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Three car thefts and two stolen vehicles in two weeks in Springfield
By Christian Avard
Staff Writer | March 25,2013
Rutland Herald
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Police are advising residents to lock their cars after a string of recent car break-ins and thefts.
According to Springfield Police Chief Doug Johnston, two cars were broken into and one was stolen March 11. The cars that were broken into were on Dewey and Pearl Streets and the car that was stolen was on Spring Street. Johnston said the owner left the keys in the car on Spring Street and police recovered the car hours later.
Two days later, another car was broken into March 13 on Union Street and a Subaru Legacy was taken from a home on Wall Street last Monday. The Subaru has not been recovered, according to Johnston.
Springfield Police reported another attempted car theft Wednesday at the Windy Hill Acres Mobile Home Park, but the individual fled when spotted, according to the Springfield Police’s Facebook page. Johnston said the recent uptick in car thefts are crimes of opportunity and thieves are looking for valuable items to keep or sell them for money.
When asked about the car that was stolen and recovered, Johnston said thieves are taking cars on “joy rides” and abandoning them at random locations.
“It’s someone going around looking for unlocked vehicles and they happen to come across cars with keys in them,” Johnston said. “I’m surprised by the recent spurt of car thefts. I think you find this happening more often in warming weather.”
The Subaru Legacy taken from the Wall Street home was green and had a “black pod carrier” on the roof with Massachusetts license plates 981BH4. Anyone with information is asked to call Springfield Police at 885-2113.
It's frustrating to lock your doors, after so many years without worry. Now the sad truth exists, doors generally need to be locked. If we take basic, non-violent, precautions against petty theft, the recent trend should subside.
ReplyDeleteSeth, you mean I bought this gun for nothing????? That's disappointing.
ReplyDeleteReturn the gun. Give the cash to the Springfield Food Shelf. In the mean, support your SPD, SFD, school system, and volunteer your time for the cause you care about the most!
DeleteReturn the gun? Are you high?
DeleteI give to the food shelf and strongly support our services all while carrying a .40. Protecting myself and my family is my responsibility, no one elses.
DeleteAny reasonable person, who has recently passed a gun safety course, has the right to own guns. Before one purchases a tool, one has to think about the opportunity of use, per year. Buy a nice cordless, circ-saw instead of a shotgun. That saw could improve your home on a weekly basis, and it is also a deadly weapon.
ReplyDeleteSeth, how is a circular saw going to protect my family? I don't think a would be rapist going after my daughter or wife would allow me to go to the garage and lug the saw back into the house or all the way to the jogging path to protect them. It is way to slow and not effective. I'd rather carry my .45 ACP which can move slightly faster then a circular saw.
DeleteNot to mention you would look like a crazy person trying to conceal carry a Mikita saw.
Seth, I forgot....... as a teacher you should know the constitution and know that the 2nd amendment doesn't discriminate against who can or cannot own guns. The last I checked it also said nothing about passing a gun safety course either. I agree it's a good idea to take a course before shooting one or carrying one but it is not necessary.
DeleteSeth has a point here. Not long ago we returned home after a long trip to find two folks had broken and entered into our home. As we stood in disbelief of the ransacked (every Oreo and Chips Ahoy were eaten!) kitchen we realized they were still up stairs, in fact taking a shower. Not sure what to do and the only weapons in our house would be the dull steak knife, which appeared to be stolen, we immediately ran into the garage and grabbed every power tool within our reach.
ReplyDeleteWith my wife equipped with a reciprocal saw (I gave her the 200 ft. extension cord), me with my skill saw a bit nervous hoping the battery was at least fifty percent, and my son with a whiffle ball bat (we didn’t feel comfortable handing him power tools) we decide to take on these thieves.
As we hit the top stair outside the bathroom we could see they had my mother-in-law tied up and gagged, my God! Are these thieves and folks wanting to be my friend! I turned to my wife to get a response but she was only half way up the stairs with tears in her eyes, “the damn cord isn’t long enough” she cried.
Earth to Seth, please don’t tell me you are a teacher, please. I’m sure at some point you and Joe Biden have exchanged emails. Between him telling my wife to get a shotgun and then shoot it in the air, then you telling her to rev up the circular saw why would we even need a police force? WOW. Quick note to all possible thieves, I have moved my tool chest alongside may bed, don’t even think of fooling with me!
Also quick note to would be thiefs, Seth's house is obviously not armed. Mine is, who's house would you rather break in to? A known "gun free safe house" that only has a circular saw or, a house with at least 20 guns that are shot regularly?
DeleteWhat if the thieves break in when you are not home?
DeleteThey better like dogs..
DeleteIf an innocent motorist knocks on your door at an odd hour, how do you answer the door?
DeleteWell, let's see: Paul Spicer's daughter got killed by her boy friend about 20 years ago here in town, and a drunk I knew killed his son in an argument a couple of years before that. If they'd only spent their lives armed, they'd both be alive, assuming they survived the 450% likelihood that their gun would kill or injure themselves or somebody else (see the article in the Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2013/mar/25/guns-protection-national-rifle-association).
ReplyDeleteOwning a gun is not going to keep your car from getting stolen. If you are a woman who buys a gun, you double your chances of being killed with one. If you have a gun in the home, it is 43 times more likely to kill a family member than an intruder. But don't let me stop anyone from buying a gun. I just don't want to see them get rid of it any way they want to, because then it'll be much more likely to be used in a crime.
Sorry, owning a gun has kept my car from being stolen. So your wrong there.
DeleteStop believing every off the wall statistic and enter the real world. The article you posted is simply ridiculous and unbelievable.
It isn't always Disney out there as you have stated. And using local tragedies in this forum is at best, inappropriate.
And yes, my daughter is armed. She is a lot more likely to be hurt at school, at work or riding around in a car then by her gun. I presume you believe she should stop doing those things as well.
Seth's neighbors should put a sign on their lawns saying...."Robbers Beware....Seth has no guns to defend his home but he has an electric sander!"
ReplyDeletewhats gets me is that all the people that complain about guns,who's the first people they call when they need help,someone with a gun,the police,i like to know that i can take care of my family and myself
ReplyDeleteJust to respond to a rumor. I am not a teacher. I have never worked within any state or government post. I have worked full time, non-government jobs since my teen years.
ReplyDeleteThe point I was trying to make, "How willing are you to kill a person for stealing your tv?" I am not willing to kill anyone for materiel possessions. If my loved one's are in danger, that's a different matter.
I'm an atheist, how many of my detractors count themselves as Christian?
Seth, you fool! Don't you realize that the Second Amendment gives you the right to protect yourself against revolting slaves???? If they ever cut off their shackles and come after us free whites in Vermont, we will be defenseless against them if we are not armed to the teeth. A circular saw will no be enough, I tell you.
DeleteEven though the sparsely-settled Southern states got three-fifths of their chattel counted as citizens, they wanted more before they'd sign on to the Constitution. They insisted as well on their slave patrol militias being guaranteed by the Second Amendment.