WESTFIELD – An officer in the Westfield Police Department’s Detective Bureau said Wednesday that progress is being made in tracking down the culprits responsible for a series of vehicle break-ins that occurred over the weekend in several locations throughout the city.
Between Friday and Sunday, the Westfield Police Department logged almost 10 incidents of breaking and entering into locked and unlocked vehicles around town, with reports coming from Bates Road as well as Day and Holland Avenues and East Silver, Noble, Pearl, Pleasant and Yale Streets.
Five break-ins were reported between the hours of 5 a.m. and 12 p.m. alone Sunday, with the thieves making off with a list of items from the vehicles, including a Yamaha keyboard, a set of strobe lights, $200 earbuds, a GPS unit and an iPod charger, along with numerous other Christmas gifts and even a debit card from one individual’s vehicle.
Anyone with information related to these break-ins should call the Westfield Police Department at (413) 562-5411. Police are encouraging residents to lock all of the doors and to remove all valuables from inside of their vehicles.
