JULY 31, 2009 11:00:00 AM
TIM PRATT
STARKVILLE — The Starkville Police Department is continuing to investigate a break-in this week at the Sears store on Highway 12.
The incident happened between the time employees left the store Tuesday night and when they arrived Wednesday morning, Starkville Police Department Capt. Frank Nichols said.
Police were called to the store in University Crossing Shopping Center shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday when an employee arrived and found glass broken out of the front door, Nichols said. Officers canvassed the scene and found the suspect or suspects had gone through the store’s cash registers, though Nichols was unsure how much money, if any, was stolen.
Police found partial footprints at the scene they think could belong to the suspect or suspects, Nichols said.
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Funny how the SPD is always seeking help with solving break ins. Have they actually solved any of the ones that have happened during the summer (except for maybe the one at Corkey’s)? How many have there been on Hwy 12 this summer – 3, 4, 5? Would it help if they actually patrolled the highways and neighborhoods?
Sorry, Amazed, but they are just too busy to fool with break ins. You know, ticketing for not using your turn signal or seat belt is a much higher priority in this town. I read with interest Alan Couey’s description of what goes on in her neighborhood and wondered why there is not a daily presence of law enforcement in her area. Do you think their focus is too heavy on the side of targeting students and slacking on the goings on in town? Did they ever catch the voyeur/peeper in Sherwood Forest? Did they catch the guy who broke into homes in Sherwood and S. Montgomery in the dark of night (while the residents were there)? There just doesn’t seem to be enough information coming from our Police Department to keep us aware and informed.
Stilletto, not only does Alan’s neighborhood have problems, but along with the problems you mentioned, Longmeadow has trouble with people from the Pines Trailer Park roaming around throwing rocks at windows and literally kicking front doors in. The police response goes along the lines of “Well, there’s nothing we can do about it.” Excuse me – how about patrolling instead of hanging out around the bars waiting to rack up the DUIs? (I’m sure they’re just giddy over the fact that the students are coming back!) Best I can tell, the only time they “solve” a crime is when it’s a total accident.
Doesn’t Starkville Police have a 87% crime solving rate?
The Starkville Police should be commended for seeking help with break ins…
The Starkville Police have their priorities all wrong. Going for students and giving me seat belt tickets are their main concern. I once called 911 because there was a car break-in right outside my apartment in the Cotton District. Well, it took the cops 25 minutes to get there and when he finally got there I went out to talk to him. Although the thief had already ran off, I explained what had happened and asked him what took so long to get an officer to the scene? “We were working a road-block” were the words that came out of his mouth.
Things like this burn me up. What if the alleged thief was breaking into my apartment? Would it seriously take them 25 minutes to get there in a town the size of Starkville? These cops are out of their minds.
My favorite SPD story is when they set up a road blocks on Hwy. 12 entering campus during Orientations in the summer of 2001. What a great welcome for new students and parents alike to their new home for the next few years. I realize that they city may have wanted the revenue but it upset many parents and alumni to pick up tickets for expired tag and/or inspection sticker on what should be an inviting weekend.