Homeless committee

Mike Moradian of the LaLoma Neighborhood Association is creating a Homeless committee and asked if anyone is interested in sitting in or helping out to let me know. We are just getting interested people at this time. People who think that they can help. It is a big chore, but my main concern is to get them out of our parks, but having a place they can go. We will keep in touch.

This is what I am talking about...

So the other day, my kids along with a couple other kids were playing a baseball game in the horse shoe pits at Enslen Park (some type of game that they have devised up similar to what we did when we were kids). They came running home and said that a homeless guy was yelling at another and threatening him with a bowling pin inside the bathroom, "Where's my F*****G beer!?" They heard a banging sound inside the bathroom and were a bit alarmed. This could have been nothing. Maybe the guys were only screwing around and they meant no harm. But my boys did not hang around to find out as they were spooked by it. My boys were at the park using it for what it was intended to be used for. However, they were scared away by the "undesirables" residing there.

Response is good.

The response has been good. This is what we needed; and that is the fact that there is a homeless problem in our community (no shock). I appreciate hearing from everyone. I have heard from community leaders, city council members, police officers, and Bee writers. Together, we have been able to report, and get results, from the beatings that took place. People are trying to come up with ideas. Eventually, we will get together and take care of this issue, hopefully.

Let the "Party" Begin!

You can see the sense of relief with the homeless now at Enslen and Elk Park. After a few days staying away, sort of, they are back in numbers. The beer is flowing. They should feel a lot better now that thugs are in custody for the beatings. I just wish they would congregate somewhere else, that's all. By 3:00 today, someone will be passed out.

Arrests ARE MADE

If you did not see the article in the Bee today, arrests have been made in the two park beatings. Thanks to Emilie Raguso of the Bee for getting it done. The story was very close to the rumors that were being swirled around. That is unusual. Getting a third hand story is often way off base of what actually happened, but not this time. These "thugs" live a block away from Enslen Park. I think I have seen these dudes around, and they don't belong in this neighborhood. Well, they won't be around for awhile.

Arrests are made possibly

On early Monday morning, there were beatings at the park. One at Enslen Park, and the other at Graceada Park. There was an assault on the canal as well as an incident at the 7-11 on McHenry and Morris. I am not sure if these are all related, but they all happened in the early morning of June 2nd. Cameras caught the action at the 7-11 and apparently some arrests were made. All that was told to me was that it was two guys, one guy who was wearing "POLICE" on the back of his shirt. Word is that he is a security guard. This may not have anything to do with the beatings; or everything to do with it. There still is NO WORD in the Modesto Bee. If I get a minute I will try to call the police and see if they will volunteer any information. Or, ALL of you can call the police as well.

No News Yet

There was no news of the beatings in the park in the Modesto Bee. Why not? The police are still not going to divulge into what exactly happened. There has been less of the homeless people in the park yesterday and today. They are more spread out and a few traversed over to Elk Park.

Oh my God: Beatings at the Park

Woke up this morning to see patrol cars all over the place. The police are not giving me all the facts as I was interested in what was happening. My Brother in Law said that a guy was beat up pretty bad early Monday morning and left for dead in the Enslen Park bathroom. A few moments later, there was another assault on possibly a homeless man at Graceada Park and he is in real bad shape.

My BIL thinks that there are some homeless bashers that are praying on the homeless by robbing them and beating them. There has been some witnesses. The homeless are wary of a silver compact car in the area that throwing stuff out the window that started with balloons and are now rocks.

So we have to be aware. This is some of the problems we encounter at our parks. As much as I hate the homeless in the park, it is not fair that these atrocities are happening to them. I will be back with more information.