September is turning out to be a very active month. Labor Day weekend saw some news-making incidents including a high-speed car chase ending in Plant City and reports of an assault rifle being waved out of a car! Here are the police reports:

Friday August 31, 2007: Officers received a call from a parking lot attendant in regards to a subject riding in a vehicle eastbound on E. 7th Avenue at N. 20th Street, waiving an assault rifle out of a car window.  Officers located the vehicle abandoned, but did recover the assault rife from inside of the car.  The vehicle was not reported stolen. This case has been referred to detectives for further investigation.

Saturday September 1, 2007: Three black male suspects approached a victim near E. 6th Ave & N. 20th Street, while displaying a firearm and demanding the victim’s property. The victim grabbed the gun from the suspect and they struggled over the firearm.  During the struggle, a shot was fired.  The suspects then ran towards and entered a blue Buick and fled the scene in this car.  A police officer had heard the gun shot and was in the area with other officers investigating the shots fired when they located the Buick and the victim.  The suspects refused to stop for police and a vehicle pursuit was initiated.  The pursuit ended in Plant City with the arrest of two of the three suspect

We urge you to become involved with our crime watch. Our first meeting this Weds the 19th 6:30pm in Rock and Sports.  For questions please call Jose at 789-4252

This entry was posted on Sunday, September 16th, 2007 at 8:32 pm and is filed under Bars & Nightclubs, Crime.