DAYTIME burglaries in Aspendale are concerning Kingston police. A house in Laura St, Aspendale, was ransacked by burglars, 10.30am-4.15pm, Friday, and cash, jewellery, power tools, and alcohol stolen. Thieves climbed over a small fence and broke an awning window to gain entry to the single storey weatherboard. They used a can opener to steal $500 in a money box.
The day before, one of a small cluster of units in Albany Cres, Aspendale, was broken into 10.30am-2.15pm, Thursday, after thieves forced french doors and a kitchen window to gain entry. They rifled cupboards and drawers in the main bedroom where they stole jewellery, and left after stealing garden tools from a shed.
On Wednesday, in Gothic Rd, Aspendale, thieves forced a laundry window to gain entry to the three bedroom, single storey weatherboard home of a 63-year-old woman, who returned home to find her bedroom drawers open. She called police fearing someone may still be in the house. Her kitchen cupboards had been searched and a make-up case in her daughter’s bedroom opened. Jewellery was stolen.
Anyone with information should call Kingston police on 9556 6565.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 16 September 2015