As robberies spike, Natomas residents demand action
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
The Sacramento Bee, Tuesday, July 1, 2008, Page A1
A rash of robberies across Natomas has residents and police on alert, while many in the area are attacking city officials for not devoting enough resources to help keep their neighborhoods safe.
Since June 1, robbers have pulled off 15 home invasions and 14 street holdups in Natomas, the large section of suburban-style neighborhoods in Sacramento’s northwest corner. Handguns were used in each of the home invasions and nearly all the street robberies, police said.
“What’s obvious is that people are scared,” said Angelique Ashby, a North Natomas resident and the president of the Creekside Neighborhood Association. “What isn’t so obvious is that people are mad.”