Aurora police are seeking information on a series of burglaries and criminal damage to property at businesses over the last several months, stating that at least some of the incidents appear to be related.
The department took 18 such reports at businesses across the city between Oct. 27 and Jan. 28, totaling more than $13,000 in losses, police said in a Facebook post. Some of the businesses were hit more than once, according to the post.
Police said they aren’t sure if the same people are responsible in every instance and have no discernible suspect descriptions, but noted similar characteristics in several of the reports.
Among the locations where more than one report was taken are a muffler shop, a music shop and department store, two wireless phone stores, a liquor store and a rental business.
The muffler shop, on the 700 block of North Lake Street, was targeted about 6:21 a.m. Jan. 26; between 1:45 p.m. Nov 24 and 8 a.m. Nov. 25; and at 3:22 a.m. Nov. 14. Computer equipment and cash were taken in the November burglaries, but nothing was missing in January, according to police.
At the music shop and department store, on the 1000 block of East Galena Boulevard, cash and electronics were taken in a burglary at 4:04 a.m. Nov. 16, and nothing was missing during an incident at 5:04 a.m. Jan 28.
Nothing was missing either time a wireless phone store on the 1100 block of East New York Street was hit, at about 6:12 a.m. Jan. 29 and 5:48 a.m. Nov. 28, police said.
Electronics and money were taken in a burglary to a wireless phone store on the 900 block of East New York Street at 12:56 a.m. Jan. 2, according to police. Only electronics were stolen in break-ins there at 5:50 a.m. Nov. 13 and Nov. 11, according to police.
Nothing was taken during incidents at 3:29 a.m. Nov. 6 and 3:55 a.m. Nov. 1 at a liquor store on the 700 block of North Lake Street, according to police.
Cash was taken during a burglary at 6:13 a.m. Oct. 27 at a rental business on the 900 block of North Lake Street, but the second time it was targeted, at 12:41 a.m. Nov. 29, nothing was missing, police said.
Prescription drugs were stolen at about 7:35 a.m. Jan. 8 from a pharmacy on the 300 block of West Indian Trail Road, according to police.
Nothing was taken in incidents at a 7:17 a.m. Jan. 28 at a mobile phone store on the 300 block of West Indian Trail Road; between 9 p.m. Jan. 26 and 3:53 a.m. Jan. 27 at a gas station on the 1000 block of East New York Street; or at 8:23 a.m. Jan. 23 at a vacant wireless store on the 900 block of East New York Street, according to police.
Police ask anyone with information to call Aurora police investigators at 630-256-5500 or Aurora Area Crime Stoppers at 630-892-1000.
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Callers to Crime Stoppers can remain anonymous and qualify for a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to any arrests.
People also can submit tips through the Aurora Police Department’s free My PD mobile app.
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