Burglaries in Washington township on the Ridgewood border.
Same burglar may be responsible for string of residential break-ins in Washington Township
Friday, July 19, 2013 Last updated: Friday July 19, 2013, 11:32 PM
BY ABBOTT KOLOFF AND JEFF GREEN
STAFF WRITERS
The Record
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — A string of residential break-ins over the past eight months in the same neighborhood, all which took place while the residents slept in their homes, may be the work of the same burglar, police said Friday.
Chief Randy Ciocco of the Washington Township police said there have been five burglaries and one attempted burglary in the western part of the township since Nov. 7. In the most recent burglary, at a house on Andrea Lane on July 12, the burglar took cash from a wallet left on the dresser of the master bedroom where the residents were sleeping several feet away. An attempted burglary was reported two days later on Hemlock Drive after a home alarm went off in the early morning hours, Ciocco said.
“Because it’s the same general neighborhood, at this point we believe it’s the same person or persons involved,” Ciocco said.
Perhaps, it’s time for some local neighbor watch groups be set up… with the suggestion and advice of the local police.
Would that be helpful?
How people start by locking their cars and houses
The thought of someone’s entering a house and taking money off the dresser with the owners asleep is giving me the creeps. Imagine how they felt when they woke up. Brrrr.