Crime & Safety

Police Recover Stolen Dishes

A man's microwave is also stolen from his porch.

Theft: On April 7, at approximately 12 p.m., police received a report of a theft in the 700 block of Manatawana Avenue.  According to police, a microwave was stolen from the front porch of a home on the block.  The resident claims, police say, that he placed the item on his porch while unloading groceries and forgot to bring it inside.

Burglary: On April 7, at approximately 9:35 a.m., police received a report of a theft in the 600 block of Renz Street.  According to police, a man and woman entered the breezeway of a property and took several items from an enclosed porch.  Police say that the two then fled the scene: one on a bicycle and the other in a car.  Police managed to stop the man on the bicycle at the scene, and the woman in the car was later arrested after she got into a car accident in the 400 block of Domino Lane.  The stolen items were recovered and included a box of dishes and a 13-inch television.

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