TGM Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Just pull a George Zimmerman... I would recommend some forthought before someone rushes out and takes the law into their own hands. How would it look in court if someone was shot with a modern weapon in the Historic Heights? Seriously, the partial plate # should be enough for HPD to determine who this is. All a confrontation will do is drive the guy into hiding for the next few months, which won't really help anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innerlooper Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I was thinking more "Kitty Genovese" and less "George Zimmerman".....Nothing has happened so this guy should have the benefit of the doubt. But can't hurt to pay attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 threaten him with a machete already... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksmu Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I was thinking more "Kitty Genovese" and less "George Zimmerman".....Nothing has happened so this guy should have the benefit of the doubt. But can't hurt to pay attention.Is he driving around with only one hand on the wheel? Just wondering.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J008 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 There is a guy in a white Chevy minivan who slowly cruises the Blvd, up and down, between 5:45 and 6:45 am apparently ogling the joggers. He's been doing this for a month or more. He's been seen at the Nicholson bike trail also. 55-60, anglo, smoker, shoulder length hair, deep wrinkles. This is weekdays and weekends. HPD has been alerted (by others) but don't know if they actually have made contact with him. Last four digits of plate are -X802.Updates welcome.Thanks for posting. It is really helpful to know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heightsite Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Posted from another website...Dead blue jay collected from Helen St. between Woodland and Euclid this a.m. (yesterday). Looked like a perfect West Nile specimen based on my past experience with them.  Mosquito control has been called Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Good luck buddy... good eye. Let's hope WN does not get out of hand this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Time to stock up on Schweppes Tonic Water.... just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwki Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Time to stock up on Schweppes Tonic Water.... just in case.and some Beefeater Gin, unless you don't like gin, then you can get Bombay Sapphire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 and some Beefeater Gin, unless you don't like gin, then you can get Bombay Sapphire.Bombay Sapphire is only effective on the East Nile Virus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwki Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Well that explains it. Charlie told me Saturday that Blue Jays been in and out of there all day looking for Bombay Sapphire, whereas for your common Grackle, it's strictly speed rack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Bombay Saphhire, or the New Bombay Saphire "East".... (i recently went to a party that was promoting the new "east" bombay saphhire) It is pretty good, but I hear mixed results on West Nile Virus prevention... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 (edited) Washington Avenue and Midtown are in serious danger of the West Nile threat as their uninformed continue to believe that Grey Goose Vodka Tonics (diet tonic at that) are adequate protection against WN. To make matters even worse there have been reported sightings of dead Popov bottles in Washington area parking lots, symbolic of the panic and misinformation that is being spread. The example below is being transported to Spec's Center for Inebriation Studies for gas-chromotology testing to determine if it is indeed a carrier. Edited August 27, 2012 by TGM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J008 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 There were 7-10 cop cars all around 7th and Heights next to Donovan park. Saw a few people lined up in handcuffs along the fence. Thought such a large police presence might bring some news but haven't heard anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Historic District Fight Club? Damn, I just broke the first rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 TGM wins the internets today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) Oh nothing.. it was just TheNiche having another existentialist meltdown. Edited September 16, 2012 by LTAWACS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Oh nothing.. it was just TheNiche having another existentialist meltdown. They were meeting with s3mh, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesw Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Did anyone hear anything about this (Silver?) http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Man-found-dead-in-Heights-street-4289495.php I saw the reporters this morning on my way to work and was curious what it was about. Now I know :-(James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Yeah I saw a lot of commotion last night. My house is so close to where this happened (like a few houses away), I can't figure out how I didn't hear the gunshots. I saw the cops tape off the street, and then the police photographers, and eventually saw the medical examiner truck (thats when I knew it was bad stuff). There really weren't that many police there though, and with a killer was on the loose I would have appreciated a heads up by the police... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 (edited) Oh and Dale Lezon is the worst reporter/writer/news person ever. Victim was Hispanic Male mid 30s, and was shot in the face. Very violent crime, scary. Edited February 19, 2013 by SilverJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesw Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Yeah, not much information there or on Khou.com either.  Man, that must have been scary. I too would have liked a heads up that the killer was on the loose in the neighborhood - especially if they thought he/she was on foot. There really isn't a good mechanism for that. What I have learned from all of this so far - that corner of the heights is jinxed... James  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 What else happened there? One of my neighbors dogs was ran over there last year...  also khou 11 keeps calling it an "up and coming" neighborhood near the heights.... lol. Pecore's south side is considered Woodland Heights.... this area is up and came. falling down crap shack is going for 350 just for the lot value across from this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesw Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I was referring to the robbery and carjacking at gunpoint last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 oh, that was a good bit down pecore closer to studewood, but yeah still very close. We also had a lady with a giant kitchen knife chasing after a man holding a baby one morning. This sounds almost as if a drug deal gone wrong or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) oh, that was a good bit down pecore closer to studewood, but yeah still very close. We also had a lady with a giant kitchen knife chasing after a man holding a baby one morning. This sounds almost as if a drug deal gone wrong or something.Dang...maybe the Historic folks need to focus on banning circumcisions in the Heights. Edited February 20, 2013 by TGM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Comes with the territory. While some people call old homes "historic", others just call them cheap. Cheap homes provide residence for troublemakers. It will take a while for property values rise to the point that the troublemakers are priced out. Until then, we just have to hope the occasional stray bullet doesn't have our name on it. SilverJK, I know you know this, since you live there, but I think the "up and coming" neighborhood is actually Brookesmith, on the other side of North Main. But, both side of North Main are a little rough around the edges still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksmu Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 luckily the stray bullets are few and far between - what we get to deal with much more frequently is the petty crime - the car break ins, bike theft, etc...I dont ever see that going away. The Heights has an awesome street grid. It ensures that there is not too much traffic, BUT, that grid is also extremely easy for thieves to navigate in/out of the neighborhood.  When you think about it, our grid is a thief's wet dream...upscale neighborhood surrounded by 3 major thoroughfares (I-10, 610, 45) with literally hundreds of streets that almost all access a major thoroughfare out...its easy to lose someone chasing you by making turns, and every turn will eventually drop you onto a major thoroughfare out of the hood.  Its b/c of this I never seen the petty crime going down much...we can reduce it with patrols, and vigilant neighbors, but it will never be as crime free as a neighborhood that is not easily navigable in/out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Yeah, you got to take the cons with the pros for living in the city... but still, I'd like to not have cartel style executions happening nearly in my front yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksmu Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Yeah, you got to take the cons with the pros for living in the city... but still, I'd like to not have cartel style executions happening nearly in my front yard.  The only "pro" of living in the city for me is that I get to stay married....if my wife was willing to commute to work without divorcing me I would be long gone. I would miss the diversity of food, the trails and the parks, - but I wouldn't miss much else. I have enjoyed my time in the city but the crime is outrageous compared to anywhere else I have ever lived. That said I don't feel that its dangerous...just that you always have to lock EVERYTHING up. That is frustrating. I'd just like to start shooting the jerk off's who are committing the crime. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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