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Burglaries reported as 2002 gets underwayBy Barbara Brown The Chisago County Sheriffís Office responded to several burglaries during the first week of January. Jan. 3: A deputy responded to a 7800 block Wyoming Trail home for the report of a burglary. The resident said he and his wife had been out of the house and when they returned home, at about 10:40 p.m., they noticed a rear door off the garage was open. The couple searched the house, according to a sheriffís office report, and they found that the front door had been forced open and that doors in the rest of the house were open and clothing was disturbed in dressers. The victim reported that he was missing about $50 in cash and a shotgun, usually kept in the garage. Shoe prints were found around the east side of the house, down the driveway and onto Wyoming Trail before they disappeared. Value of the property stolen was unknown at the time of the report. Jan. 3: A deputy responded to the 8400 block of 253 Street in Wyoming Township for the report of a burglary. The victim told the deputy that the family had been in and out for the evening, but no one was in the house from 3:45 p.m. to about 6:45 p.m. The victim told the deputy that a Sony compact disc and digital video disc player was missing, a Panosonic 8mm camcorder was gone and that a blue spinel ring with a gold band also was missing. Shoe prints were found outside the house leading from the east to the west along the back yard and footprints were noticed coming from the east in the area of Lord of Lake Lutheran Church. The victim valued the property stolen at nearly $1,100. Jan. 4: A deputy went to the 24000 block of Greenway Avenue in Wyoming Township for a report of stolen tools and equipment. The victim told the deputy that he had come to the business the day before and noticed the lock had been broken out and that approximately $12,000 in tools had been stolen sometime between Christmas Eve and New Yearís Day. Snowboarders, skiers: beware of thieves Folks traveling to Wild Mountain in Taylors Falls, or any number of ski resorts this season need to be on high alert for thieves. Four snowboards were reported stolen from Wild Mountain on New Yearís Eve, according to sheriffís office reports. Chisago County Sheriff Randy Schwegman said reports of thefts from resorts are high around this time of year, but there is no reason those thefts cannot be avoided. He suggests that patrons at winter sport resorts use the ski and snowboard check corrals provided by the management. ìThe problem is people donít want to spend the money to check their stuff into the ski corrals,î Schwegman said. ìSo, they leave their things outside while they go into the chalet for something to eat, or whatever, and they get stolen.î Schwegman said sheriffís deputies catch snowboard and ski thieves each winter and most of the time the suspects are teen-agers or people in their 20s. ìSome people donít even mean to steal them,î Schwegman said. ìIt starts because someone else stole their snowboard and they think they can go steal another personís.î The best bet for keeping those new Christmas skis and snowboards is to keep an eye on them. At resorts, check them into the provided corrals and at home, take them inside or put them in the garage when they arenít being used. ìDonít leave them out in the front yard,î Schwegman said. ìAll youíre doing is tempting people to steal them.î ©ECM Post Review |