After rash of break-ins, Newton police asking residents with cameras to sign up for virtual community watch program
By Emily Sweeney Globe Staff,Updated April 14, 2021, 3:31 p.m.
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Newton police are asking residents with security cameras to participate in a virtual neighborhood watch while they investigate a rash of home break-ins that have occurred in recent weeks.
Images and video footage are critical to many crime investigations, and itâs helpful for police to know which homes have cameras, officials said.
Police said residents who have Ring doorbells, Blink cameras, or other surveillance devices who want to participate in the program can register on the Newton Police Departmentâs website at www.newtonpolice.com/cameras.
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April 10, 2021 | 4:28 PM
Five homes in Newton were broken into during a roughly two-hour span Friday night, Newton police reported Saturday, and residents are asked to be on the lookout for suspicious activity.
The break-ins at homes on Highland Avenue, Warwick Road and Kensington Street in West Newton; Clarendon Street in Newtonville; and Chapel Street in Nonantum occurred between 7:45 p.m. and 9:50 p.m., according to Newton police Lieutenant Bruce Apotheker.
Four of the residences were unoccupied at the time of the break-ins, Apotheker said.
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