Where is the love? Sorry, I can’t paint a brighter picture of Natomas. I appreciate the stepped-up efforts of the police department, but we’re still a long way from where we need to be..

Thinking about buying a home in Natomas? DON’T. Natomas is the city’s dumping ground for low income housing, and it is plagued by criminal activity from the big box strip malls to the interiors of the Natomas and Regency Park neighborhoods. And it’s only going to get worse with even MORE low income housing being built as I type.

My email tonight to Heather Fargo, Councildude Ray Tretheway, Sac Supervisor Roger Dickinson, and mayoral hopeful Kevin Johnson.

Mrs Fargo, I know you don’t answer emails, but…

This crime report refers to the neighborhood where my wife and I own a home and are trying to raise our children. In our neighborhood we have juvenile delinquents armed with weapons holding up women in their garages in the middle of the day. We have pedestrians being robbed at gun point in the middle of the day in our town shopping strip mall.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THIS?

We don’t care about Greening The City.

WE WANT A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE ARE PAYING SUPPLEMENTAL TAX FOR POLICE. WHERE ARE THEY?

Sac PD today released a sketch of the suspect wanted for the two robberies earlier this month, on Brynmar Court and Turnstone Drive, where the suspect tried to force the female victims into their vehicles.

Note: extended descriptions courtesy of natomasbuzz.com. Thank you!

6/16/08
10:30 p.m., Stolen Vehicle arrest
Pelican/Penasco (Northgate area)
Officers located a stolen vehicle being driven in the area. Once they got the car stopped, the passenger fled on foot. He was caught by the officers. The suspect (male adult - 26 years old) was arrested for driving a stolen vehicle. Stolen vehicle was a white 1995 Toyota Camry.

6/16/08
3 p.m. Robbery/Car Jacking
2954 Flora Springs Way (Gateway West)
Suspects ordered a pizza and the pizza delivery driver arrived at the above house. This house is vacant. Upon arrival they robbed, at gun point, the driver of personal belongings and his car and fled the area in his car. The suspects are 1. Male black 6′0″, 200lbs. 2. Male Black 5′7″. 3. Male black (all in their 20’s). The stolen vehicle is a Dark Blue 2001 Toyota Corolla, 4 door, license plate # 4NKM489. This car is still stolen and not recovered.

6/16/08
2 p.m., Armed Robbery,
4700 Truxel, behind Kohl’s (Natomas Park)
Female victim was walking on the sidewalk when a dark blue 4-door car (all tinted windows) pulled up. Two suspects got out and robbed her of her purse at gun point. Suspects fled in the car. Suspects 1. male black, 20’s, 6′2″, 180 lbs, muscular build, black t-shirt, #2 male black 20’s, black shirt and black shorts. There were other suspects in the car also. This is probably related to the above robbery.

6/17/08
5:25 p.m., Home Invasion Robbery,
2750 Stonecreek Drive apartment complex (South Natomas)
2 male black and 1 male hispanic (with mask) entered the unlocked door of victims apartment. They robbed him of personal belongings at gun point. Fled on foot.
6/4/08 2:40 p.m., Armed Robbery Brynmar Court (Natomas Park) Male Black Suspect (17 to 21 yrs. old), 5′7″, 140 to 150 lbs., White long sleeve hoodie. Female victim arrived home and parked in her garage. Suspect entered garage armed with a handgun. The suspect attempted to get victim back into her car, but was unsuccessful. He ultimately took the victim’s purse from her car and fled on foot When the robbery took place the victim was just returning home from picking up her children at school, and had just pulled her car into the garage and was unloading her kids. The suspect approached her children right outside the garage door and the mom walked around the garage corner after hearing a male voice to find him with a gun pointed at her and her little ones. He forced them back into the garage and tried to get them into their car. The woman threw her purse at him, and luckily something spooked him enough to get him out of the garage after failed attempts to get them into the vehicle. He fled on foot down the court. It sounds like the same suspect also hit another woman with a small child a few days (see 6/7/08 entry) later in Northgate/Gardenland.

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