Crime & Safety
Birmingham Homes Burglarized on Christmas Day
Birmingham police are looking for information that may lead to a suspect in two related burglaries on Dorchester.
Residents of two homes in the 2400 block of Dorchester Road returned from celebrating Christmas elsewhere to find their homes ransacked by a burglar, according to Birmingham Police Department reports.
Officers responded to two homes on Dec. 26 after residents returned from short Christmas trips and found drawers and cupboards open, items thrown all over the houses and several valuables missing. The attics and basements were also ransacked, reports said.
Police said it appeared that someone used a tool, possibly a hammer, to smash open a pane of glass on a door to get inside of both homes.
No suspect information was available, but authorities said one witnessed told police about a suspicious dark-colored Chevy pickup seen in the neighborhood at about 3:30 p.m. on Christmas day. The burglaries occurred sometime between 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve, and 7:30 a.m. Dec. 26, reports said.
Anyone with information about either incident is asked to call the department at 248-530-1870.
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