News You Can Use

The Martin Chronicles is passing along news first reported on the Voice of Villa Hills site. A number of car break-ins have been occurring again in Villa Hills. Some wise commenters to the story on the Voice site made suggestions on how to make yourself less susceptible to these break-ins that are worth following.

• First, make sure all of your car doors are locked. Don't make yourself an easy target.
• Second, don't leave valuables in your car. Short of that, certainly don't leave any of those valuables in plain view for criminals to spot.
• Third, leave a porch light on to discourage criminals from risking easy detection.

Following those three simple suggestions is no guarantee that nothing will happen. But these commenters are exactly right that it makes criminals far more likely to look elsewhere for a victim. These crooks work in the dark for a reason.

The Voice also reported that a number of "Keep Our Villa Hills Police Department" signs are being stolen. Is malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin the only one who is still too dense to see the connection? Perhaps he is.

It has become obvious to most that Martin's mindless decimation of the local PD makes Villa Hills a far more attractive target for all manner of crime. While Martin has yet to figure that out, the criminals obviously have.