Operation Phoenix center burglarized
Computers were stolen from the central area Operation Phoenix center during a weekend break-in, Operation Phoenix coordinator Kent Paxton said.
Paxton said four or five computers and other property was ripped off from the center, which is intended to provide children a place to play and study. He said there were actually two break-ins, one on Thursday when the alarm scared the thief (or thieves) off and another over the weekend when the thefts occurred.
He ventured that the burglary could have been retaliation for recent police and code enforcement sweeps in the area, as well as activity by the city's graffiti abatement crew.
"It could be random, although I doubt that," Paxton said.
It's possible that a suspect or suspects could have already be arrested. Police spokesman Lt. Dan Keil said he didn't immediately have detailed information on the case but it's his understanding that as of Tuesday night, the investigation was closed.
The central area Operation Phoenix center is at First Church of the Nazarene at 1605 North Sierra Way. The center serves a 20-block area north of downtown that Mayor Pat Morris and other city officials identified as one of San Bernardino's most crime-ridden areas when the program was launched in 2006.
"It's still the most challenged area in the city," Paxton said. "We've made some progress, but it's still a challenge."
Paxton said that during the month of June, there were 1,457 visits to the center.
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Are you SERIOUS!? Somebody stole from the thief? Operation Phoenix is a waste of tax dollars. Just look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKpJSg9r6SA .
It was a waste of our tax dollars and still drains us, today! Maybe the computers in the OP center will better benefit some poor family's kid...WHY ARE WE FUNDING A FAILURE?!
No problem…Our City Father ole Deep Pockets Morris will just put more furnishings into these black holes. They probably are already up and working now. There MUST be some kind of misunderstanding because the OP Centers are there to keep kids off the streets, off drugs and out of mischief. They must have just borrowed them for a school project, right Mayor? Nothing bad would EVER happen at YOUR OP Centers, right? Yes it is true, having to admit that calling a duck fowl is politically correct but you still have to admit it when a duck is a duck. OP is just BAD business for all. In a perfect world it would work, but this is SB…remember??
If the citizens of SB don’t correct this problem we have at City Hall in the next election then all hope is lost for SB.
You people are crazy, and if you don't have anything good or positive to say about this city, the mayor, etc., then just keep your traps shut. What comes out of the mouth is what's in the heart, and can't do anything good for you, for your neighbors, for this city, or anyone or anything . . . JUST QUIT IT! You make me SICK! You don't have any vision . . . and without a vision, you are going nowhere, perishing . . .
Been Watching 2:
Says you the masked man with the eyeholes not cut out!
BeenWatching2:
You're either an idiot, or a friend of Morris. We actually care abt our city and want things changed. Operation Phoenix is just another key to Morris' non-profit scamming. Morris needs to be ran out of town and into a prison cell. WTF is wrong with you that would make you want to shut people up about the truth. That's the only way things change: by bringing issues out in the open. So our mayor is a scam artist and Operation Phoenix is one of his scams. See? Was that too hard? Now, all we have to o is have him tossed out on his ear and elect someone better.