05/29/02

Information on Homewood, Mountain Brook, Vestavia Hills and Birmingham area police activity comes from police and sheriff's department reports on felony incidents. The incidents often remain under investigation. Details of the incidents and possible charges may change before final disposition. Today's crime listing includes reports filed from May 15 to May 22.

MOUNTAIN BROOK

Burglary

Crestbrook Road, 3700 block, residential, May 15, 1:35-1:50 p.m., purse valued at $265, $7 cash taken, 33-year-old Trussville woman arrested.

Old Leeds Road, 4100 block, residential, May 17-20, $1,000 damage to doors.

Property theft

Brookwood Village, 600 block, shopping center, May 18, 10:15 a.m., cookware valued at $600 taken.

New Country Club Road, no block given, country club, May 21, 3:15-5 p.m., car valued at $12,682 taken.

Auto burglary

Grand Rock Road, 5000 block, roadway, May 17-18, 10 p.m.-4:30 p.m., $210 damage to window, $150 damage to CD player.

Criminal mischief

Brookshire Place, 2200 block, roadway, May 16-17, 11 p.m.-8:30 a.m., $500 damage to windshield, $1,500 damage to vehicle hood.

Forgery

English Village Lane, 2200 block, residential, May 3-6, two personal checks forged.

Pine Ridge Road, 3100 block, residential, Feb. 20-March 1, three checks forged.

VESTAVIA HILLS

Property theft

Montgomery Highway, 500 block, bank, May 15, 5:30 p.m., check worth $325 taken.

Old Creek Trail, 1800 block, residence, May 15, 3:20 p.m., generator valued at $1,000 taken.

Columbiana Road, 2000 block, church, May 16, 1:16 p.m., cell phone valued at $175 taken.

Beaumont Drive, 400 block, residence, May 16, 11 a.m., money clip valued at $50, $180 cash, three credit cards, ATM card, driver's license taken.

Montgomery Highway, 1400 block, car lot, May 18, 11 a.m., car valued at $26,200 taken.

Merryvale Road, 1900 block, playground, May 18, 11:30 a.m., playground equipment damaged, valued unknown.

Crossgate Trail, 2300 block, residence, May 18, 5:43 p.m., table top valued at $10, fern valued at $50, water catcher valued at $1 taken.

Vestavia Parkway, 1000 block, place not given, May 21, 10:21 a.m., gun taken, valued unknown.

Fraudulent use of credit card

Hackberry Lane, 2200 block, residence, May 12, check valued at $1,250 taken.

Criminal mischief

Altacrest Road, 3600 block, residence, May 18, 5:36 p.m., cast iron mailbox damaged, $450.

Montgomery Highway, 1000 block, restaurant, May 18, 8:58 a.m., window pane damaged, $300.

Montgomery Highway, 1400 block, service station, May 18, 11:40 p.m., car panel damaged, $400.

Montgomery Highway, 1400 block, shopping center, May 19, 11 p.m., store windows damaged, $16,000; front door glass damaged, $300.

Royal Tower Drive, 300 block, apartment, May 19, 3:30 p.m., wallet valued at $35, $100 cash, two credit cards, driver's license taken.

Tyler Road and Paden Drive, highway, May 17, 10:17 p.m., rear view mirror damaged, value unknown.

Greendale Road, 3000 block, apartment, May 21, 7:25 p.m., scratches on side of vehicle, value unknown.

Stratford Place, block not given, residence, May 21, 10 a.m., damage to doors, $2,000; damage to plumbing, $200.

IRONDALE

Property theft

Crestwood Boulevard, 1800 block, May 20, 11:30-11:45 p.m., commercial, cellular telephone taken.

North East Wood, 1000 block, May 15-16, 8 p.m.-7 p.m., residential, fiddle worth $200 taken.

Auto burglary

Paramont Drive, 5300 block, May 21, 3-4 a.m., residential, nothing taken.

Paramont Drive, 5300 block, May 21, 4:30 a.m., residential, air conditioner converter and stethoscope taken.

HOMEWOOD

Property theft

Leland Road, 2900 block, residence, May 13-20, saw, lawnmower, leaf blower taken.

West Oxmoor Road, 100 block, industrial, May 20, 8 a.m.-2:15 p.m., car taken.

Lakeshore Parkway, 200 block, business, May 21, 3:15-3:30 p.m., three cameras, recorder among items taken.

Distribution Drive, 200 block, commercial, May 17, 10:50 a.m.-1:45 p.m., wallet, driver's license, Social Security card, bank credit card, video rental card, store card, 15 checks taken.

Green Springs Highway, 200 block, business, May 17, 5-5:53 p.m., shop vacuum cleaner, two drill kits, safe taken.

Leland Road, 2900 block, residence, May 18, 4:15-5 p.m., bicycle taken.

South Shades View Terrace, 1100 block, residence, May 18, noon-4:30 p.m., chair, table, seat, planter taken.

Lakeshore Parkway, 200 block, business, May 18, 6-6:35 p.m., pickup truck taken and recovered.

Hermosa Drive, 100 block, residence, May 15-16, 4 p.m.-9 a.m., lawnmower taken.

Burglary

Hall Avenue, 100 block, residence, May 20, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., table, two chairs taken.

Berkley Place, 300 block, residence, April 30-May 18, lawnmower, leaf blower, lawn edger, weeding machine taken.

