Mt. Lebanon Investigates Three Burglaries

Three occupied Mt. Lebanon homes were entered last week while the residents slept, according to a news alert posted on the municipality's Web site.

Between Tuesday and Friday, the three homes, on the 100 block of Sleepy Hollow Road, the 300 block of Jonquil Place and the 100 block of Catalpa Place, were entered through unsecured windows or doors and items such as purses and electronics were stolen.

Read more: www.post-gazette.com/pg/10024/1030828-100.stm

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Any White Picket Fences In Town?

I honestly can't think of a house that I've seen in Mt. Lebanon that has white picket fences but a woman named illyrias says that those of us in Lebo or Shadyside have these fences to separate us from the crime that parts of the City of Pittsburgh face.

While we don't have drive by shootings in our town, we definitely have had gun related violence (Baumhammers/Constant) and we most definitely have drugs being used in the community as well as other crimes that any town faces. Just take a look at the pages of the police blotter to read about the crime that our police department has to respond to on a daily/weekly basis.

People have joked about the "bubble" that we've always believed has insulated us from the "real world", but the real world is definitely alive and well in Mt. Lebanon whether you choose to believe it or not. I just wish that people outside of Mt. Lebanon would get rid of this "well to do and zero crime" mentality about our town that is still believed. With the exception of drive by shootings, I don't see how Mt. Lebanon is truly different than the city of Pittsburgh or anywhere else.

Link: pghisacity.blogspot.com/2009/02/21st-century-here-we-come.html