Members of a neighborhood association communicating through e-mails identified a burglary spree in which thieves break into homes during the day.
“The way we discovered there was a trend was through e-mails,” Crestmoor Neighborhood Association President John Sadwith said. “We really discovered this on our own. I wasn’t getting the information from police.”
Residents from Crestmoor and Hilltop neighborhoods met with police in District 3 last night to see what can be done about a series of break-ins and car thefts.
“They pound on the front door. If no one answers they go around back and break down the back door or smash a window,” Sadwith said.
The string of burglaries began in early November but seemed to escalate over the past 10 days, Sadwith said.
Police told neighbors they arrested two suspects in Crestmoor Friday but the pair bonded out and may have continued targeting homes in the same area, he said.
There was an attempted burglary this morning and several earlier this week. On Tuesday someone pounded on a home and terrified a woman inside. Nobody has yet been hurt, Sadwith said.
Burglars have stolen small electronic devices and cash, he said.
Sadwith said he is disappointed the police did not come forward to warn the neighborhood about the burglars who seem to be targeting their neighborhood.
“They are never particularly forthcoming about these things,” he said. “I get more information from public works about the streets than I get from police about crime.”
He said police did say they were trying to arrest the same thieves they caught Friday to see if they have continued stealing from the same neighborhood.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
