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YOU MIGHT NOT THINK IT'S
EASY TO STEAL A
REFRIGERATOR-- BUT
SOMEHOW-- SOMEONE IS
MAKING LARGE APPLIANCES
DISAPPEAR FROM
HOMES IN NEWPORT NEWS.
POLICE CONTACTED 10 ON
YOUR SIDE, TO TRY AND
DRUM UP SOME LEADS.
WE SENT STEPHANIE HARRIS
HAPPENING.
THIS IS A NEW ONE FOR
LOCAL POLICE, 19
APPLIANCES HAVE BEEN
STOLEN
REFRIGERATORS, SIX STOVES
FOUR DISHWASHERS AND A
WASHER DRYER SET.
IT HAPPENED IN CHARLES
LATIMORE'S NEIGHBORHOOD
TWICE. EVERY WHERE YOU
SEE A RED DOT ON
THIS MAP SOMEONE HAS
STOLEN A BRAND NEW
APPLIANCE.
A REFRIGERATOR FROM THIS
HOME, AND FROM THIS ONE
THE THING ALL THESE
HOUSES HAVE IN COMMON IS
THAT THEY'RE EMPTY AND
RECENTLY RENOVATED.
THAT MAY BE WHY NO ONE
HAS NOTICED THE THEIVES.
SHE EVEN SAW PEOPLE OUT
THERE WITH FLASHLIGHTS
ONE NIGHT, BUT
DIDN'T CALL POLICE. THEY
WISH SHE WOULD.
ALL THEY KNOW FOR SURE IS
THAT MOVING THESE
APPLIANCES LIKELY
TAKES MORE THAN ONE
PERSON AND A BIG TRUCK.
ITS A FIRST OF ITS KIND
CRIME SPREE FOR POLICE IN
NEWPORT NEWS.
BUT NOW THAT NEIGHBORS
ARE AWARE, THEY'RE
HOPING IT WILL BE
SHORT LIVED.
I CHECKED WITH HAMPTON
POLICE AND THEY HAVE
REPORTS OF
THREE VACANT HOMES,
ALTHOUGHT THEY CAN'T SAY
THOSE THEFTS ARE RELATED.
STEPHANIE HARRIS TOYS.