Surprise, surprise: Copper pipes from 1446 Ridgewood stolen
Overgrown lawn and stolen copper pipes suggests city's strategy for dealing with vacant homes is ineffective.
Police received a report on May 30th that copper plumbing was stolen from the vacant home at 1446 Ridgewood. This is the same house whose overgrown lawn I observed on May 24th. The city cited the property owner on May 26th. It was scheduled for reinspection yesterday. The grass was cut as of this morning.
I haven’t read the police report and don’t know when the plumbing was removed. I do know you can’t have a for sale sign up, tall grass, and debris on the front porch and expect any kind of a different outcome — especially in Mary Louise Madigan’s Fighting 4th Ward.
Incidentally, copper pipes were also reported stolen from 1597 Lauderdale on May 26th and a vacant home at 1659 Lauderdale was reported broken into on the same day.
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