in the same general area, were discovered during hours of late night or early morning darkness, and involved properties under construction and unoccupied. The earlier fires occurred between October 2009 and May 2010.

A previously announced reward in excess of $10,000.00 for INFORMATION resulting in the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the illegal burning of the properties under construction remains unclaimed. Anyone with information on this recent fire (or any of the earlier blazes) is asked to call the Clayton Police Department at (919) 553-4611 or Clayton Crime Stoppers at (919) 359-TIPZ (8479)

NOTE: REWARD… Anyone having information about these crimes can call the Clayton Crime Stoppers tip line at 359-TIPZ (8479) and anonymously leave information about these offenses. All information obtained from the tip-line will remain confidential and callers will not be identified. A Crimestoppers cash reward of up to $2,500 is available if anonymous information is provided that leads to an arrest.

Glen Laurel Watch MEETING

The next general meeting of the Glen Laurel Watch will take place on Tuesday, September 21st at 6:30pm either in the pavilion or clubhouse if inclement weather.