House ransacked in 1 of 2 home invasions reported Sunday
One home was ransacked and a cellphone and tablet device were stolen at another in two separate home invasions reported in Ypsilanti Sunday, police said.
The first was reported in the 300 block of Washtenaw Avenue, where a woman said she left around noon and returned at 3 p.m. to discover someone had entered her house through an unlocked door, according to a news release from Ypsilanti police. An iPhone and an iPad were taken.
At 4:15 p.m., police were called to the first block of North Normal Street, where a woman said she left around 1 p.m. and returned a few hours later to discover that her home had been ransacked.
"(The) victim advised that nothing was taken, but whoever kicked in her door flipped the beds, drawers, and opened cabinets as if they were looking for a specific item," the release stated.
Police continue to investigate both cases.
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John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
Scott Straley
Tue, May 14, 2013 : 5:38 p.m.
In all of these break-in articles, I seldom see a mention of an alarm system. So, thieves are targeting unprotected homes, generally. (There was one a few weeks back where an alarm system frightened away an intruder.) Suppose Washtenaw County provided a property tax credit of about $150 to $200 per year for home owners (and landlords) who had an alarm system installed with central monitoring. Would enough saturation of alarmed houses reduce property crime enough to produce an increase in property value offsetting the cost of the program? About a 6% increase in home values would more than compensate for the cost of the program (if every single home took advantage of it). How much does crime (or the perception of crime) reduce home values?
Jay Thomas
Tue, May 14, 2013 : 6:34 a.m.
Crime is normal on normal street in Ypsi.
Thomas
Mon, May 13, 2013 : 7:04 p.m.
Counting the days.