Thefts may have required a moving truck or van

Rob Morris | March 6, 2010

It might have taken a moving truck or van to burglarize three houses in the 1700 block of North Croatan Highway, Kill Devil Hills police report.

Stolen was $25,000 in property, including HD TVs, a refrigerator and a washer and dryer. Police say the thefts probably occurred in broad daylight between Feb. 18 and 25.

Televisions were stolen in other burglaries, police reported. On Feb. 15, a house on West Walker Sreet was broken into and two flat-screen televisions were taken — a 32-inch Sony and a 42-inch Samsung, worth more than $2,500.

Two houses on N.C. 12 were broken into Feb. 19. Taken were five flat-sceen televisions.

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Duke says:

Many insurance companies in Florida make owners put in fire and burglar alarms in order to get insurance on homes that are empty during the summer. I refused and shopped until I found one that didn’t require it. I can see that happening here also. Winter burglaries have been rampant for years but now the rewards are so much greater. Rental beach boxes used to only have a few 19″ portable TV’s, now they are loaded with Flat Screens, computers and games and high end furniture. The risk for the ins companies is so much more. Sad commentary but desperation has set in for so many. One way to slow this down is to dry up the market for stolen goods. Never buy something that you suspect is ‘HOT’.

on March 8, 2010 @ 8:48 pm

KDH Resident says:

I have often wondered about this. As a longtime resident with rentals on my street, we all know there are “cool” owners, know-it-all owners and complete jerk owners. I have one such guy two doors away. Has never, not once, been nice to me, my kids, anyone in the neighborhood, won’t even wave, treats everyone like white trash.

How do these burglars pick houses? I always wondered if it might sometimes be revenge.

on March 9, 2010 @ 4:12 pm

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