Forwarded from CCC safety director Larry Bloom:
Please be aware that there is now an active burglar/thief downtown—Elbert Hubbard, black male, aged 45, last seen wearing a black t-shirt and rolled up blue jeans. I have attached Mr. Hubbard’s picture for your reference.
Hubbard has been an extremely active thief in the Medical Center area and specializes in taking small, expensive items such as laptops. His M.O. is to walk into buildings that are open—or break the door handles to gain entry—and make himself at home until he finds valuable property to steal. Hubbard is an opportunist and will go into commercial or residential buildings.
This date at approximately 12PM he was seen in the Claridge House apartments taking a backpack as well as looking through vehicles. Our CCC security officers spotted him and gave chase, but lost him. Hubbard dropped the backpack with his personal identification in it, so we are positive we are dealing with Mr. Hubbard. Our officers and MPD bike officers are actively looking for Mr. Hubbard at this time.
It would appear that Mr. Hubbard has moved to the downtown area because of the heat that is on him in the Medical Center area. If you see him, please call MPD because he has only one goal in mind, and that is to steal. He was just released from Shelby County jail this week for Criminal Trespass at the VA Hospital. Furthermore, Mr. Hubbard is a suspect in a break-in that occurred at Methodist LeBonheur last night.
While we normally strive to make our visitors welcome, Mr. Hubbard can be considered a definite exception.