Crime & Safety
Police Urge Residents to Lock Cars Overnight
Westwood Police received a string of reports involving car break-ins last week.
The is during the overnight hours after a slue of recently-reported break-ins in various neighborhoods.
Three separate reports of motor-vehicle break-ins were reported to police last Monday, Nov. 28.
The first report came in at 7:46 a.m., when a resident of East Street reported that a parked Jeep Liberty had been broken into during the overnight hours. A purse containing credit cards and loose change was taken from the vehicle.
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Another unlocked vehicle on Willard Circle was also broken into, according to a report that came in at 8:34 a.m. on the same day. A GPS device and a satellite radio were taken from the car, police said.
Then, at around 1:17 p.m. on Nov. 28, police received a report that a Volkswagen vehicle was broken into on Ash Street. Taken from that car were a pair of sunglasses, a GPS device and an iPod.
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It is possible that the three incidents may be connected, according to Westwood Police Detective Paul Toland.
"The same geographical neighborhoods would point to that being a strong possibility," Toland said.
Police continue to investigate all three incidents.
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