Triton Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Is ND Heights a message board? It's called Next Door. It's more of a community Facebook. You won't be able to access ND Heights unless you live there or in a surrounding neighborhood, and you have to validate where you live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Criminals also know that breaking into a detached garage is "burglary of a building" while an attached garage could be "burglary of a habitation" and those two have significantly different punishments. I actually think the crime has gone down a good bit since i've lived here (6+ years). A few years ago we had multiple armed robberies, car robbery, sexual assualts on the trails, and a someone even got shot in the face accross the street from me... It seems like people on ND like to think crime has got soo much worse when they are the victim. I'm not sure how much more police presence will help.. .there is a LOT of police presence on my street yet car breakins happen regularly. I think more lighting would definitely be a good thing though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 The vast majority of crime in The Heights and Montrose seems to be property crime. People breaking into cars, stealing bikes, stealing stuff from garages, the Heights pooper (lol), stuff like that. The most serious rash I saw of crime in The Heights in recent memory was the arsonist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Pfftt. Worse thing I ever saw in the Heights was a patron from the beer joint peddling down 26th street, a white Ford truck with a camper pull up even to him, pulled out a gun and shot him in the face. He fell dead in our driveway.Next worse was the guy running up on the porch of 638 E. 26th, banging on the door at 3 in the morning, and another guy walking up on the porch and sticking a knife in the first guy. He died on the porch. I can't tell you how many nights occurred where there was a spray of automatic gunfire that rang through the night, or police chases that ran through Sunset Heights back then. Just too many to count. You think crime is bad there now, you should've witnessed what the Heights was like 30-40 years ago, when just walking down North Main at night was an adventure all to itself. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Not to mention the Candy Man serial killings. Heights has changed a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Walking North Main at night could still be an adventure... I had a shotgun pulled on me just off of main not too long ago while longboarding on the street (i was on the street but the "thug" thought we were infringing on his "territory") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) The vast majority of crime in The Heights and Montrose seems to be property crime. People breaking into cars, stealing bikes, stealing stuff from garages, the Heights pooper (lol), stuff like that. The most serious rash I saw of crime in The Heights in recent memory was the arsonist.I have to say that in Montrose Burglary of Motor vehicle is #1 crime-- Avondale is close to HPD storefront many times ( maybe just to prove their point- but also I'm sure because many cars are in our neighborhood because of the restaurants and bars) the officers walk our neighborhood and put "report" cards on windshield on whether you have passed or failed as a candidate for BMV-- The report back from HPD is always that more cars fail. Mainly because cell phones or laptops or whatever is left visible in cars but many cars are left unlocked---- this is after Avondale papers our neighborhood with warnings about type of thing. So I'm at a loss to know what to say. BMV keeps going up. Edited August 29, 2014 by trymahjong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Walking North Main at night could still be an adventure... I had a shotgun pulled on me just off of main not too long ago while longboarding on the street (i was on the street but the "thug" thought we were infringing on his "territory")I live on North Main... where did this occur? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heightsite Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 How long does it take to find out if the victim was a transient or resident? Seems like that's not too much to ask or report to calm the gentrified folks of the Heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I pass by the corner of Heights/I-10 at approx. midnight five nights a week. There are usually a number of homeless people gathered at the seating area in the esplanade. They also walk about in the street with seemingly no regard for traffic. It will be interesting to learn more about this incident. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 I live on North Main... where did this occur? somewhere south of Spanish Flowers / North of Pecore. I think it was some likely grandchildren of a homeowner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Chron is reporting a woman was shot in an apparent robbery at 13th and Harvard: http://www.chron.com/about/article/HPD-Woman-apparently-shot-in-Heights-robbery-5730881.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 KHOU now reporting that a smoke shop at 13th and Yale was robbed and the suspects fled in a vehicle. A citizen was chasing the suspects and the suspects fired out of the vehicle at the citizen and a woman pushing a baby in a stroller was struck by the stray bullet. She is expected to be OK and the baby was not injured. Chron is reporting a woman was shot in an apparent robbery at 13th and Harvard: http://www.chron.com/about/article/HPD-Woman-apparently-shot-in-Heights-robbery-5730881.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J008 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 This is crazy. I guess these vape stores are the new target of robbers. Strange that the murder last week was right infront of a new smoke shop as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 This is crazy. I guess these vape stores are the new target of robbers. Strange that the murder last week was right infront of a new smoke shop as well. The murder probably occurred very early in the morning. Body was found @4:45 am. Also, it looks like the victim was a transient/homeless man. No more of a coincidence than the fact that the two crimes were both committed near where businesses are baking bread (Sarita's and Subway). The smoke shop is more of a "you put your weed in it" place than an e-cig. I would guess that they would do a lot of cash business (who would want to put a weed pipe on a credit card?) and might have a decent amount of cash on hand in comparison to their security measures in place (or lack thereof). