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Charles City police kept busy at low-income apartment complex

Morningside Apartments  (cityofcharlescity.org)
Morningside Apartments
(cityofcharlescity.org)

CHARLES CITY – Police in Charles City are being kept on their toes with calls to a low-income apartment complex that some say is flooded with people from big cities.

Reports from police indicate – over the course of the last several years – frequent calls for service to the Morningside Apartments at the 2100 block of Clarkview Drive. Many times the types of calls are for wanted individuals, fights, yelling, screaming, domestic incidents, loud music and general disturbances.

Many long-time Charles City residents are suspicious of the tenants, saying a large portion of them are from big cities like Detroit and Chicago. Some say inner-city folks are recruited from these metro areas to come to Charles City, and they bring their big-city problems with them.

One Charles City resident told NIT that “it’s bad. And they (the residents) don’t just cause problems out there (at the apartment complex). They are always at the Dollar General Store and the laundromat. They are loud and obnoxious and make it hard to shop.”

Others say that more hard-core criminals have moved to Charles City and are committing serious crimes such as burglary and assault.

One day last week typified the types of calls police deal with at the low-income apartments on Clarkview Drive.

CCPD
CCPD

On July 27 at 1:38 AM, Charles City police officers went to the Morningside Apartments for a report that children were left home alone. Police claimed that they determined that an adult “was present and everything was OK.”  No action was taken.

Soon thereafter, officers were called back to the location at 2:21 AM for a report of a fight. Police spoke to several subjects who denied a fight had taken place.

Seventeen minutes later, at 2:38 AM, officers were called to return, on a report of a fight. Police said that incident remains under investigation.

Once again that morning at 3:52 AM, police officers were needed at the apartments on a report of “subjects being loud.” Police advised the person to “keep it down”.

Yet again, seventeen minutes later at 4:09 AM, police came back on a report of loud music. Police advised the residents there to “turn it down”.

According to the city of Charles City’s website, families or “single pregant women, who have good rental histories, no serious criminal records, and do not owe any money to any housing agency are welcome to apply” to live at the Morningside Apartments. Rents top out at $403.00 for the two-bedroom units and $500.00 for the three-bedroom units, of which there are 8 units and 7 units, respectively.

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