Residents Cancel Alarm, Return to Find They’ve Been Robbed: Police

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI — Residents of a home on the 3700 block of W. Wabeek Lake Drive lost about $4,000 worth of personal items in home burglary — after they received an alert that their home security alarm had been activated and they told the company not to call police, according to a news release from the Bloomfield Township Police Department.

The residents left their home about 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 22 and had been gone about 15 minutes when they received the notification from the security company, according to the release. When they returned home at 7:30 p.m., they found the front door had been broken in and they had been robbed.

Police said it’s a mistake for residents to cancel an active alarm unless they’re sure it was accidentally tripped. Police are investigating.

Police said they’ve taken “multiple” reports over the past month where victims described similar circumstances. The incidents occurred on the 300 block of Wilshire, the 1400 block of Lochridge, the 2900 and 3500 blocks of Middlebury, the 610 block of Worlington, and the 600 block of Bloomfield Club.

All of these homes were recently or in the process of being remodeled, police said. In all the cases, the appliances appeared to have been professionally disconnected and stolen from the homes.

A white panel van was seen in the area and is believed to be involved with the thefts.

Any persons with information about any of the incidents are asked to call (248) 433-7755.

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