CLEVELAND — Police are looking for the thieves who burglarized and ransacked community activist’s Yvonne Pointer’s home Thursday.
It happened between the hours of 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. at her home on E.114th. She says she's lived there for more than 30 years. Her home has never been burglarized in all the years she's lived there, she said.
Pointer’s back door was kicked in and her home was ransacked by the thieves. Her drawers were open with clothes and pictures of her family and daughter scattered about.
Her daughter, Gloria Pointer, was murdered more than 30 years ago.
"Evil keeps happening to good people," she said.
The thieves also hit Pointer’s sacred “Hope Haven” room, where she does her popular Facebook Live segments.
It’s unclear how much the thieves got away with, but the iPad she uses for her Hope Haven segments is gone.
“Whatever you get from doing something like this, you can probably get even more if you get a job,” she said. “Go to work.”
Despite the burglary, Ms. Pointer still decided to do her Facebook live segment. She is determined to not scare her away from doing work in the community.
"What I do refuse to do is be held captive in my own home," she said.
Police tracked the thieves footprints in the snow as they headed towards E.113th Street. The thieves got away.
Ms. Pointer said police told her there two other burglaries in the area Thursday morning. It does not appear she was targeted.
Detectives tell WKYC they are actively investigating, working to find cameras in the neighborhood which could help identify who the suspects are.
If you have any information, you are encouraged to contact police.