RFP Staff
♦ Burglaries, forcible entries, and vehicle break-ins mount in Salisbury. Neighborhoods throughout the city are wilting from non-stop property crime. Even vacant and abandoned houses, said be around 2,900 in number, are subject to an army of “scrappers” hauling away copper tubing, PVC pipes, metal gutters and downspouts, electric and water meters, electric boxes, and other valuable construction materials. In an hour or less a home or a commercial building can be stripped. Nothing like coming home to your castle and finding the light switch and sink are connected to neither electricity or water. Such is life in the Bury. The pirates have taken over the ship.
According to sources in the Salisbury Police, Helen Leslie, 90, was victimized by a burglary–forcible entry at her home on the 600 block of Sunset Drive. A burglar took a brick or a rock to a window to gain entry into home. The burglary was reported at 8:30 p.m. Mercifully the elderly woman was not home alone at the time. The burglar helped himself to Masonic rings, pendants, a jewelry box, and Sentry safe whose total estimated value was estimated at $650. The damaged window, used as an entry and exit point, was valued at $500.
600 Block of Sunset Drive in Salisbury, N.C.:
Location 600 Block of Sunset Drive, Salisbury, N.C.
This crime remains under investigation.
Citizens having any knowledge about this crime are urged to call the Salisbury Police at 704-638-5333. If you fear retribution, want to remain anonymous and possibly collect a reward of up to $1,000, information can be submitted 24/7 via the web: http://tips.salisburyrowancrimestoppers.org/ or by calling the Salisbury-Rowan Crime Stoppers at 1-866-639-5245.
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♦ Salisbury Police sources report that Chelese Bruce, 22, was the victim of a burglary–forcible entry on the 800 block of E. Franklin Street on Thursday when someone pried open a side door. The forcible entry was reported to 911 dispatch at 11:30 p.m. Removed from her home was a HP laptop computer (valued at $280), a Microsoft X-Box video game (valued at $300), and a video disc (valued at $60).
800 block of E. Franklin Street, Salisbury, N.C.:
Location 800 block of E. Franklin Street., Salisbury, N.C.:
While the burglary remains under investigation, no suspects were named yet.
Citizens having any knowledge about this crime are urged to call the Salisbury Police at 704-638-5333. If you fear retribution, want to remain anonymous and possibly collect a reward of up to $1,000, information can be submitted 24/7 via the web: http://tips.salisburyrowancrimestoppers.org/ or by calling the Salisbury-Rowan Crime Stoppers at 1-866-639-5245.
