After a string of burglaries, the Parsons Police Department is warning citizens to watch their property.
Over the evening hours and into the morning of Tuesday and Wednesday residences and vehicles in Parsons were hit by burglars. Officers took reports from city employees at the municipal maintenance shop on North 21st Street, where five vehicles were rummaged through. One of the vehicles sustained damage where the door was pried open, the remaining vehicles were all unlocked and not damaged. Also, in that vicinity, a lock was damaged on a trailer owned by the Parsons Fire Department. Two chainsaws were stolen out of a shed at a residence near the maintenance building. Further down the street at Ruskin's Manufacturing, an unlocked vehicle was burglarized, and hunting items were stolen.
Along with these incidents, two homes were burglarized where the back doors were kicked in and items were stolen. One house is in the 1300 block of Morgan and another near the 700 block of North 10th Street. In these cases, firearms, money and jewelry were taken from the homes. Police are currently investigating all these cases and suspect that they were all conducted by the same criminals. While following up on leads officers are making a list of suspects and persons of interest.
