Vineyard police are looking into a string of break-ins in Vineyard Haven, and are reminding the public to lock their cars at night.
Tisbury police have so far heard of six to eight vehicles in town that were entered into recently by persons unknown. None of the cars were locked.
Cosmo Creanga is just one resident who woke up to bad news Thursday morning. Just hours after discovering the theft, Creanga was feeling a little shaken. “Living here, not locking your doors, not closing your car, that’s the Vineyard life,” he said. “That you could have this kind of a disturbance freaks you out a little bit. Especially having a 6-and-a-half-year-old daughter in the house.”
He said he checked his cars just past 7 am this morning after receiving a text from his next-door neighbor that his car was broken into as well.
Creanga called the Tisbury police, who arrived at his property 10 minutes later. He said they’re now investigating the theft of around $600 in cash from his and his wife’s cars at their Spring Street home. A renter on his property also had their car broken into.
Creanga has lived on his street for nearly 20 years, he told The Times, and he’s never heard of any theft like this in the area. He said Thursday morning that he regrets leaving his doors unlocked.
“It’s my own stupidity, so I’ll take it,” he said.
He added that checkbooks, credit cards and other important personal documents inside his and his wife’s cars were untouched.
Since Creanga posted about the theft on Facebook, he has heard from another Spring Street neighbor whose car was also entered, and a similar story from a resident on Greenwood Avenue. All morning, he has also been asking his neighbors for help identifying any suspicious activity.
“I’m trying to reach out to everyone I know who has cameras,” he said.
Tisbury police said on Thursday morning that few details are publicly available at this time, as an investigation is ongoing. They received their first call at 7:19 in the morning.
The police department is also asking the public to call them with any information.
“That’s the Vineyard way of life.” It used to be the Vineyard way of life.
The Island continues to evolve.
The new people love it.
The feeling fades.
Who leaves 600 bucks in their car overnight….???
People with alimony and IRS concerns.
On the Island 600 bucks is pretty much walking around money.
I feel bad that anyone has their personal space violated or has money stolen.
I’m also beside myself that people have locks on their doors and don’t use them. Leaving cash and checkbooks in unlocked cars is just something I have never done on purpose.
I hope this is a wake up call for people to use the equipment that their homes and cars came with. Lock it up.
I still don’t have a lock on my doors, but frankly, I don’t have anything that someone would want to steal. It’s more likely as a senior citizen that someone would try to steal from me over the internet or phone, I try to be careful of that. P.S. I’m still hoping you won’t publish my address ,
My inflatable dinghy was just stolen from Owen Park and I know that several others disappeared in the last month. Makes me wonder if this could be the same bad apple.
The Island has lots of bad apples.
This is American Exceptionalism .
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