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Westchester Drive Crimes IMtk)fTiUif A theft by taking was reported on Jan. 1 at Hanovw Place. Auto 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 er-iti— -9ullKhl§ 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 lll.ili hii ■!mt —i- MM Pnnl A of wescnesier uffcw on bepr. 9. 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. * Fj WU BLANKENSHIP I Tn Kir, * Huh. ▲ Westchester Drive has been home to 52 crimes since Jan. 1. Some residents say they are trying to clean up the Westchester area. STREET: Apartments host many crimes, trying to clean up ► From Page 1 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.” Sara: Atwns-Ctvte County Pole* Department and UGA Pokes Dept NEWS The Red a Black | Tuesday, October a6, aoio University alumni create scholarship By MICHAEL PROCHASKA The Red & Buck 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 Tuesday rm Black C Corner LTj/*{ { I Sgg NEW • USED ! 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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. 3