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Residents Report Rash of Break-ins: Police Blotter

All information is according to Kent Police

A resident in the 400 block of Gougler Avenue reported a break-in to Kent Police on Nov. 6.

Several items were reported stolen, including $767 in cash, $880 in money orders and a "Rambo-style" survival knife valued at $125.

An Apple Macbook and charger, valued at $1,000, was reported stolen from a residence in the 400 block of Miller Avenue on Nov. 4.

More than $2,500 in jewelry and electronics were reported stolen to Kent Police from a residence in the 400 block of Dansel Street on Nov. 2.

The preceding reported break-ins happened within days of two other break-ins reported at Silver Meadows Apartments.

Chris (Kit) Myers November 12, 2012 at 12:30 pm
People breaking into your home steal in order to feed their drug habits? Fear not, dear readers, they will get probation, six months in rehab, and an order to get a job.
Legalize drugs? Yeah, that's fine if you want to live in a society of zombies.
Teresa K. November 12, 2012 at 01:53 pm
hmmm... whats odd about most of these break ins is the closeness of the nearest neighbors. Miller, Dansel, Gougler and Silver Meadows Apts. all have close neighbors.
arsonists, burglars... what is happening to our little city?
Teresa K. November 12, 2012 at 01:54 pm
@CHRIS: did you ever get an evaluation on your property taxes? did PC ever lower them for you or explain the huge increase?
Chris (Kit) Myers November 12, 2012 at 03:15 pm
The county does not do the re-evaluations. She told me that they contract it out. I got the protest forms from her.
The increase is probably because the university paid more than the propertys would have soId for on the private market in order that it could have it's multi-million dollar esplanade surrounded by a green buffer zone. I am hope they will not do the increase as I will have to raise rents. I don't want to have to do that. My tenants go to school and most of them have part time jobs. They bust their butts. I feel that the welfare of students is more important than a sidewalk. The university and a lot of people in town do not agree. But what do I know. I am just a cranky old man who believes in keeping costs down so that when kids graduate they aren't so far in debt that thay will not be able to buy a house or raise a family.
Teresa K. November 12, 2012 at 04:28 pm
I would definitely file those forms. The esplanade IS NOT built. why should your property value increase so much for a POSSIBLE structure to be built? ( just cuz the University paid so much for a property doesnt mean you should pick up the slack)
what would I rather have: affordable rent as a KSU student or a bigger chuck of concrete to walk downtown to stores I can't afford? hmmm Affordable rent it is. You're not a cranky old man at all. FILE THE FORMS.
Chris (Kit) Myers November 12, 2012 at 07:40 pm
Sorry, Carrie, but people DO steal to by pot.
Super citizen November 13, 2012 at 02:16 am
Well, I bet a 18m new police station would have made all the residents feel safer. I am curious to see out the KPD solves these crimes. I only say that because I don't think they ever will.
Super citizen November 13, 2012 at 02:17 am
Instead of pointing the fingers at possible types of people, lets see KPD step up
John Wilton April 30, 2013 at 05:28 am
Have they found the culprit(s)?

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