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Police Urge Caution as Residential Burglaries Rise in the Summer
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New Canaan Police are urging residents to protect their homes against burglars as the summer gets underway. Many residents go away when school lets out and “burglars like to target houses that are unoccupied,” according to Lt. Marc DeFelice, the department’s public information officer. “They’ll go to a house when people are away on vacation or out for the day, even just out to dinner or grocery shopping—in that short amount of time,” he said.
The town, which has seen eight residential burglaries so far in 2024—including two in May—typically sees a rise in burglaries in the summer, DeFelice said. Residents should report suspicious activity to police, including strangers in the neighborhood who come to the doors of homes, and should notify neighbors when they’re going away so that someone is checking on the house, DeFelice said. “Let neighbors know who should be on your property—landscapers or other services,” he said.