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Westchester Drive Crimes
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A theft by taking was reported on Jan. 1 at Hanovw Place.
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Items ware reported stolen tram a vehicle on Westchester Drive on
Jan. 12.
Assault
A misdemeanor battery was repotted on Hanover Ptace on Jan. IS.
Burglary
A woman reported a burglary occurred between Jan. 16 and Jan. 17.
Battery
A simple battery was reported at Hanover Place on Feb. 6.
Theft
A theft by taking was reported on Westchester Lane on Feb. 7.
Burglary
A residential burglary with forced entrance was reported on
Westchester Circle on Feb. 9.
Simple Assault
A simple assault was reported on Westchester Circle on Feb. 13.
Robbery
A residential armed robbery with a gun was reported on Westchester
Circle on Feb. 16.
Theft
Two men kicked in the front door of a home in the 100 block of
Hanover Place on Feb. 25 and stole Items valued at $1,200.
Battery
A simple battery was reported at Westchester Circle on March 19.
Entering Auto
An entering auto was reported on Westchester Circle on March 22.
Assault
A ample battery was reported at Hanover Place on April 5.
Assault
A simple battery was reported on Westchester Drive on April 7.
Aggravated Assault
An aggravated assault with a deadly weapon was reported on April
20.
Burglary
A burglary was reported on Hanover Place on April 27.
IWo Instances of Battery
Two misdemeanor batteries were reported on Westchester Drive on
May 13.
Entering Auto
A vehicle was entered between June 2 and 3 while parked at a
Westchester Drive location. Two laptops worth SI2OO were stolen.
Burglary
On Westchester Lane, a laptop and ceiphone were stolen on June 4.
Theft by Taking
A theft by taking, less than SSOO. was reported at the 100 block of
Westchester Lane on June 12.
Battery
A simple battery was reported at the 100 block of Westchester Circle
on June 14.
Burglary
Between June 15 and 16 items valued at $lO5 were stolen.
Battery
A simple battery was reported at the 100 block of Westchester Drive
on June 22.
Burglary
A property manager at Tallassee Club Vilas witnessed two males
carrying a bicycle and propane tank on June 23. When she checked
the apartment, the door was kicked in and items were missing.
Burglary
A residential burglary, no forced entry, was reported at the 100 block
of Westchester Circle on July 3
Two Instances of Simple Assault
Two instances of sattpie assault were reported at the 100 block of
Westchester Late on July 10.
Entering Auto
A vehicle was entered white it was parked at a Westchester Drive
residence and a Sony radio/CO player was stolen on Juty 14.
• Battery
A simple battery was reported at the 100 block of Westchester Lane
on Juty 16.
Theft by Deception
A theft by deception was reported at Westchester Cade on Juty 18.
Aggravated Assault
A man with a knife was at a Westchester Lane residence Juty 20.
Theft by Taking
A theft by taking, less that SSOO. was reported at the 100 block of
Hanover Place on Juty 23.
Battery
A misdemeanor battery was reported at the 100 block ot Hanover
Place on Juty 28.
Terroristic Threats or Acts
A terroristic threat or act was reported at the 100 block of
Westchester Circle on Aug 2
Battery
A misdemeanor battery was reported at the 100 block of Westchester
Drive on Aug. 5
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Aggravated stalling was reported at Hanover Place on Aug. 6
Assault
A simple assault was reported at Hanover Place on Aug. 6.
Theft by Taking
A theft by taking, less than SSOO, was reported at Westchester Drive
and Tallassee Road on Aug. 13.
Battery
A misdemeanor battery was reported at the 100 block of Westchester
Lane on Aug. 15
Battery
A misdemeanor battery was reported at the 100 block ot Westchester
Circle on Aug. 22.
Battery
A simple battery was reported at the 100 block ot Westchester Ode
on Aug. 24.
Battery
„A simple battery was reported at the 100 block of Hanover Place on
Aug. 27
Battery
A simple battery was reported at the 100 block of Hanover Place on
Aug. 28.
Terroristic Threats or Acts
A terroristic threat or act was reported at Hanover Place on Aug. 28
Battery
A simple battery was reported at the 3000 block of Hanover Place on
Aug. 29.
Two instances of simple assault on Westchester Drive
on Aug. 31.
Battery
A battery was reported on tfw 300 block of Westchester Drive on
Sept 6.
Aggravated Assauß
An aggravated assault involving a gun was reported on the 100 block
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Battery
A battery wts reported on the 100 block of Westchester Drive on
Sept 20.
Battery
A battery was reported at Hanover Place on Sept. 25.
Thaft by Taking
A theft by taking, less than SSOO (bicycle), was reported to 300
block of Westchester Drive on Oct. 3.
Theft
A fteft was reported on Westchester Drive on Oct 11.
Theft of Vehicle
A vehicle theft wes reported on to 300 Mock of Westchester Drive
on Oct. 18.
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▲ Westchester Drive has been home to 52
crimes since Jan. 1. Some residents say they
are trying to clean up the Westchester area.
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host many crimes,
trying to clean up
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want to be named said they were a little surprised
Westchester was on the list of crime-filled areas. They
pointed down the street to Tallassee Club Villas, an
apartment complex off of Westchester Drive, and said
that was where the crime was.
Where it all goes down
Eighteen of the more than 50 area crimes occurred on
Hanover Place, the street where Tallassee Club Villas Is
located.
“When I just started working here it was terrible," said
Aida Robles, assistant manager for the complex. “You
were afraid to walk from your house to you know, the
laundry room, because it was dark. It was no lights, it
was people all over the place drinking, smoking.”
