Then again, I had friends in Memorial who were never robbed and there was very little crime in The Woodlands, north of town where my father lived. It is unsettling when it happens nearby, that’s for sure.
And we had no problems in Quail Valley, although others did. When I was doing the crime report, I was shocked at what was going on that the average person did not know. That is what put our little paper on the map.
I remember being shocked to discover that we had a serial rapist going from house to house along the golf course. He was spotted, jogging away from one encounter in “green” running clothes. My son who was a member of his high school cross country team had lots of green jogging clothes because his school colors were green and white. I warned him to NEVER wear his team running clothes or team shoes when jogging within QV because he might be stopped by the police.
But, most of the crimes in QV were by disaffected teenagers who were trying to support a drug habit. They would enter houses from the golf course side when the owners were out shopping. A lot of people did not lock their houses in those days, and the kids knew it. On Mondays, when the course was closed, the kids could pretty much move from house to house without being detected.
Memorial was not immune. When the Hunt brothers were trying to capture the silver market 1970s, thieves were operating in Memorial, Tanglewood, and other wealthy enclaves. I remember one account where they would enter a house and grab all of the sterling, leaving the plate behind. These thieves actually had a smelter in their car/truck and the silver would be melted down before they left the block. That case WAS covered by the newspaper because it was so exotic. Priceless antique silver piecces were lost in that caper.