Suspects' sloppiness, good work help solve crimes

Some criminals are sloppy, maybe we'll get a breather after three violent incidents, and don't worry about it anyway--crime exists, no big deal because we've got good cops. This is bizarre. It's supposed to be a response to Cape citizens' concerns about violence?

"crime exists, no big deal because we've got good cops..." -- Posted by researcherwriter on Wed, Mar 13, 2024, at 4:50 PM

Hang on, folks!

Root cause analysis suggestion - crime exists from lack of precursor deterrents, among the many of which is lack of supervisory skills and actions ranging from things such as gawd-awful parenting to complete absence of slumlord / property mangler oversight to enforcing the lower-level laws such as vehicles fit and properly licensed for the road, speeding, red light runners, etc.

For examples - currently hearing the sounds of non-street legal minibikes rat-racing up and down and all-over the street yet again like a combination Shriner's Circus / Hells Angels clown show, lather, rinse, repeat, with still no parental intervention or slumlord / property mangler oversight. Humorous only that one never sees or hears motor noises over there from anything productive or remotely value-adding, like a mower, weedeater, hedge trimmer, air broom, chain saw, pressure washer, or even just picking up the wealth of trash in the yard.

Noticed a property mangler's maintenance van at another dump most of the day, where either the less than week-old tenants have wasted no time picking up with the ongoing demolition plan of the property, being as another of the slumlord's properties was willfully ran into the ground so hard that today there's just a vacant lot. Makes for the expected 5th in a consecutive string of criminal deplorables ... unless the slumlord / property manager didn't waste no money renting the place out again without being in full compliance and readiness such as with the front door handle being broke clean off and the boxes of fix-it type stuff hauled in. No shame in advertising this reigning eyesore of the block as 'located in a nice neighborhood' without full disclosure that they haven't hit a lick in years towards keeping it that way. Same property which has racked up 14 LEO visits over the past couple years ranging from repeated events of papers served to trespassing to grass and trash nuisances to animal abuse to full-on assault on police officers, and still renting it out - so the City's chronic nuisance provisions apparently ain't worth a flying flip since apparently not enforced.

Then, there's the lady renters apparently running a commercial furniture business in an R-1 neighborhood, with the irritating power-sanding / table saw noises and the stuff packed in and back out all hours of the day with the resulting debris proudly left to display in the drive and on the bricks and siding for that sad and grungy highlighted look, as well as the questionable late night comings and goings every 2 hours or so - thinking of 2 illegal activities which may occur at that interval, and absolutely neither dealing with any civilized, value-added people. No slumlord with the financial bankruptcy on his record before getting to the moral and ethical bankruptcies seen today, nor their pretty-boy property mangler ever seen.

Then, there's the 4th and final set of renters on the block, haven't hit a lick on yard care since 16 August, leaves, tall grass, limbs and all, with half-a-forest's worth of dead limbs stacked at the curb for 125 days before an across-the-street homeowner got tired of looking at it and stopped my count by hauling them off himself, vehicle left abandoned on the street for 69 days, over 100 incidents observed of parking full-up in the front yard next to the house, with the same pretty-boy property mangler who preaches about the wonderful care he takes of his properties with the regular inspections, drive-bys, and all, but has yet to be seen actually practicing that preaching.

Knock through that candy-coated shell of 'nice' and 'wildly-successful' and 'all-that', one is quickly disappointed by what's underneath, although it is a steaming pile of something else equally as brown, complete with the peanut-brain in the middle. Also, have enjoyed seeing these tenants' self-proclamation as 'crotch rot' blasted all over the 'hood on my periodic wireless ID scans when looking for a less-congested channel across the last year-and-a-half - although I can't argue the accuracy. Freedom of speech and expression does not provide complete immunity from perceptions and related reactions to all involved there.

Perhaps nowhere within the level of crimes and other offensive behaviors which this editorial intends, other than I had to listen to the foul-mouthed screams and endure the threats such as "bash your head in with a brick, emm-effer" and such for months, before the 14 LEO-visit tenant moved on up to higher levels of 2nd degree murder, currently receiving a different form of government-supplied room-and-board subsidies from the county jail. Who didn't see that progression coming, since it wasn't stopped earlier by the parties responsible and raking in the unearned cash?

And besides, by the time that the Police are called in, the dirty deeds and related damages are most times already done.

BTW, yes, I have called the Police/Nuisances, etc. numerous times for these criminal activities and bad behavior stuff impacting my quality of life, to the point where I feel my welcome and reception there is smooth wore-out. Yes, I log the uncivilized and outright-illegal events and take pictures and video in a no-win situation - throw out generalities, they want specifics. Provide specifics, then I need to get a life ... somewhere else other than the neighborhood I've been involved with for over 50 years. Squirming around like spineless Jello with a well-rehearsed avoidance on getting hammered down to a tree - such as the next tenants will be better - NOT even close. Funny how those who say this is the natural decline of older neighborhoods are most times those profitting from the decline to the point of actively accelerating the decline once they nozzle in under the false guise of 'investors' and 'business folks'.

*Rant Off* ... until next time. I gots oodles of pages, wads of pics, and that one assault on the whole police squad video taking place in my front yard, with more material accumulating rapidly every single day.