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Summit police describe armed West Summit home invasion, reinforce auto-theft task force
Summary
Summit Police Chief Steve Zugorski outlined an ongoing investigation into a Feb. 21 armed break-in in West Summit and described intensified auto-theft enforcement, undercover operations and community prevention steps including Ring-camera registration and free home security assessments.
Summit Police Chief Steve Zugorski told the Common Council on March 4 that detectives are continuing to investigate an armed home invasion that occurred early on Friday, Feb. 21, in the West Summit neighborhood on Greenbrier Drive, and that the department has stepped up targeted auto-theft enforcement across the region.
The chief said two suspects entered an occupied house using a garage door opener taken from a vehicle parked outside, remained inside for a few minutes, stole property and located a vehicle key fob. One suspect left in a waiting vehicle; the other drove away in the homeowner’s car. “When someone breaks into an occupied home, it’s way more than just a crime,” Zugorski said, adding that surveillance video showed one suspect armed with a handgun. “This is unacceptable. … If I’m being honest, something like this, it…
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