Resident Reports Armed Burglaries in Katie Kerr Neighborhood

Decatur Metro | January 29, 2011 | 10:20 am

A resident in the Katie Kerr neighborhood – just east of the Decatur city limits (map) – sent in an alert from a friend noting that a house in the neighborhood had recently been robbed by armed gunman.  She described the burglars as “pros”, as they had a lookout man and a female driver waiting on-hand in a “older model gold Saturn” acting as a getaway car.  According to the report, “the same people hit a house in other [nearby] cul-de-sac last week.”

I don’t have an easy contact at DeKalb PD, so this report is unsubstantiated, but I have no reason to believe its untrue and thought that all area residents should be on the look out for this particular vehicle cruising through their neighborhood.

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8 Responses to “Resident Reports Armed Burglaries in Katie Kerr Neighborhood”

  1. macarolina says:
    January 29, 2011 at 3:50 pm

    I know someone in that neighborhood who reports the same. According to her, the neighborhood got hit multiple times earlier in 2010, then quiet until last week with 2-3 break-ins. The other break ins were while residents were away, with the front door kicked in; she didn’t have details on the armed robbery.

  2. Mama Physiology PhD says:
    January 29, 2011 at 4:35 pm

    Yes, true. I live in this neighborhood and the report went out on our neighborhood assoc. email list.

  3. Mary Rigger says:
    January 30, 2011 at 9:19 am

    This sounds like the same description for the ones who robbed and ransacked my friend’s house on 2nd Ave back in late October.

  4. sheps says:
    January 30, 2011 at 5:49 pm

    Just a note about the difference between a burglary and a robbery… A burglary is a property crime and occurs when no one is home while a robbery is a crime against a person and thus there must be a person present for it to be called a robbery.

    My guess it that these were burglaries, not robberies.

  5. Johnny Ego says:
    January 31, 2011 at 12:28 pm

    Related topic — on Saturday afternoon I saw four Decatur PD cars speeding down Garden Lane with lights on but sirens off (stealth mode). Neighbors speculated there may have been a burglary in progress, but no one knew for sure. Does anyone have hard information on this?

  6. muffin says:
    January 31, 2011 at 1:48 pm

    crimemapping.com is a great resource to stay on top of crime in your vincinty. you can set a radius distance and you get an email every morning.

    • Udog says:
      January 31, 2011 at 2:08 pm

      Does Decatur PD participate?

  7. joe says:
    February 1, 2011 at 11:16 pm

    Decatur PD does use- http://www.crimereports.com/
    I have the free app on my iphone as well.

    always good to know whats going on around you.