> From: "Nextdoor Japantown" <http://www.r.email.nextdoor.com/~nextdoor> > Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:33:45 +0000 > > RECENT ACTIVITY SHARED WITH NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS > These conversations are visible in Japantown and nearby neighborhoods. > -------- > > On Jan 5th, Dennis Kyne from Northside posted a message in Crime & Safety: > This evening, Sunday, I was walking back from Camera 12 up 5th by > the parking garage and the le Petit Trianon theatre and out from > behind a pole comes a kid who knew the area very well. He asked me > for money, stalked me across 5th, told me his friends were up on > the corner. It was enough to make me seek shelter in the theatre. > He was able to track me as I walked through the theatre, as they > were hosting an event, out the back door and onto 4th. He was > there waiting for me by the elementary school. I have walked down > the street for twenty years and this is as fearful as I have ever > been. The boldness and brashness of this person to do this while a > major function was going on at the theatre was a totally new > experience for me downtown. Does anyone know what is happening in > that area Near Townsend Automotive? > > 13 new replies > > Ana Cisneros from Northside: > That should've been a 311 call at the very least > > Hannelore McCrumb from Horace Mann: > I am sorry this happened to you, Dennis. Are you OK now? This > is good to know. Thanks for sharing. Have you had a chance to > alert the police? Let's hope this was an isolated, albeit > unsetteling incident. Have a good night! Hannelore at 11th. > > Ramona Lopez from Northside: > So sorry to hear..I agree the police should have been called. > Glad you made it home safe > > Dennis Kyne from Northside: > I agree a 311 call should have Been made. But I spend so much > time on foot that I am actually afraid that I was recognized > and will be retaliated against. So I basically decided to > run. > > Ramona Lopez from Northside: > That's understandable to a point. He now knows you are afraid > and may try to intimidate you even further..let's hope not! > May I suggest an alternate route at least for a while? > > Dennis Kyne from Northside: > What I am interested in is knowing what is going on around the > Townsend automotive area? Does anyone see similar activity? > > Sam Liccardo from Northside: > Dennis, could you please do me a favor and report this to the > police? If not, I'll call Capt. Ciaburro, but they have to > know that this guy is out there... my email: > http://www.where-I-live.gov/~sam.liccardo > > Chuck Taylor from Northside: > I have been accosted in the past (a couple of years ago) by > what was pretty obviously a mentally unblanced man in front of > the La Petite Trianon. He was yelling at a group of us > incoherently and we just ignored him. > > I believe - but not completely sure - the area has a number of > halfway houses for those with mental and previous legal > problems. I think there is one of these homes right on the > corner across from Townsend Automotive. Recently, I noticed > large groups of young men hanging out on the corner adjacent > to Townsend. This "gathering" is a new development and has not > been the usual case in my 15 years downtown. Perhaps city or > county services should do an audit of these institutions in > this area. > > Also, I recently witnessed an aggressive disheveled man at the > Grocery Outlet parking lot. Caucasian, bearded, in his late > thirties to early forties perhaps. When told "no" by someone > he asked money from he began yelling and jumping up and down > on the person's car bumper. As you know, Grocery Outlet is > right next door to City Hall and therefor very close to La > Petite Trianon. > > StephenRay Gordy from Northside: > Dennis, > Do you have a description of these thugs or this thug? > > Barbara Grover from Horace Mann: > So sorry this happened Dennis. I am glad that you have made us > aware of this and that Sam has responded. > > Barbara Grover from Horace Mann: > My husband Dana saw 3 thuggish looking young men at 9:20 a.m. > today at corner of Fifth and St.john. Dana was in his car and > as he drove through the intersection they crossed the street > and seemed to be heading toward the apartment directly behind > the big yellow house on NE corner of 5th and St.John. Dressed > in dark clothing, baggy pants. This is a different element > than we have seen from the mentally ill housed on 5th Street. > > Dennis Kyne from Northside: > Thank you Sam. I tried the non emergency line and all > dispatchers are busy. Please contact the captain and let him > know. The young man was in a gray hoody pulled over his head. > He was about 5-6 and Definitely knew the neighborhood. There > was a recital going on at the theatre so I walked through and > went out the back door and he knew where to wait for me. This > is a new element Barbara but I have heard Eddie Gale mention > something is going on in that area from some of the meetings > he attends. > > Jennifer Ceynowa from Modern Ice: > This is the perfect example to call the police. I would have > started with 9-1-1 however, not 3-1-1, if you were in fear of > being assaulted or being strong armed robbed. If they > reaaaallly feel nothing is going to happen to you, the > liability is on them if they transfer you to 3-1-1 afterwards. > Your safety is more important than anything...call for help. > > Shared with Northside and 9 nearby neighborhoods