Home Break-In With Over $12K in Items Stolen

The following is an excerpt from the Woburn Police Department log. Please note that this is a sampling of activity in the log, not a complete account. We report all arrests included in the daily police log.

At 3:47 p.m. police responded to a Middle Street residence on a report of breaking and entering.

Police spoke to the caller who said that someone broke into his house and stole a large amount of items. The caller showed police an entry door on the side of his home that was damaged as if someone tried to force their way in. This was not the point of entry, however, as the door held up. The caller said the back door to the house was closed but left unlocked, which was probably how the suspect entered.

Items stolen included a two laptops, Apple iPads, Apple iPods, gold wedding rings, Boss headphones, a Nikon camera, a large suitcase with clothing, a backpack, a black Nine West purse and two boxes of necklaces and rings. Total value of the items stolen and damage done to the door was estimated to be at about $12,840.

July 29-

At 1:58 p.m. police responded to the North Suburban YMCA on a report of a motor vehicle breaking and entering.

The caller said her Nissan Rouge had been broken into and her pocketbook stolen from the front passenger seat.

Police inspected the vehicle and it appeared a screwdriver had been used to pry the right front passenger window which then shattered.

A YMCA employee stated seeing a tall thin white male with dirty blond hair wearing a backwards baseball hat and a black backpack leaning on a car in the area when she arrived at work at 12:50 p.m.

July 30-

At 12:10 p.m. police responded to the Rite Aid at 350 Cambridge Road on a report of counterfeit bills.

The caller, an assistant manager, said a heavy-set female with slick-backed black hair and wearing a white shear shirt and black tights attempted to pass three counterfeit $20 bills. The bills didn’t feel like they were made of the same type of material as legal tender. The caller said she mentioned this to the woman who became nervous and took them back and wouldn’t hand them over to the store.

Witnesses saw the woman leave in a green SUV type vehicle.

At 12:50 p.m. police responded to SBLI on Linscott Road on a report of larceny from a motor vehicle. The caller said that at about 12:30 p.m. he went to his vehicle parked in the company’s lower lot and noticed his visor was down and the ashtray was open. The man said he thought someone had been rummaging through his vehicle. He said he noticed a cup of change, with about $3 worth of change, was missing. The vehicle had been left unlocked.

At 6:15 p.m. an Edwards Road caller reported a house break-in. The caller said that she left the residence at 7:30 a.m. that morning and that her mother leaves around 8:30 a.m. She also said she stopped by the residence at noon to retrieve an item and noticed couch pillows knocked over but figured that was done by the dog. When she returned home at 5:30 she noticed someone had been in the house.

She said her bedroom had been ransacked, drawers had been pulled open and items had been taken out of the closets.

She said she didn’t think anything had been taken.

There was a damaged screen to an open window over the kitchen sink. Police collected prints and canvassed the area.