Crime & Safety

Police Investigating Break-Ins to Three Neighborhoods

Residences on Walker Road, Stanford Drive and Gay Street were all affected Wednesday.

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Police responded to three separate neighborhoods on reports of breaking and entering into residential homes on Walker Road, Stanford Drive and Gay Street, all of which took place at separate times throughout the day. 

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It is currently undetermined if the three incidents are related. 

The first break-in occurred on Walker Road. A resident of that neighborhood reported to police that, after arriving home shortly after noontime on Wednesday, it was discovered that someone had entered the house through a rear, ground-floor window and stole an undetermined quantity of jewelry from the residence. 

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Shortly thereafter, a second incident struck the Stanford Drive neighborhood around 1 p.m., when a resident arrived home to find an intruder in the house. 

That suspect is described as a black male between the ages of 25 and 40, with a height of about six feet and weight of about 200 pounds. The suspect was allegedly wearing dark clothing at the time, according to a press statement. 

After seeing the intruder, the resident then fled the home to call police; the suspect left the area by jumping out of a window in the rear of the home, according to police.

A ground search was then initiated to locate the suspect, and Westwood Police used K-9 assistance in that search.  

"It is speculated that the perpetrator may have been in communication with an accomplice in a vehicle who assisted the man in escaping the area," Westwood Police said in a statement. 

Later in the afternoon, police were dispatched to a Gay Street residence to investigate damage to a rear door of home on that road.

A rock had been thrown through a small window pane of the door at the residence, police said, but upon investigation, it did not immediately appear that anything was stolen from the home.

Westwood Police are investigating the three incidents, and are reminding residents to secure their homes while away, and to report any suspicious activity to the police.


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