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Cash Stolen in West Street Break-In

Business owner said $2,800 was stolen from the office during an apparant burglary on Friday.

 

Sometime during the overnight hours of May 9 to May 10, the commercial building at 67 West Street was broken into.

According to the Medfield safety log, on Friday, May 10, a business owner reported the break-in at 6:17 a.m.  Later that morning, two other tenants of the building reported that they had been broken into as well.

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Sgt. Fabbo met with the owner and several employees of the burglarized business. 

According to [owner], when she came into work, she noticed that something wasn’t quite right. In her office, two cabinet doors were open but everything in her office, on her desk and in those cabinets, was undisturbed. The one exception was in the cabinet on the left, she had approximately $2,800 in cash wrapped up in paper and carefully placed behind some other items. That was missing.

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The owner said the money was from selling scrap metal and had been there for some time.

An employee said he has a “swear jar” with bills and change in it.  He said that all of the bills (approximately $80) were stolen but the coins were left behind. He said he is the only person who handled the jar so only his fingerprints should be on it.

The owner said that everyone who worked for her knew about the cash in her office but she never had a problem with any of them. She said she had recently hired two new people who were recommended by a current employee.

Later Friday morning, two other businesses reported being ransacked but nothing was stolen from those offices.

Police Chief Bob Meaney Jr. said the investigation is ongoing.

"Detective Geary is doing the follow-up and has a couple of items to fingerprint."  


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