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 Wednesday 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 seems to have escalated over the past 10 days, Sadwith said. Police told neighbors they arrested two suspects in Crestmoor on Friday but the pair posted bond and may have continued targeting homes in the same area, he said.
Nobody has been hurt, Sadwith said.
