Protecting your home, vehicle from burglars is as easy as locking the door

Jan 23, 2018 at 03:34 pm by Lisa Marchesoni


A Sunday night auto and business burglary spree in Walter Hill and Lascassas areas of northeast Rutherford County again points to the need for citizens to review their security efforts, a detective supervisor said.

“We had a total of 11 reports for auto and business burglary reported Monday morning,” said Detective Sgt. Dan Goodwin. “Almost all the cars burgled had unlocked doors, and unlocked RVs at a gated storage company that was broken into had expensive items removed.” 

“Opportunistic burglars drive around our new and old subdivisions between midnight and dawn, checking if vehicles and buildings are unlocked,” Goodwin said. “Others steal in daylight looking for homes that appear unsecured and unoccupied.”

With Rutherford County about to eclipse the population of Hamilton County, many here believe we already have more than 350,000 residents now.

“About 3 percent of our society will steal anything they can from the rest of us,” he said. “That means there are probably about 11,000 thieves, most with drug habits, in this county.”

Nationwide, theft and burglary hit about 112 of every 1,000 homes, he said.

“You can increase your chances of not being victimized with a few simple measures,” the veteran detective says. “Some of them can help us catch the bad guys more frequently.”

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