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Ike victims take second hit -- this time from burglars
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By MARY ALYS CHERRY
Life around the Bay Area may have slowed down some after Hurricane Ike passed through but the burglars didn't.
Lakeview Police report investigating eight break-ins in El Lago and Taylor Lake Village during September -- four home burglaries, four business break-ins and one motor vehicle burglary.
Businesses took the biggest hit with losses totaling nearly $9,000.
Shortly after Ike passed through, Lakeview Police found someone had passed through the "One Stop" convenience store at 4024 NASA Parkway after removing plywood covering the front doors and then breaking the glass door to enter.
Once inside, they looted the store, making off with beer, cigarettes and lottery scratch-off tickets valued at $4,500, police said.
Just down the road, the property manager and leasing manager of the Harbor Point apartment complex at 4101 NASA Parkway told police that the day after the hurricane someone broke into the manager's office in the damaged apartment office building in the back of the complex.
The building had been damaged by the storm and could not be secured but two inner offices were locked with deadbolts.
Police said the office doors were kicked in and some of the residents' leasing files were stolen, along with $275 in cash and a set of extra keys to the 199 apartments in the complex.
Total value of the missing items was placed at $2,300.
As if the El Lago Marina building at 4321 NASA Parkway didn't have enough problems with all the hurricane damage, the manager of the boat trailer manufacturing business in the building reported the theft of 16 trailer wheels, valued at $125 each or $2,000, and sale to an individual in Kemah.
Lakeview Police continue to investigate and determine ownership and who owes who.
Nearby, at The Landing condos at 4445 NASA Parkway, a motorist reported that someone had broken into his truck in the parking lot just before the hurricane hit and stole a laptop computer and cell phone valued at $1,600.
Two of the three residential burglaries were at Harbor Point Apartments and resulted when residents aired out their apartments.
One resident left the glass door on his second floor balcony open to allow the apartment to air out the smell of rotten food lost during the hurricane.
On his return from work, he found someone had stolen his 42-inch TV, 20 DVDs, two pairs of athletic shoes, a Sony play station and some Xbox games valued at $3,100.
Another resident found his wallet with $300 in cash and his cell phone missing from the kitchen counter while he was airing out his unlocked apartment. Value of the items totaled $395.
An El Lago resident in the 600 block of Cedar Lane was another looting victim. He returned after the storm to find someone had broken in through a window and stolen three 5-gallon gas cans, a laptop computer and a vacuum clearer valued at $1,000.
Officers also investigated 225 other calls including six traffic accidents, nine fights, seven cases of criminal mischief, five cases of domestic violence and 27 reports of suspicious persons or circumstances.
Lakeview Police report investigating eight break-ins in El Lago and Taylor Lake Village during September -- four home burglaries, four business break-ins and one motor vehicle burglary.
Businesses took the biggest hit with losses totaling nearly $9,000.
Shortly after Ike passed through, Lakeview Police found someone had passed through the "One Stop" convenience store at 4024 NASA Parkway after removing plywood covering the front doors and then breaking the glass door to enter.
Once inside, they looted the store, making off with beer, cigarettes and lottery scratch-off tickets valued at $4,500, police said.
Just down the road, the property manager and leasing manager of the Harbor Point apartment complex at 4101 NASA Parkway told police that the day after the hurricane someone broke into the manager's office in the damaged apartment office building in the back of the complex.
The building had been damaged by the storm and could not be secured but two inner offices were locked with deadbolts.
Police said the office doors were kicked in and some of the residents' leasing files were stolen, along with $275 in cash and a set of extra keys to the 199 apartments in the complex.
Total value of the missing items was placed at $2,300.
As if the El Lago Marina building at 4321 NASA Parkway didn't have enough problems with all the hurricane damage, the manager of the boat trailer manufacturing business in the building reported the theft of 16 trailer wheels, valued at $125 each or $2,000, and sale to an individual in Kemah.
Lakeview Police continue to investigate and determine ownership and who owes who.
Nearby, at The Landing condos at 4445 NASA Parkway, a motorist reported that someone had broken into his truck in the parking lot just before the hurricane hit and stole a laptop computer and cell phone valued at $1,600.
Two of the three residential burglaries were at Harbor Point Apartments and resulted when residents aired out their apartments.
One resident left the glass door on his second floor balcony open to allow the apartment to air out the smell of rotten food lost during the hurricane.
On his return from work, he found someone had stolen his 42-inch TV, 20 DVDs, two pairs of athletic shoes, a Sony play station and some Xbox games valued at $3,100.
Another resident found his wallet with $300 in cash and his cell phone missing from the kitchen counter while he was airing out his unlocked apartment. Value of the items totaled $395.
An El Lago resident in the 600 block of Cedar Lane was another looting victim. He returned after the storm to find someone had broken in through a window and stolen three 5-gallon gas cans, a laptop computer and a vacuum clearer valued at $1,000.
Officers also investigated 225 other calls including six traffic accidents, nine fights, seven cases of criminal mischief, five cases of domestic violence and 27 reports of suspicious persons or circumstances.
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