Thief takes tools
At 7:50 a.m. on Tuesday, March 27, a caller reported a burglary in the 9800 block of 39 Ave SW. She said that at 6 a.m., she noticed that the stockroom supply door was open. Then, she discovered that a number of power tools were missing. No surveillance camera footage was available. Officers searched the area but were unable to earn more.
Mailbox burglar
The manager of a building located in the 4800 block of California Ave SW called police at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27. He said that when he arrived at the apartment building in the morning, he noticed that mailboxes had been pried open. There were five separate panels of mailboxes and all had been pried open. The victim then watched security footage from the night before. He saw that the suspects entered the building around 2 a.m. and used a screwdriver to access the mailboxes. They left a few packages open in the lobby but took a number of packages. Officers took photographs and found fingerprints, which were uploaded into evidence.
Burglars strike twice
Officers received a call at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, March 25 regarding a burglary in the 3800 block of 55 Ave SW. The homeowner said that the storage shed at the property has been burglarized twice within 24 hours. During the second time, thieves took a number of items. The victim was trying to make the shed more secure, but the burglar returned and struck again. No information about the suspect is available.
Burglarized while away
A woman residing in the 2700 block of 60 Ave SW returned home at 7:50 a.m. on Sunday, March 25 from a trip to find her house had been burglarized. She left at 9 p.m. the night before and came back to find her laptop missing. She tried to locate her computer on her phone and eventually it showed up at the intersection of 40th Ave SW and SW Morgan St. Then, it was turned off. The victim said that her window does not lock, and she has to use a board to secure it. She forgot to put the board back in the window before leaving for her trip. She did not think that anything else was stolen.
