Somerville residents urged to lock home windows after slew of break-ins

Somerville police are warning residents in Wards 2 and three to lock their home windows at night time in response to a string of current break-ins.

A person has been breaking into properties alongside the Beacon Avenue hall, which borders Cambridge, by getting into by means of unlocked first-floor home windows, Somerville police wrote on Fb Thursday. They mentioned the break-ins occurred between midnight and 6 a.m.

“Residents are urged to lock all home windows (and doorways) in a single day, notably these on the primary flooring,” police wrote. “Residents are additionally urged to name police in the event that they see something uncommon of their neighborhood similar to loitering; individuals in driveways or yards who shouldn’t be; and every other suspicious conduct.”

One sufferer informed WCVB {that a} man broke into her dwelling round 1 a.m. When she swore at him, she reportedly mentioned, he coated his face and left.

Wards 2 and three in Somerville are situated west of the Inexperienced Line Extension between Spring Hill and Cambridge Avenue.

Somerville police are additionally trying to determine the breaking and getting into suspect pictured beneath, however they mentioned he isn’t linked to the string of break-ins.