Multiple Swampscott Daytime House Break-Ins: Police

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — Swampscott police are urging residents to keep their homes and vehicles locked when they are away — and even in many cases while they are in their own backyards — after a pair of daytime break-ins on Friday.

Police said officers responded to houses broken into on Cedar Hill Terrace and Bay View Avenue.

Both break-ins happened during the daytime.

Police ask that anyone who saw something suspicious in that area, or has a security camera or Ring device that may have footage of something suspicious, contact Detective Candace Doyle at the Swampscott Police Department at cdoyle@swampscottpolice.com.

"If you are headed out of town or away for the day, please lock your doors, windows and vehicles overnight," police said. "Also, if you are in the back of your home or outside, make sure you have locked your front door.

"In the past homes have been entered when people are simply in their yards."

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)