Crime Stoppers in Action – December

Safe Shopping is of high concern during the month of December since a lot of people have to get their holiday shopping done. Throughout the month, we educated Houstonians specifically on this topic by sharing eye opening facts and numbers as well as helpful tips to stay safe. Even though they are of particular significance at this time of the year, they should be paid attention to all year long. If you missed this important information, read them now.

Beyond that, we continued to diligently raise awareness about other types of crime affecting our City. Cultivating and growing partnerships with other organizations is part of our strategy to keep Houston safe. In December, we joined Adore Houston for their Monster Holiday Drive (pictured on the right) and were recognized as one of the 35 Houston-area charities to receive a grant for our anti-animal cruelty program at Houston PetSet’s 4th Annual Gifting Event. Furthermore, we attended KickStartKids Winter Belt Ceremony and presented to Wilder students at Northpointe Intermediate School to spread the important message of how to keep our children safe.

The new open carry law went into effect January 1, 2016, and last December we joined the Houston Police Department at their second informational meeting to learn more about the law as it pertains to our community and our students (Watch the meeting in length here).

AND last but not least, we had quite a few things to be excited about! We were selected as one of 12 deserving charities to participate in the Culture Map Charity Contest and WON PRIME Living’s first annual Readers’ Choice Awards in the categories “Best Nonprofit” and “Best Gala”.

THE MOST THRILLING MOMENT IN DECEMBER (at least for us): We got one step closer to being in our new home, the very first Crime Stoppers headquarters in the nation, The Dave Ward Crime Stoppers of Houston Building. Pictured on the below are Crime Stoppers Executive Director Rania Mankarious and Deputy Director Nichole Christoph watching our old building finally coming down!

During the month of December, the Crime Stoppers of Houston Tip Line:

Received 587 tips
- 10 tips – Solved felony cases
- 8 tips – Executed felony warrants
Arrested 43 suspects
Solved/executed 58 cases
Cleared 34 offense reports
Paid 46 anonymous informants

Below is one of the cases solved by Crime Stoppers in December:On November 26, 2015, while inside a retail store located in Katy, a suspect attempted to remove scan tags from five designer handbags. When confronted by an employee, the suspect assaulted that employee and then attempted to flee the store. Before leaving however, the suspect was confronted by another employee at which time that employee was assaulted as well. This case was later featured on KTRK Channel 13 News.
On December 1, 2015, an anonymous tipster called the Crime Stoppers After-Hours Call Center and stated that the suspect was aware that the police was looking for her and was preparing to leave her apartment. Based on the information provided HPD’s SWAT team was able to arrest the suspect later that evening without an incident during a traffic stop on the freeway along the I-69 and the I-610 interchange!
On December 21, 2015, we also issued a press release on a convicted sex offender for child pornography possession who was wanted for a parole violation. Within a few hours after the media covered the story, an anonymous tip was received by Crime Stoppers that led authorities to this fugitive who got arrested and put in custody.

During the month of December, the Crime Stoppers of Houston:

Solved 3 school – based cases
Held 34 Safe School presentations
- Trained 1,540 students
- Reached 82 teachers/law enforcement members
- Reached 13 parents

Posted by Crime Stoppers of Houston on 31 Jan 2016

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