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Carroll County, Md. (Map, News) - Sheriff's deputies are investigating a burglary at a residential construction site where a computer and construction equipment were stolen.
Deputies responded to the construction site at the intersection of Route 30 and Lineboro Road early Monday after a construction worker discovered locked doors were pulled from the frame of two trailers at the site. A laptop computer, saw and gasoline were reported stolen. The items are valued at $2,300, officials reported.
Authorities also are investigating an unrelated burglary where a 1990 yellow Honda ATV was stolen from a locked garage in the 100 block of Main Street in Union Bridge.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Offfice at 410-386-2900, or the toll free anonymous TIPS Hotline at 1-888-399-8477.
Carroll County is seeing a spike in burglaries, according to officials statistics. Burglaries are up 23 percent in the first quarter of 2007 compared to the same period a year ago. Burglaries increased 8 percent in 2006 compared to 2005 figures, according to the 2006 Crime Index Trend, authorities said.
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