The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a large number of day time burglaries over recent months. In 2010, between the first of September and the middle of October, there were 21 residential burglaries reported in the county.  This year, for the same time period, there have been 91 residential burglaries.  Most of the recent burglaries have occurred during the day time hours, while no one is home, where a door has been forced open and easy to carry items are stolen from the residence. Suspects have been reported to possibly be checking out residences by knocking on doors and offering to sell the homeowner firewood or to be hired as a dog-walking service.  Anyone with information regarding the recent string of burglaries is asked to contact Detective Franssen at the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office at (208) 446-1300/Major Ben Wolfinger, KCSD.

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