Warwick Road, 700 block, residence, May 15-19, lawnmower taken. Forgery

West Valley Avenue, 400 block, business, May 20, 11:30 p.m., false prescription recovered at a pharmacy.

Green Springs Highway, first block, business, May 17, 4:05-4:30 p.m., bank card used.

West Valley Avenue, 200 block, business, May 18, 2001, no time given, check taken.

Fraud

Lakeshore Parkway, 200 block, business, May 20, 7:25 p.m., 27-year-old Birmingham woman arrested.

Auto burglary

Wildwood Parkway, 200 block, May 20, 1:30 p.m., purse, driver's license, checkbook taken.

Oakleaf Circle, 800 block, parking lot, May 19-20, 12:15 a.m.-7:15 a.m., compact disc player taken, window, light, assorted compact discs damaged.

Olympia Drive, May 17-18, 7 p.m.-12:10 a.m., steering column cover, window damaged, two power locks taken.

Olympia Drive, 100 block, kind of location not given, May 14-15, 11:10 a.m.-6:30 a.m., 17 gift boxes taken.

Rape

Goodwin Crest Drive, 200 block, business, May 19, 2-2:30 a.m., 20-year-old Remlap woman reported raped.

Parkridge Drive, 3000 block, residence, May 13, 6:30-7 p.m., 15-year-old Homewood girl reported raped.

Drug offense

Barber Court at West Valley Avenue, street, May 11, 1:55 a.m., two bags of illegal drugs, stolen car tag, pistol, package of rolling papers recovered.

Counterfeiting

Green Springs Highway, 200 block, other commercial, May 15, 7-7:30 p.m., counterfeit $5 bill recovered.

JEFFERSON COUNTY SOUTH

Auto theft

Citation Court, 100 block, May 17, 12:45-1 p.m., commercial, stolen 1994 auto recovered.

Property theft

Acton Road, 3700 block, May 1-16, residential, Oxycontin tablets taken.

Cahaba River Parc, 1600 block, May 17-18, 10:30-5:30 p.m., residential, radar detector and CDs taken from apartment.

Forgery

Green Springs Highway, 100 block, May 10-14, commercial, forged documents used to withdraw $3,500 from savings accounts.

Pumphouse Road, 2900 block, March 1-8, residential, no details.

Identity theft

Russett Landing Circle, 6200 block, May 17, 8:30 a.m., residential, identity theft reported.

BIRMINGHAM SOUTH PRECINCT

Auto burglary

Stonebridge Road, 200 block, May 17-15, 4-8 p.m., commercial, cassette player, cell phone, tapes and gloves taken.

Robert Jemison Drive, 100 block, May 17, 4-7 p.m., commercial, assorted tools taken.

Woodcrest Drive, 2300 block, May 17, 1 a.m., commercial, side window broken.

Property theft

Ninth Terrace North, 4700 block, May 17-20, residential, washing machine, dryer, stove and refrigerator taken.

Valley Avenue, 700 block, May 18, 12:30 a.m., commercial, wallet, check book and assorted credit cards taken.

11th Avenue South, 1200 block, May 18, 2 p.m., hospital, cell phone taken.

Richard Arrington Boulevard, 5300 block, May 20, 2:28 p.m., residential, jewelry taken.

Carraway Boulevard, 1600 block, May 16, 8:30 a.m., hospital, computer taken.

Meadow Lane, 1500 block, May 18, 10:15 a.m., residential, credit cards and checkbook taken.

Princeton Avenue, 800 block, May 15, 1:30-2 p.m., commercial, wallet, credit cards, gift certificate, checkbook and $175 in currency taken.

Southlake Parkway, 4600 block, May 15, 9:45 p.m., commercial, cell phone taken.

Sixth Avenue South, 1800 block, May 11-18, commercial, fax machine taken.

Burglary

16th Avenue South, first block, May 16, 7:50 a.m.-5:45 p.m., residential, TV, VCR and stereo taken.

33rd Street South, 1400 block, May 16, 5 p.m.-7:30 a.m., residential, two TVs, VCR and CD player taken.

Second Avenue South, 4200 block, May 17, 7-11 p.m., residential, house broken into.

Ninth Court South, 2400 block, May 18, 3:15-6:26 p.m., residential, CD's, jewelry taken.

%%head%%ANIMAL BITES %%ehead%% %%bodybegin%%The following animal bites, deemed serious enough to merit medical attention, were reported May 11-17 to the Jefferson County Department of Health:

Cahaba Heights A tan dog bit an 8-year-old in the face.

Crestline A black dog bit a 48-year-old on the right arm.

Riverchase A white and tan dog bit a 40-year-old on one foot.

Birmingham A black border collie bit a 7-year-old on the right hand.

%%head%%ROADWORK UPDATE %%ehead%% %%bodybegin%%Work under way on major streets and highways in the area includes:

Birmingham

Interstate 20/59 The southbound lanes of this traffic artery in downtown Birmingham from near Carraway Boulevard to near 17th Street North are being resurfaced through early August. Because of traffic volume, work will be done at night. A single lane should be closed on this schedule: Monday-Thursday, 8 p.m.-5 a.m.; Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m.-9 a.m.; and Sunday, 8 p.m.-5 a.m.

Stouts Road A three-block section of this narrow street near 21st Avenue North on Birmingham's northside will be widened and have new curbs and gutters added in a project expected to last until the end of the year.