BANGOR, Maine — Around 20 residents of Bangor, neighboring Brewer and Hampden called police over the weekend and Monday reporting someone had broken into their vehicles.
“We got one this morning and five yesterday,” Hampden Police Chief Joe Rogers said Monday morning.
The Hampden car burglaries happened in the area of Old County Road and Sunset Avenue and all involved unlocked vehicles, the chief said.
Brewer Cpl. Paul Gauvin said Monday morning that reports were still coming in.
“This morning we’ve had four, mostly on North Main Street, Church Street and Union Street,” the corporal said.
Bangor took reports of nine car burglaries between 6 a.m. Friday and Monday morning, Sgt. Paul Edwards said.
“There were three right in a row this morning” — on Harlow, Dodge and North High streets, the Bangor sergeant said.
One man lost of a set of golf clubs given to him by his grandfather, said Edwards.
The set includes a “King Cobra [iron set], Acuity drivers and three Callaway woods,” he said. “They have sentimental value.”
The burglars should “do the right thing” and return them, Edwards added.
Most if not all of the vehicles broken into over the weekend were unlocked, the officers said, reminding residents to lock their vehicle and remove any items of value.
A Bangor Daily News employee was among those reporting stolen items. (Nok-Noi Ricker, BDN)
People who leave their vehicles unlocked are slow learners with all the car “break-ins” lately.
You may have your stuff stolen, and a broken glass. How about don’t leave valuables in your car, and your doors unlocked?
The people doing these thefts around here are not the break the glass types. They look for targets of opportunity going up the street checking each car for unlocked doors. Often in snow season the PD can follow the footprints the whole route and right to the perps domicile. They are after loose change and anything they can sell or swap for drugs usually. Several years ago they were stealing car registrations too. Happened to me. The cops did not know why they would do that, but it was kind happening a lot. That was kind of disturbing. And yes, I had forgotten to lock my car. Never again. Same for my garage and my house, all locked tight behind me the minute I leave or return home. The era of trusting and leaving unlocked has sadly departed.
LOCK YOUR CAR…..GEESH!!!!!!
So, if something is not locked up or bolted down, then it’s a free for all to thieves? Really? I have many potted plants in my yard….I had better get myself some chain….
You better, because they will steal those as well. Here in town we have had plants, lawn gnome, bird feeders, solar lights, fence post, and mail stolen. And this is in what is supposed to be a fairly “good’ side of town. We actually do have our swing and bird feeders chained now.
If you read my other post below though you will see that I do agree with you 100 %.
I don’t think this person is trying to justify theft as an alright thing, they’re just trying to say you can’t take anything for granted. There are a lot of scumbags out there. Sad but true.
Yes you should because we had one of our plant pots stolen!
First time I read that statement my mind jumbled it up to read “Yes you should because we had one of our pot plants stolen” Got a good chuckle out of it!
I had my radio stolen out of my car in Bangor a few years ago. I called the cops and when they came I was asked what I wanted them to do. I said well I realize my radio is no big deal but I would think you would at least like to know that people are stealing around here. So he reluctantly took a report and then told me to lock my doors. I later was told by many people that it was MY fault for leaving my doors unlocked. It is not the thief’s fault I guess because people should just expect to have their personal space violated and items stolen if you put down you guard by accident and forget to lock your doors. This is such a good time to be a thief, during a time when the fault is never where it belongs…I was made to feel stupid for not locking my doors and really told basically I asked for it…Huh ?
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I know, instead of anyone saying something like ‘ I’m sorry to hear that ‘ or ‘ geez that stinks ‘ , all I got was why didn’t you lock your doors. The last thing you really need at that moment !
someone stole my GPS out of my car in Bangor last year…I forgot to lock my car sitting in MY driveway. I too didnt see the need to file a report. Figured it was useless. I did learn to lock my doors though…I worked hard to buy that GPS and I needed it for work. Had to buy a new one.
Same here… I went a year without a radio because I just couldn’t afford it. At the time I traveled to NH a lot, it was sooo boring without the radio.
From the article: The burglars should “do the right thing” and return them, Edwards added.
Every now and then, it does happen but I wouldn’t count on them to “do the right thing”
Most of the 4 reports happened on 3 streets? Whaaa?
We live on Ohio St. and our cars were robbed three nights ago. The ipod that was given to me by my father with my nickname etched in the back (Grumbles) was stolen. My father died three years ago. That ipod is pretty much useless to anybody else. It’s not worth anything to anyone but me. They also stole all of my fiancee’s military gear. He is a veteran and a fireman. It’s on his car. I woke up in a haze that night to tires peeling out and the sound of firecrackers being dropped in the street. Not until the next morning did it occur to me what people could have been celebrating in the middle of the night, and in front of our home. We always lock our doors, but we didn’t that night. It makes me wonder if they come around every night to check.I’m just so grossed out by the lack of respect and utter insult of it all. I wish I could say that I wanted for those people to get Hep-C, or just have a sucky life; I don’t wish that at all. I wish that at some point those people might wake up and have a moment of clarity, where they understand just how mislead they have become.