STAFF at a Bolton funeral home were unable to attend callouts after the tyres were slashed on a private ambulance. All four tyres were deflated and the passenger wing mirror wrenched off on the Ford Mondeo, outside Bromleys Independent Funeral Service Bolton. Owner Jason Claire discovered the damage on Monday morning. The car was last used on Saturday night. The Ford is used to collect the deceased from their home to take them to the funeral parlour. But the damage rendered the vehicle unusable for the whole morning into the early afternoon, having a huge impact on the sensitive work Bromleys do.
In Midland alone, there are about 150 gangs. Author: Sammi Steele Updated: 11:00 PM CST February 1, 2021
MIDLAND, Texas Crimes in West Texas tend to have one common denominator: Gangs.
In Midland alone, there are about 150 gangs. Midland Police tell NewsWest 9 they have identified about 1,400 gang members in the community.
There is a specialized MPD gang unit that specializes in gang-related investigations.
“We have prison gangs, we have local gangs, we have Alamo motorcycle gangs.I mean we have all of them,” Sgt. Jason Claire, Midland Police Gang Unit, said.
While power and violence are associated with gangs, police tell us the biggest thing gangs want: money.
According to Midland Police, there were about 370 reports of stolen firearms. Author: Sammi Steele Updated: 6:08 PM CST February 1, 2021
MIDLAND, Texas Gun sales have been up across the country and right here in the Basin. There is something else that has gone up too: firearm theft.
According to Midland Police, there were about 370 reports of stolen firearms.
“Weirdly enough…burglaries went down 4% but theft to firearms went up significantly, Sgt. Jason Claire, Midland Police, Directed Patrol, said.
From 2019 to 2020, gun theft jumped 164%.
“I knew it was happening but once we put in the numbers.it was like oh wow that is bad,” Claire said.
Aimee Ziegler, Lisa Teague, Russell Bates, and Yesica Prado watch the Zoom broadcast of the Berkeley Community Safety Coalition Homeless Memorial on Dec. 12. Photo: Pete Rosos
On Saturday, a coalition of advocates for Berkeley’s homeless community gathered online to sing, pray and demand justice for the unhoused people and their supporters who died in Berkeley this year.
The memorial came as new shelter-in-place orders and heavy rain underlined the increasing pressures that quarantine and winter have placed on the city’s unsheltered residents.
“Winter’s here. With Covid, where are people going to go this year?” asked boona cheema, the former director of Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) and community activist.