Rash of Trumbull Co. break-ins puts residents on high alert

WARREN — Todd Hanks was backing his car out of the driveway of his semirural Warren Township home at 5:15 a.m. Sept. 25 when he ran over something.

It was the metal box holding his reciprocating saw, and next to it were his chainsaw, weed trimmer, a gas-powered four-wheeler, plus a wed trimmerr that didn’t belong to him.

He looked at his attached garage and realized someone had broken in through the main door.

He assumes the thieves put the stolen goods along the edge of the driveway in a dark place so they could return later to retrieve them, and he interrupted their plan by coming out at an early hour.

Warren Township police have charged four people from Portage County with participating in the wave of eight break-ins that hit the township Sept. 22-25, said Lt. Don Bishop.

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