BURGLARIES UP 82% IN 2012

PATCH reports:

Burglaries in Maplewood township increased by 82% in 2012, the largest increase in several years, according to Police Chief Robert Cimino.

"We need the public to work more with us to report suspicious activity," said Cimino in an interview after Tuesday's Township Reorganization Meeting. Mayor Vic DeLuca said in his State of the Township address that the overall crime rate in the township had gone up by 27% in 2012.

As of early December, the number of burglaries in Maplewood in 2012 was 104, compared to 57 in 2011 and 106 in 2010, said Cimino.