Daytime Break-ins Hit Marlborough

Police are asking for residents to be extra aware of suspicious activity following three break-ins on Thursday morning.

Daytime Robberies and a Fall at School

Emergency personnel were busy this week in the city.

Three daytime robberies prompted police to reach out to residents while a reported student fall from over 25 feet in the air drew fire personnel. Extra vigilance is being called for by Police Chief Mark Leonard following three day-time break-ins Thursday. While no one was home at the time and no one was injured, police are asking for everyone in the city to be especially watchful. It is unknown yet whether these robberies are linked to a series of daytime robberies earlier in the year that targeted cash and jewelry. There have been no arrests on those Marlborough robberies, said Leonard. A student at Assabet Valley Vocational High School was reported to have fallen more than 25 feet on Monday. Once fire officials were on the scene, it was …

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Three House Break-Ins Spur Call for Vigilance

Three break-ins Thursday morning have prompted a call for vigilance from police and city officials.

Police are seeking information on three break-ins that occured Thursday morning. There were three house breaks in the Elm St. and Millham St. area of the city," said Marlborough Police Chief Mark F. Leonard in a press release. "If you saw someone on foot or saw a vehicle that was unfamiliar to you in the area, please call us to report what you saw, even if you think it may not be significant." The homes were unoccupied at the time of the break-ins, he said. They occurred between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. It is unclear whether these break-ins are related to previous daytime robberies that occurred in Marlborough and Northborough, said Leonard. No one has been arrested in relation to those previous break-ins, he said. “We truly don’t know," said …

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Burglaries: How to Keep Your Neighborhood Safe

The police have given suggestions to keep your home and neighborhood safe after a rash of recent midday break-ins.

Police are asking neighbors to be extra observant following a number of daytime break-ins that have occurred in Marlborough. “The main point of us releasing the info was to try to make people more vig and more aware," said Police Chief Mark Leonard. Keeping the neighborhood safe is a matter of being extra observant and not brushing off things that look out of place, he said. This can be as simple as watching for an extra minute if someone is walking up to a neighbors house or taking down a license plate number of a suspicious vehicle and calling police. “We would rather chase that call that turns out to be nothing than have people wish they had made the call," said Chief Leonard. Do not assume someone walking up to a home is making a …

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Daytime Robberies Targeting Jewelry and Cash

Police say recent daytime robberies have focused on easily transported items such as jewelry and cash.

Burglars have been focusing on small, easy to carry items during recent daytime robberies, said Police Chief Mark Leonard. “We don’t see them taking televisions and anything large. It seems to be smaller items," said the chief. These items can be easily transported and readily turned into cash in the case of jewelry, he said. This has been the case for three recent home robberies during the day in Marlborough. Another fits the pattern, but the time it occured has not been determined, he said. These fit with a series of break-ins that have been occuring in all the surrounding towns, said Chief Leonard. There have been quite a few in Northborough, where residents are on high alert. Jewelry has been a target in those break-ins. Receive …

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