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The cost of crime
skyrockets in July
A Favorite at the Park A Ball of Energy
Justin Thompson (left) Kody Bryant (standing), and Sam Gales set up for With his hat turned around, Jared Smith makes the short climb to the top
their umpteenth descent down a slide at Chisenhall Park early Friday of a slide at Chisenhall Park. Jared is one of several children from Kids
morning. Kampus who visited the park last Friday Morning.
Avoid a blackout (and a ticket)—
Making sure the shade of your auto windows
falls within the legal limits isn't any acci-dnt
BY SALLY ELLERTSON on writing tickets but it's a good safety
Tinted vehicle windows have thing. If a person bought a vehicle,
been popular for quite awhile. The had the windows linteid, and then gets
tint cuts down on the inside tempera- stopped and gets a ticket, they've paid
turc of the vehicle, helps conceal any $150 to get their windows tinted nd
valuable items burglars would be in- they thought they were complying
tercstcdin, and gives the driver ano- with the law. I’m here to help the
nymity on the road. But, some tinted people who have a problem and think
windows are too dark for the safety of their tint may be illegal."
the driver and the safety of law en- There's no clear cut rule for the
forcement officers who stop the ve- tinting, but the tint meters arc more
hide on a routine traffic stop. specific than the cards that some offi-
Pct. 2 Constable Steve Curlee cers carry. The tint meter is a palm
got Johnson County's first tint meter size machine that fits down over the
Aug. 5 and is offering free tint checks rolled down window. For best read-
at his Burleson office through Sep- ings, the vehicle needs to be parked in
tember. the sunlight.
"They're really cracking down 'This machine is kind of like ra-
on it (tinted windows) because it's dar. It takes the guesswork out of it,
dangerous. They started this about a Curleee said. "The state law requires
year ago *whcn they started putting what we call 35 percent light inten-
black stuff on the windows. If you sity. But, some cities have passed
can't see out you can't see to drive, laws that may require less or more. I
Plus the fact you can't sec who is in a think Cleburne has done that,
car when police officers walk upon a "No glass is perfectly clear. This
vehicle,” Curleee said. "I'm not big machine gives a 2 percent tolerance
plus or minus because even clear
glass is not perfectly clear. The state
has even lowered its allowable limit
.before they will issue a citation due to
the fact that some of the later cars
have a tint made into them that was
not considered when they derived
that 35 percent. Therefore, to be safe
the Department of Public Safety will
allow 20 percent. You can have a
dark window with 20 percent. I'm
enforcing the state regulations."
You won't See any tint check-
points along the road.
"I'm not stopping vehicles just to
check their windows," Curlee said.
"During a routine traffic stop I can go
ahead and check them. They (driver)
can be issued a citation for their win-
dows being too dark. Th?» citation
costs whatever the judge Jits it to
be."
In this area there is presentlyno f( Checks Out
crackdown on the shops whodo ille-
gal tinting or offer an unknowing
Please see TINTED, Pg. 3
BY SALLY ELLERTSON
Remember, the Burleson Police.
Department crime analysis for the
month of June? The bad news then
was that the number of cases reported
were up 12 percent from May and the
good news was the cost of crime was
down 8 percent. Well July's figures
are the opposite, with the cost of
crime skyrocketing, according to fi-
gures compiled by Burleson's Sgt.
Gary Fowler.
The cost of crime in July was up
192 percent, from June's $45,583 to
July's $133,276. But, on the bright
side, the incidence of crime was down
10 percent from J une's 117 reports to
July's 106 reports.
The main reason for the sky-
rocketing figures was the $63,162 in
vehicles stolen from Burleson. Nine
vehicles were reported stolen, but on
the up side, seven were recovered.
Three of the vehicles were taken
from Southtown Ford between Sun-
day and early Monday morning, July
7-8. Other vehicles were taken from
the Arbors apartment complex, Al-
bertsons parking lot, and residences.
In mostcascs, the vehicles were taken
after suspcct(s) broke a window,
broke the steering column, and were
able to start the vehicle.
If you've been a faithful reader
of the crime analysis stories, it won't
be hard for you to guess what the
most prcvalcntcrimc was in the city.
Criminal mischief cases were back at
the top of the list with 29 cases after
taking third place in June (behind
theft and vehicle burglaries). Run-
ning a very close second in July was
theft, which was reported in 28 cases.
A distant third was vehicle burglaries
which plummeted 63 percent from
33 cases in June to 12 cases in July.
July’s criminal mischief reports
arc two less than June's 31 rcporLs.
Unfortunately, the damage in July
was much more extensive than that
done by June's vandals. July's van-
dalism loss was $11,094, over a 1 (X)
percent increase from June's $5,483
loss.
