Bluffton police are urging residents to lock their car doors and residences as police report a recent increase in reported residential burglaries.
"We are encouraging everyone to make sure they lock their home, cars and garages," said Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief.
"We’ve had three reports in the past two weeks - two last night - of unknown subjects entering homes and or cars to steal purses," he said.
"These homes have been occupied during the burglaries. This is a particularly troubling situation since the suspects are entering occupied homes," he added.
Bluffton police apprehended three youths over the weekend after responding to a report of three people entering parked cars in the area of Eastland Drive.
Rick Skilliter, police chief provided the Icon with the following report:
On Friday, June 17, police officers responded to a report of three people entering parked cars in the area of Eastland Drive. The alert citizen called police at 5:05 a.m., with officers arriving within one minute of the initial call. As officer’s announced themselves to the individuals, the trio separated, running in different directions.
Bluffton Police Department
Public Docket April 2016 Total Calls for Service - 391
April 1
-A subject walked into the police station carrying a knife and showed officers where he had cut his wrist with it. He was transported to St. Rita’s Hospital.
-Police responded to a non-injury traffic crash on Church St. Nancy Yeager, 71, Bluffton was issued a citation for Reasonable Control.
April 2
-Officers responded to an assault complaint in the 100 block of E College Ave.
FROM THE ADA ICON - Elizabeth Saracson 14-years-old, who had spent the evening with her sister in Ada, and had left her home during the night hours, was found in Indianapolis, Ind., according to Michael Harnishfeger, Ada police chief.
On Monday, the Ada Police Department in concert with the Forest Police Department and the F.B.I. tracked Elizabeth down to a house in Indianapolis, Ind., where F.B.I. agents successfully located her and recover her from the home.
FROM ADA ICON - On April 23 the Ada Police Department took a report of a missing juvenile.
The incident occurred in Ada. According to the report, Elizabeth Saracson was spending the night at her sister's on Friday April 22. Elizabeth was last seen around 10 p.m. that night at her sister’s house.
Elizabeth is 14 years old and is a white female with brown hair slightly below her shoulders and brown eyes. Elizabeth has a mole on her neck.
