Henry Young has lived at Joyce and Midland Streets in the Campostella area for about four years. He calls it a relatively quiet area.
“[Neighbors] speak pretty decent, there’s a few of them we know personally,” he said. “We look out for each other.”
But now and then, he says there’s a problem.
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“Every two to three months, someone would come through late in the evening time or early in the morning,” he said. “They would tug on doors and see if people’s cars were open.”
Young told News 3’s Jay Greene it’s not a new problem—something similar happened on Christmas Eve early in the morning.
Donny Price, who lives across the street from Young, said someone broke into his car.
“Glove compartment was open and papers were thrown everywhere,” he said.
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