Police Look Back on a Year in Crime
North Canton burglaries are no more frequent in 2010 than 2009, but burglars targeted certain houses and stole big-ticket items
There was nothing like a crime wave in North Canton this year, but police did detect a change in the way burglars went about their work. They say burglars seemed to target homes instead of picking them randomly, as they've done in the past, and the thieves got bigger hauls than they did in years prior. "We had them going into places that already had alarm systems and stealing more expensive items than before," said Police Chief Michael Grimes. North Canton has had 46 burglaries as of mid-December, compared to 49 for all of 2009, police said. Stolen items ranged in value from a couple of dollars to $60,000. Several residents reported losses greater than $20,000. Criminals this year were more likely to come back and hit the same neighborhood…
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