POLICE are warning people to be vigilant after a fifth burglary attempt on a Lichfield housing estate in the past week.
The latest incident saw offenders break into a detached house on Birchwood Road in Boley Park between 10pm on Monday (10th March) and 7am the following day.
After forcing a lock to gain entry, they searched drawers and cupboards in the kitchen and hall, before taking keys to the front and back door.
PCSO Andrea Horsnall, from Staffordshire Police, said:
“It is likely that it was the keys to a vehicle on the drive that they were after as they took no other items from the property and left by the back door.”
A separate incident in the same area also took place at 2am on 11th March when two men were captured on CCTV climbing over a gate and trying to access a property in the area of The Pines.
PCSO Horsnall said:
“Five properties on Boley Park have been targeted in the space of a week.
“Marked and unmarked police patrols in the area have been increased.”
Anyone with information can contact police on 101, quoting incident 159 of 11th March.
Be Vigilant, everyone, and invest in security. There seems to be a gradual increase in wrong ‘uns turning up late at night to break in. While I was absent from my property for a couple of days. I returned to find my bins were moved around so someone could easily climb onto the lower roof.
It has become a very thorny problem. Thieves know the prisons are full and that any sentences will likely be light. Finding appropriate punishment is no longer a deterrent to thieves, be it housebreaking, shop lifting or car and phone theft.
The hope of rehabilitation is statistically unpromising.
Crime should be punished. My thoughts are that restorative poweres should be uppermost in this. Any assets (not just stolen goods) should be requisitioned. It should be made to hurt if it intends to deter. Further sanctions should enforce this move.
We are in danger of crime, of all kinds, undermining the fabric of society. Yes, I know that there is an element of desperation in some crime but we deserve to be protected from lawlessness.
Well the PCC has just successfully applied for an increase in the amount he has given to him from council taxpayers so let’s have more police walking around day and night to make it more difficult for the scumbags of society to commit awful crimes like these.
Think you will find that the extra payment for police is only to cover salary and pension increase