Property Crimes Mostly Up in Bryan and College Station

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Updated: 5:08 PM Jul 1, 2009 Property Crimes Mostly Up in Bryan and College Station We seem to hear more and more stories from many of you about being broken into. Whether it's your car, business or home, property crimes seem to keep rising. Posted: 5:06 PM Jul 1, 2009 Reporter: Mike George Email Address: george@kbtx.com

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We seem to hear more and more stories from many of you about being broken into. Whether it's your car, business or home, property crimes seem to keep rising. So we did some digging to see if this is a growing trend here in Bryan-College Station

Here are some comparisons Jan to May 08 Vs 09:

College Station:
Vehicle burglaries more than doubled. 247 in 08, 503 in 09. A 104% increase.

Home break-ins went from 119 in 08 to 170 in 09. Up a little more than 40%

Building and business break-ins went from 51 in 08 to 91 in 09. An increase of almost 80%.

In Bryan some ups and downs.

Car Break-ins went from 364 in 08 to 405 in 09. An increase of 11%

Home-Break ins went down. 329 in 08 , 264 in 09. A decrease of about 25%

Business and building break-ins almost doubled. 93 in 08 ,175 in 09. An increase of almost 90 percent.

Regardless of where you live, police say they can't be everywhere and need your help looking out for one another and calling in when you see something suspicious.

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Posted by: laura Location: iola on Jul 6, 2009 at 08:16 AM

crimes are going up every where. hubby and i got broken into 3 times in just days.first one day within in 30 minutes leaving and coming back home my house was broken into stole over 2,000$ of stuff and then couple weeks later my hubby rig and our car was broken into the funny things the rig is not parked at our house like our car,the ppls that broken in our rig didnt leave finger prints broke both windows and carfully took everything then came to our house stolen money out my wallet in our car.we suspent serval ppls you the officer told us high school kids did it but we know better than that he didnt even go and talk to the ppls.it has to be someone who knew us each vehical was a mile apart but they close the case something has to change it not fair that hard wking ppl work and work for to provide for their families and these jerks keep stealing from us and they get away with it. letting everyone know in iola i have a gun now i know how to use it,I AM DONE
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Posted by: Bob on Jul 3, 2009 at 10:56 PM

RJ - If you don't recognize this administration's efforts against gun ownership, then maybe "you're part of the problem". What about HR2401? HR45? President Obama always votes against guns, including the handgun ban in Washington, D.C., which was tossed by the Supreme Court. Maybe B/CS should adopt the mandatory gun ownership policy of Kennesaw, Georgia nearly two decades ago. Their crime rate plummeted.
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Posted by: JQP Location: Bryan on Jul 2, 2009 at 05:55 PM

Why get a real job when you get $$ from the government? Or how about using the "crazy money" some receive because their child is special ed. and go spend it on bingo instead of extra help for their child to succeed in life. The system is broke. And to the person who rec'd the letter stating insufficient evidence, that usually means they don't have the man power to look into it.
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