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Police Tight-Lipped on North Chattanooga Crime

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2013 · News & Politics

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by Alyssa Spirato North Chattanooga residents are wanting answers after police remain tight-lipped about a recent increase in crimes in their neighborhood. But this isn't the first time we're hearing about crime around that particular neighborhood.NewsChannel9 first introduced you to Emily Goodin a few weeks ago. After thieves broke into Goodin's home for the third time, she did everything she could to make sure that didn't turn into four. She took to Facebook after she says a neighbor caught three men in her front yard peering through windows and knocking on the door. But when the neighbor approached the men asking what they wanted, they ran off. So Goodin called police and had a tougher time than she thought getting help. But lucky for her, the neighbor was able to catch the car's tag number, make and model.Even though something didn't happen that day and that's probably why it was categorized as miscellaneous report, it could have happened. Something could have happened if my neighbor wasn't there to stop them, says Goodin in a prior NewsChannel9 interview.Fast forward two weeks and thieves strike again. Police say a man unlawfully entered two North Chattanooga homes. In each case, the two women screamed for help causing the attacker to run off. But throughout it all, police aren't telling us much about the location and the attempted assault. They're even hesitant to comment on if Goodin's experience is related what happened over the weekend. Which is leaving surrounding neighbors concerned.I live very close to where this attack was right between me and my aunt's house. So I go by there on a regular basis.It would make me apprehensive to have my wife here alone, says Garnet Chapin.This isn't the only times we've heard about North Chattanooga crime. Back in 2010, Chattanooga Police met with residents to talk crime in their neighborhood. One of those residents was Kem Alexander. We spoke to her after the meeting.We've had break-ins. I've had four around my house in the past 6 months. I thought this was going to be addressing those issues, says Alexander in a prior interview.Thursday NewsChannel9 returned to Alexander's house to see if she feels the same after three years. She says every summer it's the same story.It always happens in the spring and the summer. People get hot and annoyed with one another and they go outside and they act badly, says Alexander.Hearing the news of the attempted assault doesn't calm her fears.That's real scary to think that people would be bold enough to come in your house when you're there. I work from home. So it's real scary that when all the break-ins were going on a year or two ago, I would lock my front door during the day. I hated doing that. It just doesn't seem right, says Alexander.Thursday, Goodin told NewsChannel9 since the incident, police are trying to track down the car she posted on Facebook. We also tried reaching Chattanooga Police Chief Bobby Dodd for comment. We haven't heard anything back.

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