Decatur Police Alert: Recent Daytime Burglaries in Winnona Park/Oakhurst Appear To Be Related
Decatur Metro | June 21, 2013Decatur PD’s Jennifer Ross sends along this alert…
The Decatur Police Department is currently investigating a series of day time burglaries in the Winnona Park/South Candler Street/Oakhurst areas that appear to be related. The burglaries have occurred as follows:
- May 30th – 500 block of South Candler Street
- June 2nd – 600 block of South Candler Street
- June 3rd – 500 block of Oakview Road
- June 7th – 300 block of Mimosa Drive
- June 9th – 2500 block of Midway Road
- June 17th – 200 block of East Davis Street
- June 18th – 300 block of Kirk Road & 200 block of Avery Street
- June 19th – 100 block of West Hill Street
All homes were unoccupied at the time of the burglary and entry was made by forcing doors and windows. The majority of the homes targeted have notable foliage, driveways with inclines or driveways that continue behind the home or rear alleys which all provide concealment for suspect vehicles. The suspects are taking electronics such as large flat screen televisions, laptops and jewelry. Many of the televisions would require the use of a vehicle to transport. Three of the nine homes targeted had alarm systems. One alarm was bypassed by cutting the power to the home, one alarm was activated and nothing was taken from the home and one alarm was activated and only items in the room that was initially entered were taken and the rest of the home was undisturbed.
In one case, a witness reported seeing a black male flee the scene in a white van. In one case, a witness reported seeing four or five young black males flee the scene in what was later determined to be a vehicle stolen out of Dekalb County. In one case, a neighbor later reported seeing an unknown vehicle at the victim’s home, but police were not called until much later.