My Brothers,
The month of January has been one of the most trying months I have seen in the past 10 years. We have had some major security and safety issues. Let me assure everyone; all the Brothers are safe, that corrective actions have already been taken and we will continue to evaluate the long term effect these recent events have on the property and the young men that live there.
Over the Christmas Holiday break, the property was broken into several times. The first of these events took place somewhere around 3:00-4:00am, whereas some of our neighbors proceeded to use a cinder block to break the door and door-frame into the pump room and laundry room. The damage was severe enough that we needed to replace the doors and frames. Within these two locations the suspects made off with Brother Scalley’s BMX bike (which was chained to the wall in the back of the pump room), some power tools, and other odds and ends. The following night, the DJ booth was hit and the amplifier was taken. Neither incident was captured on our video surveillance system. Continue reading