Henry Raymond
Fairfax News => Current News & Events => Topic started by: Stand Alone Defense on September 09, 2009, 09:50:34 PM
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Hey Everyone,
We had another break in today in Fairfax a lot of valuables taken witch include cash, digital camera and a compound bow!! The home was ransacked and it appeared that the individuals took there time to go through everything. If anyone happened to see anything on Woodward rd. around mid day please call the State Police 524-5993. Thanks
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I hope the home owner requested that the state police dust for some finger prints. I'm not sure if they do that, but it seems like a reasonable expectation in a situation like this given the number of break-ins lately. Chances are, any stray fingerprints that do not match people living in the house might be in the system and provide a prime suspect to question.
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Josh,
Are you at liberty to give the address of the individual who was broken into?
A very apparent trend in neighborhoods is starting to show.
Lawton Road: 1 Break in
Mead Road: 2 break ins
Sam Webb Road: Bike Stolen
Sam Webb Road: Suspect Red Jeep
Woodard Road: Break in
Stolen property recovered in the same area.
All of the criminal activity is happening within a 1 mile radius. Most criminals work in a comfort zone. If I were the police I would concentrate my energy on individuals who have a criminal background within a 2 mile radius of the center of this recent criminal activity.
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David,
Don't forget to include Main Street in North Fairfax... my cars were pilfered through a couple weeks ago. I think that counts as a "break in" ;)
-Trevor
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Or the beginning of river road just up from the intersection of the Flecther road.
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I think that the information that Josh gave is probably good enough to be published here on the forum. I try not to get to specific, unless people have given their permission. Maybe on longer streets/roads like Main Street or Buck Hollow Road it could be narrowed down a bit, but would hesitate to give the exact address. I think all of the identifications are pretty good given here, although Sam Webb Road maybe could be narrowed down a bit.
I do appreciate Josh providing us with this information as our State Police and Sheriff's department are not great about doing that. We get one brief vague report once a month. I just checked the Sheriff's Dept web site and here it is September 10th and their last report was for July. I used to get those reports and post them on the forum, but I don't even get those now.
I was talking with one of the Newspaper Editors a short while back asking him about an accident and he told me that getting accident reports from them is not an easy task. Used to be a time when if an accident happened in town, it was usually in the Messenger the next day - Today, unless Dave St. Pierre is on the scene, you don't hear a thing. In the past 6 months, I have been putting up information I hear on my scanner, without being too specific, if I happen to be near it when something happens.
I think our Selectboard had a meeting with either The State Police or Sheriff's Department a while back. Kind of wish I had gone and checked to see if there was some way we could get current information on what is happening here in town from them.
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How are these break-in's physically occurring? Are they coming in through unlocked doors or smashing windows? Does anyone know?
I am nearing the point of getting a home security system.
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Seems like most of them are in secluded areas of Fairfax? Sam web, Mead, Lawton and Woodward? Of course there are car break ins as well which are not so seclude, North Fairfax, Michelle Road etc, etc.
I don't see to much of a patterns except in that one area of Fairfax
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Hey David,
Not trying to be rude but I would prefer not to name the Victims on the forum. They are long time residents of Fairfax so I'm sure you will find out through the town chit chat who they are anyway.
There is a pattern for sure the area from Woodward up though to north Fairfax seems to be the concentration of these thieves. I try to patrol that area of town at least once a day to keep and eye on things when most people are at work. All the problems seem to happen between the hours of noon and 3pm hopefully someone will see something soon and we can get this nonsense to stop.
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Josh,
Keeping the privacy of victims can be understood.
The individuals who are breaking into homes are very familiar with the territory. Based on what I can tell from my personal experience, they watch home, get to know peoples schedules.
In the area where I live there are people who stay at home on all sides of me.
Another break in was on Brick Church Road some time ago: entered through a basement window.
Problem with alarm systems is that it will take upwards of 1/2 hour for the police to arrive depending on where they are.
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David,
I agree 100% I believe that they are scouting their targets before they hit them because it seems that they know the schedule of the victims really well. They took their time and looks like they had no fear of getting caught.
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All,
Another alternative to capture images of the thieves can be setup fairly cheaply. Not all folks can afford a security system. Linux, a few webcams and wham you have something capturing what is happening while you are gone. If you happen to have DSL you can get a message on your cell phone, or e-mail at work letting you know that something is going on, even login to watch live video of your home. Linux is free. If you have an old computer most will work, webcams can be had on e-bay or got a Walmart for a reasonable price. IP cameras are not to pricey now and have come done. Something to think about.
Every little bit helps.
Ron
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There is a trick that many businesses use. They have "fake" cameras as well as real ones. You could put a couple of "fake" cameras around where they are visible but not accessible which might hinder theives. Keeping a loud radio on might help as well.
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The soccer club set-up something similar to FXDHS' approach - until they got the new security cameras in, they set-up citizen ( more like Soccer Coach) watches where folks would drive by at certain times of the night. Some would pull in and some just drive by slowly. Once the word got out about the security camera upgrades ( infrared and hidden ones) i think violators didn't want to take a chance.
Having neighbors drive by and check at certain times is a great way to foil the thieves plans - as they're not scoping out patrols of citizens in any easy way - thus they're prone to being caught that way. Catch them and then make them squeal on any helpers.
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We just bought a 4 camera home security system for $300. The cameras are motion activated, and IR for night time imaging. The system came with a video card and software for installation into a desk top. We are fortunate enough to have a tech savvy family member with an old desk top to dedicate to this system (for added security, we are installing a remote external hard drive so IF someone was bold enough to break in and decide to steal the desk top to remove the evidence from the camera, we'll still have the hard drive with the video).
The software package also connects to DSL and can send alerts and video to be viewed by logging into a web site.
All of this for just $300 (and time to install).
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David, When the last buglary spree happened a few months ago, I took a map of fairfax on google earth and pinpointed all the robberies that I knew of, also where the suspected robbers lived. There were two complete circles, one around maple street and one around the condos on main street. One kid was arrested from the condos and the other from maple street.
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What kind of bow and camera? The more specific details the better, that way I can keep my eyes and ears open.
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Cedarman,
Where did you buy that security system because my husband told me it was illegal to record AND video without one's knowledge here in VT. You can record sound OR video but he claims you could not do both. I would love to have both, is he wrong?
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I'm thinking there's more to that law about who and when you can Video someone. For one thing - if trespassers enter your property, when it's clearly and legally posted, and they're warned about the use of closed circuit recording then anything goes I'd say - they've been duly warned. If they don't want to be videoed and are a legit person on your property then they should come back later or call ahead plain and simple. I'm pretty sure that when it comes to your own private property, those public privacy ( sounds like an oxymoron i know) laws don't apply. Not too sure about the audio & video versus only permitting only 1 of them - makes no sense from a security point of view - thus why i think the law doesn't apply to this scenario. I better look this up now to be sure.....