Mon,Feb 16,2009

Economy And Crime Rate Inversely Related

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As the overall economic climate gets worse,the crime rate usually rises. Unfortunately, even East Cobb is not immune to this. I’ve just heard reports of 2 separate incidents in East Cobb that surprised me. This kind of activity is seldom heard of in the neighborhood that these incidents happened in. 

Incident #1 was an attempted kidnapping on February 3rd. This took place in the Riverhill Subdivision. 2 perpetrators in a dark-colored Honda Accord approached the victim and grabbed her after she pulled her car into her garage. The victim was able to fight off the suspect and he fled the area on foot.

Incident #2 was a home invasion in the Ward Meade Farm Subdivision on February 10th. 2 armed men broke into a home thru the basement door, tied up the couple and robbed them. The couple was not hurt.

We should all be keeping a watchful eye out for our neighbors to keep these kinds of things from taking place. Thank goodness in both of these incidents the vicitms were not physically hurt.