Dayton-- Not in my
neighborhood! That's what an East Side community is demanding. From
drugs to burglaries to arsons, the families living in the Twin Towers
neighborhood off Xenia Ave in Dayton say they're fed up with all the
crime. Most frustrating for them
is they believe many of those responsible for things are being let off
the hook.
The monthly crime stats for the Twin Towers community are not a surprise to members of the neighborhood association.
"I've seen people in the building next to me, it's a vacant building, walking out with a sewer drain. People have to do something and I called 333-COPS. They showed up, gave him a citation and two weeks later he was out of the neighborhood," said Charles Crawford who lives on Xenia Ave.
The association is hoping more people follow Crawford's lead to help clean up the neighborhood, because they're sick of looking at crime tape.
"If you're going to do crime in the Twin Towers, you're going to do time to go with it," said association President, Leslie Sheward.
Sheward believes the key is harsher punishment for those convicted. But that's up to the prosecutor's office and court system. No one from that side of the law was at Monday's regular association meeting, the cops were. Fighting back for your family, we asked police if they're doing everything possible to get the bad guys behind bars.
"The cops, police and fire, we can't do it all by ourselves. We need folks to call in, and if it goes to court, to testify," said Dayton Police Maj. Brian Johns.
"It's very frustrating to our police officers if the person is let out before the paperwork is dry," Sheward added.
The neighborhood association says they invited the Montgomery Co. Prosecutor to the meeting, but no one from the office attended.
The monthly crime stats for the Twin Towers community are not a surprise to members of the neighborhood association.
"I've seen people in the building next to me, it's a vacant building, walking out with a sewer drain. People have to do something and I called 333-COPS. They showed up, gave him a citation and two weeks later he was out of the neighborhood," said Charles Crawford who lives on Xenia Ave.
The association is hoping more people follow Crawford's lead to help clean up the neighborhood, because they're sick of looking at crime tape.
"If you're going to do crime in the Twin Towers, you're going to do time to go with it," said association President, Leslie Sheward.
Sheward believes the key is harsher punishment for those convicted. But that's up to the prosecutor's office and court system. No one from that side of the law was at Monday's regular association meeting, the cops were. Fighting back for your family, we asked police if they're doing everything possible to get the bad guys behind bars.
"The cops, police and fire, we can't do it all by ourselves. We need folks to call in, and if it goes to court, to testify," said Dayton Police Maj. Brian Johns.
"It's very frustrating to our police officers if the person is let out before the paperwork is dry," Sheward added.
The neighborhood association says they invited the Montgomery Co. Prosecutor to the meeting, but no one from the office attended.