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Resident presses Montclair on vacant building, train-area thefts; police report 17 recent calls

Montclair City Council · February 4, 2025
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A resident urged the council to address repeated thefts and a problem vacant building near the rail corridor; police said the special enforcement team logged over 17 calls in the last 30 days and the community-development director said the property may be placed into receivership at an upcoming court hearing.

A Montclair resident told the council repeated thefts, trespass and fires near Oakland Avenue and the train corridor are damaging private and public property and that residents want more concrete action.

"It's horrible, what we have to deal with as a residence," resident Jonathan Chavez said during public comment, describing break-ins, damage to properties and ongoing fires in the riverbed. The presiding official asked the police chief and the community-development director to…

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