FIVE THEFTS AND TWO BURGLARIES IN ONE WEEK

From Maplewood Police today:

June 23, 2014; Burglary; At approximately 

1125 AM, officers responded to an alarm 

activation on Irvington Ave. Upon their arrival 

at the residence they discovered that a burglary 

had occurred. The homeowner responded and reported 

that a tablet was missing from the home.
 
June 23, 2014; Theft from Auto; A Mercedes parked in the driveway of a 

Parker Ave home had it’s passenger side window broken and a bag, cell 

phone and glasses stolen from it.
 
June 24, 2014; Burglary; During the morning hours, entry was forced to 

an apartment of a multi family home on Harding St.  A laptop and a large 

amount of change were reported stolen.
 
June 25, 2014; Bicycle Theft; Sometime over a three day period an 

unsecured bicycle was stolen from the rear yard of a Princeton St home.
 
June 25, 2014; Theft; At approximately 5:30 PM, a male sitting on a 

porch on Laurel Ave was approached by a male that reached into his 

pocket and removed cash.  The male then ran West on Springfield Ave 

towards Union.
 
June 25, 2014; Theft; At 6 PM, a 17 year old female was walking 

in the area of 1529 Springfield Ave talking on her cell phone. 

A male on a bicycle approached her from behind, grabbed the phone 

and road off with it.  The victim was not injured.
 
June 26, 2014; Theft; At approximately 815 PM a pedestrian was 

walking on Newark Way when two males in a vehicle asked to use his 

cell phone.  The victim allowed the males to use the phone and while 

doing so they drove away with the phone.