Today’s Good News
Kudos to Officer Gaetano Drago who was named First Precinct’s Officer of the Month for April! The Department teaches our officers that it’s all about community policing, but Officer Drago has taken that to a whole new level with his relationship building in Sector 111. In one instance, Officer Drago arrested a man for cocaine possession and a month later that same man sought out Officer Drago to help him remove two unwanted drug users from his home, which he had cleaned up to start a new life.
Officer Drago takes the initiative to help compile information about the crimes in his sector so that the can come up with the best coordinated response from multiple Department divisions. He took note of one particular drug house on North 27th Street last month and engaged both narcotics and Major Crimes detectives to develop information and connect multiple drug dealers and robbery suspects. That coordinated teamwork resulted in several arrests that cleared multiple crimes as well as drug and firearm seizures. And the information is still coming in! Good job and thank you Officer Drago!
DISCLAIMER: The following incidents are preliminary in nature and are subject to change after investigation. Please note that the entries listed below do not cover every incident from overnight. The listings are subject to the judgment of staff officers’ sense of what is noteworthy.
CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS
3rd Precinct
ROBBERY
5/2/13 5:30 a.m.
800 block of Holbein Place
A male reported two unknown males robbed him at gunpoint.
PROPERTY CRIMES
1st Precinct
BURGLARY
4/30/13 – 5/2/13 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.
1500 block of Jennie Scher Road
An unknown person(s) broke into the residence.
3rd Precinct
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
5/1/13 – 5/2/13 8:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m.
00 block of Malvern Avenue
An unknown person(s) broke into the vehicle and stole loose change.
3rd Precinct
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
5/1/13 – 5/2/13 11:00 p.m. – 8:30 a.m.
00 block of Malvern Avenue
An unknown person(s) entered the unlocked vehicle and stole money.
3rd Precinct
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
5/2/13 7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
4300 block of Oxford Road
An unknown person(s) entered the unlocked vehicle and stole a grocery bag.
3rd Precinct
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
5/1/13 – 5/2/13 11:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m.
100 block of Windsor Way
An unknown person(s) entered the unlocked vehicle and stole loose change.
3rd Precinct
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
4/30/13 – 5/2/13 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
100 block of Canterbury Road
An unknown person(s) entered the unlocked vehicle and stole a cell phone and change.
3rd Precinct
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
5/1/13 – 5/2/13 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 a.m.
100 block of South Boulevard
An unknown person(s) entered the vehicle and stole an identification card and headphones.
4th Precinct
BURGLARY
5/2/13 9:00 a.m. – 1:10 p.m.
3100 block of Griffin Avenue
An unknown person(s) broke into the detached garage and stole tools.
4th Precinct
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
4/26/13 – 5/2/13 9:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
500 block of East Brookland Park Boulevard
An unknown person(s) stole a vehicle.
4th Precinct
BURGLARY
5/2/13 5:05 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
00 block of East Clay Street
An unknown male broke into the residence.
4th Precinct
BURGLARY
5/2/13 12:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
3400 block of Hawthorne Avenue
An unknown person(s) broke into the residence and stole several items.
4th Precinct
BURGLARY
5/2/13 9:00 a.m. – 6:18 p.m.
3800 block of Hawthorne Avenue
An unknown person(s) broke into the residence and stole several items.
4th Precinct
BURGLARY
5/2/13 9:20 p.m. – 9:23 p.m.
2200 block of 5th Avenue
An unknown male broke into the residence.
4th Precinct
BURGLARY
5/2/13 9:30 a.m. – 10:50 p.m.
700 block of Chamberlayne Avenue
An unknown person(s) broke into the residence and stole several items.
