Reports of break ins continue in with the announcement by the that two homes were forcibly entered this past weekend.
A Daniel Drive resident also reported around 1:30 a.m. Sunday observing a suspect dressed in dark clothing and carrying a ladder, which was dropped in the bushes when the suspect fled the area, according to police.
A Silverside Avenue home was broken into late Saturday night while its resident was home, but was not disturbed by the intruder, according to Little Silver Police Chief Daniel Shaffery.
A Parker Avenue residence was also forcibly entered late Saturday or early Sunday morning and jewelry was reported missing.
The break ins come on the heels of a report on March 19 of
Silverton Avenue resident John Pouso told Patch in an e-mail that his home was burglarized during the day on March 9. Pouso said he thought his teenaged daughter interrupted the theft and prevented the suspect from taking more than his wife's wedding ring, family jewelry and other irreplaceable items.
"We are now spooked," Pouso told Patch. "We leave lights on all night long, can't sleep. Looked into an alarm system but there isn't much more they can take, we are almost cleaned out."
Little Silver Police are asking residents to contact the department immediately if they observe anything suspicious, such as an unknown person or vehicle on their neighbor's property or parked in the neighborhood.
Take an inventory of your valuables, such as electronics, jewelry, sterling (yes they steal that too), GUNS, CD/DVDs, etc. Take photos, record serial numbers. If they catch Jimmy down the road with your stuff and he says it's his, how are the cops supposed to prove otherwise? When the cops find your stuff at the pawn shop(s), how are they supposed to know it's yours? People, why do you insist on keeping your gear in the car overnight while assuming it will be there in the morning. Our local addicts go on nightly 'harvests' checking for unlocked car doors and they usually score because people are so careless. Is there really an excuse for keeping your purse, GPS, iPone/iPad/iPod, camera, laptop, money, or wallet in the car overnight or are you just being lazy? The lazy citizen is the car burglaring addict's favorite person because your purse adds up to a whole lot of HEROIN.
Lock all your doors and windows even if you are just going to the local store for a few minutes. Report any suspicous cars, people, etc. Call the police..... they are there to help us. Heroin is a BIG problem in TOWN, some of the residents need to wake up and smell the coffee....
The mentality that this is LS and our kids don't do these things is part of the reason it flourishes right under our noses. Parents refuse to see it. You can't ban pawn shops but you can regulate them. You can require by ordinance that they deliver pawn sheets to the PD and that they must hold on to the gold for a given period of time after delivery of the slips before they melt it. You can never prevent a burglary but you can make it diffcult. Don't keep your good jewelry on/in your dresser because that's the first place they look. They fill your pillow case and bolt. And when you leave your car running in the parking lot while your 'run in for a minute,' you actually deserve to have your car stolen. That's like a darwin award for lazy people. Take some reasonable precautions, Get hip to what is really going on. Protect your stuff and stop feeding the animals.
I would hope that the Little Silver Police are cracking down on this and doing what they can to completely eradicate this problem if it does exist. I love my town and the people and feel that it's a wonderful place to live.
Addicts make their drug runs (cheaper in Newark) and slip into town where they use at home. Unless they commit a violation in front of the cops and have it in their laps when stopped, they will probably go undetected. Not the cops' fault. I'm confident every LS cop would love a drug bust every day but they have to work within the framework set up by those well above them in the food chain. In an earlier rant of mine, I mentioned parents. Drug abuse for the most part starts when kids are still living under the parents' roof. The advantage of LS is that a higher percentage of parents pay attention. Many don't or simply tolerate their kids' BS. Some parents have given up. That's life. It's far worse in other towns. My ideas: Prescription narcotics (oxycontonton, etc) need to be heavily regulated, including a state wide or nationwide database to prevent fraud and doctor shopping. DOCTORS: Stop being so lazy with your prescription pads! How many times have I been alone in a room with a pad while at your office??? Parents: It's YOUR house, go check their rooms now and then and don't take their BS!