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Burglaries up in Bayside’s 111th Precinct
Offi cers remind residents to secure their homes as house break-ins plague NE Queens
Vol. 28 No. 4 64 total pages
BY JENNA BAGCAL
Northeastern Queens
residents beware: burglaries
are on the rise in the 111th
Precinct, according to police.
The Bayside-based
precinct reported on their
Twitter account that house
break-ins were becoming
especially prevalent in
areas west of the Clearview
Expressway.
According to a tweet
posted by the 111th Precinct
commander, Captain John
Hall, nine burglaries
occurred from Jan. 10 to
Jan. 18. The map shared
on their Twitter page
showed that five out of the
nine burglaries happened
within the Auburndale
neighborhood.
“We have had an increase
in burglaries on the western
side of the precinct. In most
of the cases, perp enters
through unlocked rear
windows,” the tweet reads. “If
you see anything suspicious,
call 9-1-1.”
The 111th echoed the
NYPD’s 52nd Precinct in
warning residents to close
and lock their doors and
windows “even if you are
leaving for a few minutes” to
deter burglars from entering.
“Even in the winter time
people leave their windows
open (in order to regulate
excessive),” a tweet from
the 52nd Precinct reads.
“Don’t give the bad guys an
opportunity. Close and lock
your windows!”
In a separate tweet, the
111th Precinct showed a
surveillance photo of an
alleged burglar standing
outside a neighborhood
house unable to break in.
“In this case, burglar
was unsuccessful and gave
up because windows were
locked,” the tweet reads.
In the precinct’s yearly
crime recap, Hall reported
that the precinct experienced
their “lowest burglary
number ever” in 2018, with
163 reported incidents in 2018
versus 167 burglaries in 2017.
There were 133 burglaries
at residences this year
versus 122 in 2017, but Hall
shared that 19 percent of
the burglaries last year
were “failed attempts to
burglarize homes.”
About 25 percent of the
burglaries in 2018 involved
“entry through unlocked
doors and windows.”
Reach reporter Jenna
Bagcal by e-mail at jbagcal@
qns.com or by phone at (718)
224-5863 ext. 214.
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