Vehicles were once again the
easy targets, with vehicle windows
broken, paint scratched, and the front
end of one vehicle burned. Mai 1 boxes
were damaged, signs were damaged,
trash was dumped in yards, locks
were cut on storage units at Burleson
Stor-More, and windows on a vacant
house at 520 Irene were broken out.
A police vehicle was even damaged
ai 505 Black Oak when officers an
swered a call. That damage was esti-
mated at $1,159. The average loss
per criminal mischief case in July
was $382.
Theft cases cost citizens $T9, 261,
an average loss of $687 per case.
Although the number of cases was.
down five from June's 33 cases, the
cost increased from $1.4,556 in June
Please see WHEEL, Page 6A
Johnson County Pet. 2 Constable Steve Curlee checks the «indow tinting
on Burleson Star Publisher James Moody's van with the new tint meter.
Curlee received Johnson County's first tint meter Aug. 5. Curlee w ill be
offering free tint checks at his Burleson office, by appointment. Oh,
Moody's van was within the legal limit.
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Volume 26, Number 106
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Monday
August 12, 1991
Burlftson, Texas • For The Good Life
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© 1991 Burleson Publishing, Inc.
A f'
Old Settlers reunion begins today
Parade, queen contest highlight today9s activities
Tiny Fingerprints
Ashley Holler, who isn't quite 2 years old yet, was game to give it a try,
but her little fingers didn't leave much in the way of fingerprints. Lt. Bob
Douglas and Officer Paula Ibsen were fingerprinting children at K-Mart
on Friday and will be back at the store next Friday.
If you've already made plans for
tonight and the rest of the week and
| they don't include the 99th annual
| Johnson County Pioneer and Old
Settlers Reunion in Alvarado, you
may want to rethink.
The parade kicks off the week's
festivities today (Monday, Aug. 12)
at 6 p.m. That will be followed by the
opening ceremonies at 8:15 p.m. and
the queen contest at 8:45 p.m.
Thirty-five parade awards will
be given in 27 categories which in-
clude best decorated float, decorated
car, decorated commercial vehicle,
j- religious, patriotic, recreation/sports,
comical man, comical woman, school
band, non-school band, original, farm
products, Boy Scout troop. Girl Scout
troop, attractive pet, riding club, at-
tractive boy pony rider, attractive girl
pony rider, decorated bicycle (boy)
and decorated bicycle (girl), mini-
motor (girl) and mini-motor (boy),
an;iquc car, twirlcr, livestock drawn
vehicle, civic club/organization, and
motorcycle, ^.yvards will be given
out at the pavilion after the parade.
The first 25 girls who register
w i 11 vie for the title of Reunion queen.
The queen will receive S50 and a
trophy and the first and second run-
ners-up will receive $25 and a charm.
The queen will also be eligible for a
$500 scholarship. The deadline for
entering this contest was yesterday
so if you haven't signed up you'll just
have to go watch. All girls must be
between 15-21 and never married.
The popular baby contest wi 11 be
Tuesday, Aug. 13, starting at 7:30
p.m. Numbers will be assigned start-
ing at 7 p.m. at the pavilion. Each
group is limited to the first 100 en-
tries. Thercarc twocategorics—Tod-
dler to 2-1/2 years old (girl and boy
divisions) and 2-1/2 years old to 4-1/
2 years old (girl and boy divisions). A
queen and king will be selected in
each age group. The winners will
receive a trophy and a savings bond.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Sat-
urday nights feature Tim Godsey and
"Stampede" at 8:30p.m. on Aug. 14,
Buddie Hrabal and "Memory Lane"
at 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 15, and Bill
Thacker and "The Southlandcrs" at
8:30 p.m. on Aug. 17.
Friday night is fiddle night. The
future fiddler contest will begin at 7
p.m. Participants are not judged in
the future fiddler contest. A fiddle
instructor can assist during die per-
formance.
The fiddle contest starts at 8:30
p.m. There arc four age groups—25
years old and under, 26-45 years of
age, 45-60 years old, and 61 years old
and older. Contestants in this contest
must have a minimum of two years
experience and be able to tune and
play without assistance. Each con-
testant plays two tunes with no more
than three accompanists.
First place, second place, and
third place awards will be given in
each age division. First place win-
ners receive $125, second place
winners receive $75, and third place
winners receive $50. Once the age
division winners arc named, there
will be playoffs among the four first
place winners in order to select a
Reunion Champion Fiddler. The
champion will receive $150.
In addition to all of the sched-
uled activities, there will be ri^s,
food, and more fun than should be
allowed. Be sure to see upcoming
Burleson Star issues for pictures of
all the major events.
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