A rash of break and enters in vehicles has plagued Nackawic area

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By Lauren Kennedy

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"For a small town we shouldn't have to live that way, you feel like you're in a jail. A lot times when you run downtown you don't even lock your house, but now for sure we do lock up."

Angie Thornton, a resident of Nackawic all her life, voices her frustration after her vehicle, along with her husband's truck, was broken into a week ago.

A string of break and enters into motor vehicles has struck the Nackawic area hard in the recent month. Thornton says that everyone she talks to knows of someone who has had their vehicle broken into.

"It's happening on a regular basis and I've never known it to be this bad, " she said. "There has to be someone who saw someone roaming the streets at night."

When Thornton discovered her car was entered by an unknown person, she saw that maybe $15 to $20 was stolen in change that was lying around her vehicle. When her husband went out in the morning to go to work, he noticed that his truck also seemed to have been entered as there were things out of place.

Elwood Tracey is another resident of Nackawic who has lived there for 40 years of his life and had his car broken into about a month ago.

"It was pretty obvious that someone had been ransacking around. I had tapes in there and they weren't taken, but I had a good pair of binoculars taken," he said. "I wasn't very pleased when I found out."

Cpl. Keenan Lord of the Nackawic RCMP detachment told the Bugle-Observer that the cases are ongoing.

"I believe them to be crimes of opportunity, as most crimes are. I don't believe it to be any specific trend, it's just one of those things that they strike once and get away with it and continue to press their luck until such time they get caught," said Lord.

He said people should keep their eyes open for any specific activities and to report any suspicious activity to police.

"At this point, we're encouraging owners to lock and secure their vehicles, if we could get people to lock their doors the likelihood of having these incidents would be greatly diminished."

Town Coun. Karen Howell was another resident to have her vehicles entered unwillingly about a month ago.

For her, the thief or thieves went through both of her vehicles and left her registration and insurance book open on the seat. Money and CDs were taken. The culprits attempted to take her GPS system but were unsuccessful.

Coun. Howell believes it's a crucial thing to make the public aware of what's happening as of late.

"Basically I just want residents to know and to make sure they are locking their doors," she said. "Also, if it happens, they need to report it to the RCMP."