These are state crime statistics from Alabama.com:
Brewton rapes 3; East Brewton rapes 0
Brewton robbery 8; East Brewton 1
Brewton assault 62; East Brewton 3
Brewton burglary 53; East Brewton 10
Brewton larceny 142; East Brewton 43
Brewton motor vehicle theft 8; East Brewton 4
Look at the startling difference between Brewton's larceny(theft) rate and East Brewton's! It would be easy to say that obviously there are more thieves in Brewton than there are in East Brewton, but checking the statistics across the state, Brewton's figures are about par - in fact a little below par when compared to a similar sized city like Jackson which had 237 larcenies for the same period. The burglary and assault rates between Brewton and East Brewton seem a little "out of whack" if you look at them closely. Is it reasonable to believe that Brewton had 59 more "ass whuppings" than East Brewton for the same period?
East Brewton residents tell Alabama Confidential a different story than is revealed in Al.com's crime stats. One writes:
So many people have had their property stolen, whether from a break in or just from someone coming right onto their premises to take it. People are constantly walking the streets at all hours of the night. My neighbor has told me several times that she has spotted people leaving the street and walking right through the middle of her yard
Another comment:
I feel that one of the big problems in this town is that you have a mayor and Chief of Police who cannot remain focused on their jobs. The mayor works in Brewton as a car salesman (yet is always asking the residents here to shop in East Brewton), and the Chief of Police is working weekends as a security guard ... in Montgomery. When the cat's away...
Is it true that there are as many as four fences in East Brewton accepting stolen goods and that some of those stolen goods are winding up in a Birmingham pawn shop owned by the brother of one of the fences? Is it also true that the money being reaped in by the stolen goods is being used for the wholesale purchase of drugs which are resold in Brewton and East Brewton?
One reader goes so far to speculate that some East Brewton police might be participants in the crime wave that is victimizing the citizens of East Brewton. That's a pretty strong charge, but indicative of the frustration residents have when faced with a logjam of unsolved crimes.
There is this final chilling reader comment:
One of my biggest fears is what is next? Right now, they are not afraid to break into homes or garages when no one is home. I feel it is only a matter of time before they break into an occupied home and, God forbid, kill someone.
1 comment:
My comment is about the speculation of East Brewton Police officers being participants of crime waves and victimizing the citizens of East Brewton. If you ask the non criminal citizens what they think of the police officers, most will tell you that they do more than there job for justice. Like any town with crime you will have the criminals report on mistreatment from the police. Very rarely do you report the upstanding things that the police accomplish. But then again negativity sales. I find it offensive that neighbors would think that our boys in blue would be dealing with the criminals in less than justified ways. When they are spending all there time away from family and friends with very little pay, to answer the calls from East Brewton's citizens. Like any town in the US you will have bored citizens creating caos!
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