Looks like it took a week for the long arm of the law to find its perpetrator.
Last Tuesday, Oxford Village Police reported Burdick Street Landscape had been broken into sometime between the hours of 12:30 and 1:15 a.m. A window was broken and several Stihl brand landscaping tools were reported stolen. The department posted security photos of the suspect getaway vehicle, a dark colored Dodge pickup.
Late Monday evening Police Chief Mike Solwold reported, “The vehicle involved in the break-in at Burdick Street Landscape has been recovered as well as a person of interest.”
Solwold said as soon as more information is available, he would pass it on to The Leader.
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Chief Solwold also shared his April report of calls for service in comparison to April 2020.
Last April, in the beginning of the state lockdown, the village police department responded to only 229 calls; this past April the number of calls jumped up by 452 calls to 681.
In April 2020, there were 78 citations or warnings issued; in April 2021 that number jumped to 417.
Last April there was one accident in the village; this past April, there were three.
Year-to-date calls for service this year, 2,708; last year 1,732. Last year there were 1,628 citations/warnings given; this year 1,663. There were 19 accidents this year in the village, compared to 25 last year.