Crime Alert - Burglaries in Rodgers Forge

From Karl Pfrommer:

One burglary and one attempted burglary in the old section this week. Both incidents were in the rear of the house. Here's one of the victims own words of advice. "I live in the 400 Blk of Murdock Rd and on Aug 10 between 12:00am and 5:00am someone tried to break into my home through the back door.

They unscrewed the bulb in the motion detector light and then proceeded to remove the molding holding the glass in the back door. I have the original back door that is hardwood with the 6 panes of glass. They did not get in because of the deadbolt on the door. However, I did not lock the back storm door that night. The police were called. I recommend the following:

Lock the storm door and if at l possible leave in the glass windows in the storm doors ,not the screens.

Dead bolt the door twice,( one that uses a key and a second one to use at night that turns from the inside of the door only located near the bottom of the door)

If you have a garage, install a motion detector light high on side of the garage that faces your back door. Leave a back house light on all night."

Last week the basement door was breached in the unit block of Stevenson Lane. The week before there was another burglary via the basement door in the unit block of Dunkirk. The rear basement doors of these houses are particularly vulnerable. The doors have four large windows. When one of these windows is broken or removed it is easy to unlock the door.

The burglar may even attempt to crawl through the window hole. This is especially easy when their are tall fences in the rear yard and/or the basement door is below ground level. Consider installing a heavy wire screen on the inside of the basement door or use some other method to secure the door.