Town That Cut Police Service Shocked To Find Spike In Crime

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Who’da thunk?

NEW STRAITSVILLE — A rash of burglaries in New Straitsville has some local residents concerned, especially since a police officer no longer patrols the area.

New Straitsville Police Chief Kevin Ginsell was laid off from his position last Monday, July 12, and since then there have been four burglaries in the downtown area.
Council Member Chris Tigner says the village can no longer afford to pay for police protection. “It was to save money with the village,” he said, explaining that different funding sources were considered to pay for Ginsell’s services, yet nothing panned out.

The latest break in was perhaps the most brazen of all – it took place at the building housing both the mayor’s office and police department early Monday morning. Although details about the burglary are sketchy at best, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation and the Perry County Sheriff’s Office were on scene yesterday afternooon snapping photographs and gathering evidence of the crime.

The case is ongoing, and little is known at this time, noted Perry County Sheriff’s Deputy Justin Spring, who was at the scene assisting BCI.

“I have not heard a single thing yet,” reiterated Sgt. John Russell from the sheriff’s office.

Perry County Sheriff William Barker could not be reached for comment.

Other businesses burglarized last week include the Southern Perry Incubation Center for Entrepreneurs, the United Pentecostal Church and the New Straitsville Library. Details about those thefts are vague as well, especially since the office handling the reports – the police station – was burglarized itself. Messages were left with New Straitsville Mayor Dave Brown and Perry County Prosecutor Joe Flautt seeking comment.

A former council member who spoke on condition of anonymity said the financial situation in the village is so tight that some employees once went seven months without being paid.

“The crime has been bad out here,” the former official continued. “It’s almost like living in the olden days. There is no law in this town now. With no law, [criminals] can do what they want. This is a mess, and I look for more crime to happen.”

The crimes are unnerving for the former council member, who now locks the doors at home.

Maybe, just maybe, it’s the politicians who should go first. The multiple city council members are not as necessary as the police officer.

This is a microcosm of things to come.

h/t Backwoods Survival Blog

Mexican Officials to “Patrol” Staten Island

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A 40-year-old Mexican construction worker was the sixth immigrant who has reported being attacked in Staten Island in what Mexican Consul General Ruben Beltran is describing as a hate crime … even though it was a mugging:

Police are investigating another assault on a Hispanic man in Staten Island as a possible hate crime — and the Mexican government is now getting involved as well.

Five men attacked the 40-year-old Mexican man Friday night as he was walking home after a soccer game at Faber Park, cop said. The attackers allegedly pummeled him while yelling anti-Mexican epithets. The man suffered head trauma, a fractured jaw and needed ten stitches above his eye, officials said.

The group of men made off with his backpack.

And of course there were no descriptions released, which I assume means the man was targeted by one of the gangs that have been raising hell in Staten Island the last few years. The Bloods have been on a rampage there and are known to target Mexicans in retaliation for Mexican Mafia affiliated gangs “green lighting” of all Blacks in any area they claim as turf. Non-Mexican Hispanic gangs like Dominicans Don’t Play and Trinitarios are also not fond of Mexicans whether they are in gangs are not.

I assume if the assailants were White NBC would have linked the crime to the Tea Party by now.

But what’s worrisome about this report is this nugget:

“We will act decisively in order to protect our citizens and will actively promote that those guilty of these vicious attacks are brought to justice expeditiously. We are working hand-in-hand with local authorities on all levels,” said Consul General of Mexico in New York, Ruben Beltran in an email to the Staten Island Advance.

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Beltran has asked the NYPD to “conduct a thorough investigation” of the alleged hate-crime cases. Beltran has offered “extensive cooperation and all the necessary support to ensure that justice is served.”

According to the Advance, this latest incident has promoted the Mexican Consulate to post personnel in Staten Island until further notice. This move is an effort to safeguard the rights of individuals and effectively assist and provide information to the Mexican residents of this area.

Beltran sounds like he thinks he’s part of the investigation. But more importantly, who are these “personnel” who will be “safe guarding” Mexican citizens on our streets? Soldiers? Diplomats? And what will they be empowered to do?

I don’t like the sound of this.