Police investigate break-ins over New Year’s weekend, reports say

Dayton police were called to several break-ins over the New Year’s weekend, according to three Dayton police reports.

Police were dispatched to a construction site in the 3200 block of Lightner Road in Vandalia on a report of a breaking and entering.

The site contractor told police that someone broke the lock to the site during the Christmas holiday and stole items worth an estimated $9,100, according to a Dayton police report.

The stolen items included a green, 2018 Polaris Ranger crew cab, a cordless drill and saw, two backpack concrete mixers, and a handheld generator, read the report.

The report indicates suspect(s) may have escaped in the crew cab and/or another vehicle.

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On Saturday, police investigated a breaking and entering at a market in the 1900 block of North Main Street in Dayton, according to a Dayton police report.

Officers arrived on scene around 10:10 a.m. and discovered that 10 cellphones and three boxes of lottery tickets were stolen, read the report.

According to the report, the stolen property was estimated at roughly $2,000.

In addition, police responded to a house in the 100 block of North Marion Street early Monday morning, according to a Dayton police report.

Five televisions, three computers and one Nintendo video game console were reportedly stolen from the residence overnight, read the report.

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