However, Robles said she didn’t hear about specific
crime, but did know there were less-than-savory charac
ters who called the place home.
“Tallassee is not a bad neighborhood, but it is bad
people here, so we just have to get rid of them and try
slowly but surely putting new tenants in with better
expectations,” she said.
She said management was doing a lot to minimize the
stereotypes Tallassee has fallen victim to, much of which
is not from the doings of residents In the first place.
“The kids from this neighborhood, from Tallassee,
they don’t really get into fights. It’s general kids that are
coming from other neighborhoods, that are coming here
to chill and have a good time, but then they start getting
into an argument and then something happens,” she
said.
Many of the issues Robles says she sees in Tallassee
come from residents disrespecting the complex’s rules
and each other.
“I rent this apartment to this lady, she said she was
single. Three weeks after she move in, she stab her boy
friend inside her apartment. What could I do about that?
It’s nothing you can do about that. They move out; she’s
not here anymore,” Robles said. “The other situation, it
was a black lady drinking with two Mexican guys. Her
boyfriend came into the apartment and he found the
girlfriend, you know, having fun with this Mexican guys.”
The thing Robies said she sees most, however, is bul
lying of her and her family because of their race and eth
nicity.
“They are not free to walk by Westchester without
getting, you know, called names, cause they are mixed.
They are black with Mexican. And they get a lot of names
to us," she said. “Every time you walk by you are like a*
big red spot hit me, I’m here, say something to me.
But you know, I’m used to it now because in this job you
have to be tough. You have to deal with all kinds of peo
ple.”
Though Robles said that even if given the chance, she
wouldn’t leave Tallassee, she did say the neighborhood
wasn’t the best for everyone.
“For kids, this is not a good neighborhood. This is
not,” she said.
But residents say things are changing in Tallassee and
on Westchester Drive. Robles and her fellow co-workers
at the apartment complex are working hard to clean the
neighborhood up.
Turning things around
“We’ve evicted a lot of those bad tenants so they’re
not here anymore. My boss already evict eight of them
and this month he’s gonna evict another eight and we’re
gonna keep doing it until this is cleaned up,” Robles
said.
Bhe said many of the evicted tenants were either drug
dealers or just didn’t pay their rent.
“I mean, we had some tenants that were females that
were, you know, prostitutes, and you know I didn’t know
that when they come and fill out their applications
they don’t put that on the applications,” Robles said.
“They just write their income and their proof of
income.”
Jeremy Butts used to live In the Westchester area, and
said things have changed since then.
“Back In the day they used to have a lot of crime but
now It’s calmed down a whole lot,” he said.
Damian Walker, a friend of Butts’, said he moved to
Athens two months ago.
“Where I’m from is way worse than this. You got a
shooting every day. But that's just the hood,” he said.
Robles said Tallassee management began checking
backgrounds of potential renters and “if you pass the
test, you’re welcome here and If not, sorry, you can find
another place to live.”
“I have been seeing a lot of changes here and I know
we can do a lot more. I know we will do It,” Robles said.
“If they let me, I’ll try my best. I know that means that
you know some people aren’t gonna like me for what I
do, but It’s for a good cause.”
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Michael Fenton was
lucky. Traveling the world
with his two childhood
friends, the University
graduates knew they
wanted to give back to
tne state that taught
them so much.
Fenton and his friends
founded the Atlanta-Latin
America Scholarship, a
nonprofit organization
increasing student ties to
Latin American countries
and providing foreign lan
guage training in
Guadalajara, Mexico, this
May.
“You have to be resil
ient,” Fenton said. “You
might have an idea for
something one day —and
a lot of people come up
with ideas —but it’s
important to stay with
your idea every day and
take focus and take the
small steps. Eventually
over time, the small steps
add up and you can bring
the idea into reality."
Fenton was determined
to immerse himself in a
foreign culture since mid
dle school when he met
Joey Campbell and Allen
Walton. The two University
graduates co-founded
ALAS with Fenton.
Campbell said once
they took Spanish classes
together, their affinity for
the Latin American cul
ture grew. They later trav
eled together to Latin
American countries.
Ten years later, they
are on a mission to give
back to the community.
“We feel that American
people should take the
opportunity to travel and
do a study abroad while
they’re styi going to
school,” said Fenton, who
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lived in China after col
lege. “There’s just a world
outside our border. It will
give students an opportu
nity to see the world how
it is.”
But the real inspiration
for ALAS came during a
vacation in Panama.
“We were just kind of
hanging out by the pool
one day, and we got into a
conversation with these
guys who were Americans,”
Campbell said. “They told
us that they were doctors
from various parts of the
Midwest. They went Into
a description of how they
had been in Panama for
several weeks, taking care
of sick children and fami
lies that did not have the
money to be able to have
medical care, so they were
doing pro bono work.”
The volunteer doctors
were slightly older than
Campbell and Fenton.
“It really humbled us,”
Campbell said. “These
guys all have families and
the fact that they were
able to get away from
their everyday lives and
their jobs to sacrifice a
little bit of their own per
sonal projects to go down
to a place like Panama
and look after people that
just don't have the means
to do it themselves to
us that was just complete
ly astonishing.”
Now, the graduates
have launched a scholar
ship program that gives
students the chance to
learn Spanish in various
locations of Latin America
and help volunteer with
local projects.
The ALAS scholarship
is available to students
enrolled within the
University System of
Georgia. Some experience
in Spanish is recommend
ed, though not required.
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