Another driveway robbery has taken place in Fort Bend County, this time in the Greatwood area just outside of the Sugar Land city limits.
The latest crime happened at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday as a 53-year-old man was coming home in the 1100 block of Oak Glen Lane. (See map of area by clicking here.)
The man told Fort Bend County Sheriff's investigators that he and his daughter were approached in their driveway by a man with a gun.
The robber told them to shut up and asked what was in a grocery bag the man was carrying, according to a news release issued this afternoon by the sheriff's office.
"The victim threw the bag of groceries and his wallet out into the driveway hoping this would keep the robber away from him and his daughter," the release states.
The robber ordered the man to lie on the driveway while he went through the grocery items and the man's pockets, taking the house and car keys. During this time, the man's daughter was hiding behind a nearby fence.
At some point, the robber hit the man in the head and face with the gun and told him to shut up.
"The victim stated that the suspect walked through the privacy gate and was apparently going to make entry into the residence through the rear door, but was scared away by a barking dog inside the residence," the release states.
When the robber spotted the girl behind the fence, he threatened to kill her if she did not remain quiet. He also threatend to shoot the dog.
After the robber fled, police were called. The robber is described as being black, between 16 and 25 years old, 6 feet 2 inches to 6 feet 4 inches tall, and having an athletic build.
The pants he was wearing had a single stripe running down the pant leg.
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Rational Approach???
As our local economy continues to suffer high unemployment and excessive commercial development, including many more apartments, we will continue to see increases in crime in this area. Our local councils and commissioners do nothing to address the high density development or the plethora of hotels/motels coming to the area. Unemployment was at a little over 5% last year and has jumped to about 8.5% this year with some fairly high profile mass lay-offs. Meanwhile the county appraisal district, to keep fattening the local taxing entities budgets, increased property valuations (in a down market) to nearly 11%. I predict we will see massive crime increases across the area this year.
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Let's hope law enforcement
Let's hope law enforcement can curb these assaults and stop further attacks and the creation of more victims.
transparencyingovt
Paradise Lost?
This insenses me. I'm not a person who carries a weapon or even has a dog but reading this makes me consider having both. At the very least have high decibel alarm to scare away intruders. (thinking: most criminals just want money or valuables & don't want to commit a serious assualt or a homicide crime)
People, call the police if you see someone around your house who doesn't belong or who even looks suspicious.
I've said before there are too many apartment complexes
anonymous said "As our local economy continues to suffer high unemployment and excessive commercial development, including many more apartments, we will continue to see increases in crime in this area. Our local councils and commissioners do nothing to address the high density development" ... I've said before there is no reason for all of these huge apartment complexes going up in Fort Bend. The land is inexpensive, suburban or rural, so high-density makes no sense. It will benefit no one aside from the apartment developers and their overzealous real estate companies working the deals like Indermuehle. We have enough multi-family in southwest Houston already; no need to spread it over to Fort Bend. There's a reason southwest Houston is generally undesirable to families, while the Sugar Land area is so popular. County leaders need to do something.
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