Friday, October 5, 2012
Gwinnett County police report that five apartment units were burglarized the same day at one complex in unincorporated Norcross.
Building No. 16 got the brunt of a recent night of burglarizing at the Oakwood Vista apartments located in unincorporated Norcross. Victims living on Coleville Circle reported that numerous items were stolen by the culprit or culprits during the daytime hours on Sept. 24, possibly after 7 a.m., according to the police report. -- What measures do you think apartment complex management should use to protect its residents? Let us know in the comment section. -- According to reports, the apartment doors appear to have been pried or forced open. Once police learned of one incident, they checked other units and discovered multiple burglaries. All but one of the burglarized units were in the same breezeway. Items taken include expensive laptops …
Friday, December 2, 2011
A weekly look at crime in Norcross zip codes.
The following is a combined listing of reported police activity Nov. 23 to Nov. 30. (Note: This listing is based on reports from crimemapping.com for Gwinnett PD and crimereports.com for the Norcross PD. It does not indicate a conviction.) City of Norcross Oct. 23 Armed Robbery, Street, Firearm was reported on the 5100 block of BROOK HOLLOW PARKWAY Assault was reported on the 800 block of LANCELOT DRIVE Breaking & Entering was reported on the 6200 block of JIMMY CARTER BOULEVARD Theft by Taking (Auto) was reported on the 6100 block of JIMMY CARTER BOULEVARD Theft (Financial Transaction Card Fraud) was reported on the 5100 block of MEDLOCK CORNERS DRIVE Oct. 25 Assault was reported on the 500 block of DAVIDSON DRIVE Breaking & Entering was…
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Officials say that controlling crime is one reason for the proposed annexation of land into the City of Norcross.
Updated Oct. 21 This is part of Norcross Patch’s five-part series about the potential annexation of an area roughly along Mitchell Road, east of Buford Highway up to I-85, into the City of Norcross. We'll re-run the series this week, in preparation for the Nov. 8 vote. We've already looked at code enforcement, the city budget, planning and the bottom line for home owners. When Mayor Pro Tem Ross Kaul laid out the plan for the annexation of the area along Mitchell Road into the City of Norcross last November, he pointed to more control over the city's future, better service strategies and more control over crime as reasons to support the measure. "There are areas of unincorporated [Norcross] that we all know have been negative," said Kaul…
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10:09 am on Monday, October 8, 2012
So every day I get email with the Gwinnett County jail intake mug shots for our zip code to see where the criminals live. Most of the ones I see live in the surrounding complexes, not too many in this one, so that's good, relatively speaking. I also check Crimemapping.com regularly to see the crimes committed in this complex and surrounding area. It is nerve wracking. I am somewhat friendly to … more ›