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullMan008 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 The murder probably occurred very early in the morning. Body was found @4:45 am. Also, it looks like the victim was a transient/homeless man. No more of a coincidence than the fact that the two crimes were both committed near where businesses are baking bread (Sarita's and Subway). The smoke shop is more of a "you put your weed in it" place than an e-cig. I would guess that they would do a lot of cash business (who would want to put a weed pipe on a credit card?) and might have a decent amount of cash on hand in comparison to their security measures in place (or lack thereof). **Law and Order sound** Thats good work right there. Seriously, those idiots are lucky they didnt accidently shoot a baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Not to mention the Candy Man serial killings. Heights has changed a lot.Only that Candy Man wasn't from the Heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullMan008 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Didnt his mom live here next to Helms Elem and dad in Pasedena? I forgot about all of that. We moved here around 74. There was also 2 other killers in this area. I want to say that Henry Lucas guy was also thought to have killed a girl in 1st Ward.....which is now the 'Arts District'. Then there was that guy that buried a woman along the bayou near Stude Park. He lived in the SkyLine Apartments that are now torn down. Does anyone else remember this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heightsite Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Only that Candy Man wasn't from the Heights.Do some homework.Mother had a candy factory next to Helms EL & & "He" lived in many locales in the Heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 The smoke shop is more of a "you put your weed in it" place than an e-cig. I would guess that they would do a lot of cash business (who would want to put a weed pipe on a credit card?) and might have a decent amount of cash on hand in comparison to their security measures in place (or lack thereof).We used to call them "head shops" back in my *ahem* smoking days. Maybe I don't realize how much business these kinds of places are pulling in nowadays, but unless the proprietor is selling a kilo of cut every day, I wouldn't think that type of establishment would net a large haul for any robber. To me, there's something more to this story than what's being reported. 2 vehicles used, 4 guys, and shooting at a pursuant in broad daylight? I smell a fish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Do some homework.Mother had a candy factory next to Helms EL & & "He" lived in many locales in the Heights. May be true but the Candy Man that all us Houstonians remember was from Pasadena, and he poisoned his son with a candy Pixie Stix, ruining Halloween around here for decades.The media may have tried to give Dean Corll the Candy Man name during the Elmer Wayne Hendley Jr. trail, I presume to make the story sound more salacious, but all of us know that the real Candy Man was already locked away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I pass by the corner of Heights/I-10 at approx. midnight five nights a week. There are usually a number of homeless people gathered at the seating area in the esplanade. They also walk about in the street with seemingly no regard for traffic. It will be interesting to learn more about this incident.There's supposedly a homeless camp in the wooded areas north of Patterson and Interstate 10. I wouldn't be surprised if it was connected somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 http://www.click2houston.com/news/police-investigate-after-smoke-shop-burglary/27967874 Smoke shop got hit again overnight. I drove by at @5:00 am and there was a news truck out front getting ready to do a shot of the broken out door. It did not look like anyone from the store had found out about it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) It appears that the killer now has a bounty on his/her head. https://houston.craigslist.org/apa/4692230464.html Edited September 30, 2014 by TGM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 The smoke shop is more of a "you put your weed in it" place than an e-cig. I would guess that they would do a lot of cash business (who would want to put a weed pipe on a credit card?) and might have a decent amount of cash on hand in comparison to their security measures in place (or lack thereof).I had to chuckle to myself reading about how these are largely a cash-based business. You're not suggesting that their customers are paranoid are you? Lol...I'm sure there are also comparable vehicle break-in stats for customer vehicles parked at these businesses. Maybe the nearby Star Pizza should run a 24x7 pizza buffet. Alight, I'm finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) I'm going to laugh if the person who catches the Heights cat killer is the serial pooper. He might see something in the middle of the night... Edited October 1, 2014 by IronTiger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 In Timbergrove we may have a serial puker going around a puking on people's property. Same person different end?Eventually all of these idiots will be caught, and I think the reward may be just the thing to get someone to come forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I thought they realized a lot of the supposed heights cat killer cases were actually other animals killing them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I thought they realized a lot of the supposed heights cat killer cases were actually other animals killing them? There have been a number of cats that have been killed by a pack of dogs. One pack was recently captured by residents. Some may have also been killed by birds of prey (owls/hawks). But there are definitely some that were killed by a person. The head of a cat was mounted on a stake in front of one residence. Remains were placed in areas that were not accessible to dogs and had evidence of being cut up with knives. There is definitely a cat killer out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 There have been a number of cats that have been killed by a pack of dogs. One pack was recently captured by residents. Some may have also been killed by birds of prey (owls/hawks). But there are definitely some that were killed by a person. The head of a cat was mounted on a stake in front of one residence. Remains were placed in areas that were not accessible to dogs and had evidence of being cut up with knives. There is definitely a cat killer out there.s3mh is correct. This is a case that we in Texas would label as "A turtle on a fence post". (aka, someone put him up there) Birds, dogs, and coyotes maul, rather than ritualistically dissect their prey. I also started out as a skeptic, but the repeatable patterns have led me to believe the intent is not to serve as a meal for a hungry animal. Granted the owners should take more personal responsibility in not letting their animals roam free, but to do this is madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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