Part of the reason why I love this city was mentioned in one of the comments on Ben Petracco’s last post about the fence around the reservoir. Without going back to look at it, it said something along the lines that “it’s not the fence or alarms or gates that keep Fort Thomas safe, it’s the eyes and ears of the neighbors looking out for one another.”
That comment flows seamlessly into the following Facebook post I just came across from Matt Birkley (of FTM advertising fame) :
A WARNING to everyone in the Ft Thomas, Highland heights area. A customer of mine foiled an attempted burglary today in Ft Thomas. She saw a woman in her neighbor’s garage and a man sitting in a car in the driveway. When she confronted the woman, she quickly jumped into the waiting car which sped off. Police came within minutes but they got away. Look out for your neighbors. Call the police if you see ANYTHING out of the norm. The word is out that that we are easy targets.
This particular incident was on Canon Ridge, near the old Moore’s Hardware, right off 471. We have mentioned it a number of times on this site. The Fort Thomas Police Dept. has issued a number of warnings as well. Even though we continue to get mocked in our comments, but we will say it again: Don’t be an easy target. Lock your houses and your doors and let’s keep these fools out of our city.
And God Bless nosy neighbors. In this instance.
