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89-YEAR-OLD WOMAN GETS TOUGH ON CROOKS
HOUSTON—An 89-year-old Houston woman has had enough of the criminals who’ve taken over her neighborhood.
But Claudina Jones wouldn’t settle for sitting back and watching the crimes take place. She took action.
After seven decades of watching the world around her property take turn after turn for the worse, Jones posted a sign on a Napoleon Street home.
It read: “No drugs sold here. No trespassing. Police will be called.”
“Because I didn’t want the drug dealers to feel like they could come in here and take my property,” Jones said.
It’s a simple message, but her son said it’s had a big impact.
“I’ll put it to you this way, no drugs are sold here now, and they used to sit over there,” Jones’ son, Rodney, said.
The dealers have moved on, but they haven’t strayed far.
Experts say when sneakers are strewn over a power line, it’s an indication of a drug dealer’s corner. On Thursday, shoes could be seen hanging from a line less than a block from Claudina’s home.
11 News photo
Claudina Jones
In fact, 11 News found shoes flung over lines all over the neighborhood.
Still, Jones feels like any effort helps, and she’ll keep doing what she can to keep her home safe.
“We just want people to know that on this property, there’s no drug selling, no loitering, no trespassing,” her son said.
Way to go, Ms. Jones! It’s your neighborhood and you have the right to keep it decent and livable.
Hmm.
“Experts say when sneakers are strewn over a power line, it’s an indication of a drug dealer’s corner. On Thursday, shoes could be seen hanging from a line less than a block from Claudina’s home.”
Drug dealers throw shoes across power lines as a sign that that corner is their turf?
And here I always thought it was a sign of a person who was not only ignorant to throw a pair of shoes across a power line, but, I also thought it meant the person had money to burn on shoes.
Sheesh.
07:39 PM CDT on Thursday, June 12, 2008
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