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Friday, April 24, 2020

'They're killing us.' School break-ins up 100% in Montgomery Co. over this time last year

School break-ins are up 100 percent in Montgomery County when compared to this time last year, Montgomery County Police Department statistics show.
Between January 1 and April 30, 2019, eight schools were burglarized across Montgomery County. Yet, between January 1 and April 16 of this year, there have been 16 school burglaries.
Police data shows 62.5 percent of the 2020 school break-ins have taken place between March 1 and April 16. Authorities believe COVID-19 boredom is a primary culprit for the increase.
"A lot of it is juveniles thinking this is a cool thing to do, and it's just not," said Capt. Tom Jordan, a spokesman for the Montgomery County Police Department. "People just having too much time on their hands."..


1 comment:

  1. 'YOU JUST CAN'T DO IT'
    Yes, you can hold the parents accountable.

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