Crime & Safety
Laundry Machine Burglars Strike Again
Police said the recent string of burglaries are likely linked to similar crimes that started in late May.
Burglars targeting laundry machine coin boxes at Cockeysville apartment buildings have struck again, Baltimore County police said.
Det. Cathy Batton, a police spokeswoman, said at least 10 incidents of theft from laundry machines at Hendersen-Webb complexes have been reported to police since June 16. Previously, between May 21 and June 7, there were
Batton said the two burglary sprees are likely linked.
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According to police reports, all incidents involved someone breaking into the laundry room, prying open coin dispensers and stealing coins.
Batton said Hendersen-Webb employees are not suspected to be involved, and apartment buildings owned by the rental management company are being hit because of the "sheer number of complexes along York Road."
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Police have no suspects or witnesses at this time.
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