STRING OF UNLOCKED VEHICLES HIT WITH THEFTS

Maplewood Police issued the weekly crime report today with an unusual number of thefts from unlocked vehicles. In all, 10 vehicles were entered over three days and had items taken, all of them unsecured.

See below:

September 9, 2015; Thefts from Autos; During the overnight hours several unlocked vehicles were entered.  Two vehicles on Oberlin St, one on Wellesley St and two on Franklin Ave.  Items including change, tools, credit cards, a check book and tools were stolen from the vehicles.

September 11, 2015; Thefts from Autos; During the overnight hours several unlocked vehicles were entered. A vehicle on William St, Woodside Rd and Elmwood Ave were all entered and had items stolen. Two individuals were stopped an identified as the actors in these thefts, eighteen year old Alshadeem Greene and a sixteen year old, both from Newark. Both were arrested and charged.

September 12, 2015; Theft from Autos; During the overnight hours two vehicles parked on New England Rd were entered. Both vehicles were left unsecured and had several items stolen from them.

In other crime:

September 9, 2015; Bicycle Theft; During the overnight hours, a bicycle was stolen from the porch of a Wellesley St home.

September 9, 2015; Motor Vehicle Theft; During the overnight hours a Toyota Camry was stolen from a parking lot on Meadowbrook Pl. The vehicle was later recovered in Irvington.

September 11, 2015; Bicycle Theft; During the daytime hours a bicycle that was locked at the train station was stolen.