Plymouth police are trying to catch the thief or thieves who made their way into the locked Redbrook mail house and helped themselves to several packages belonging to residents of the South Plymouth development.
“This matter is still under investigation,” Captain Jason Higgins said in an email. “Our detective division is vigorously working this case and is narrowing down leads.”
Security cameras showed two women, one brunette and one blond, picking through packages in an area that is supposed to be secure. They were wearing black masks over their mouths and the cameras didn’t capture clear pictures of their faces.
The dark-haired woman was in a black sleeveless top; the other woman wore jeans.
Plymouth police posted a photo of one of the women and asked the public for help identifying her. They described the alleged crimes as breaking and entering and larceny,
Michael Curley, the Plymouth police officer investigating the thefts, wrote that one of the women entered the mailroom around 1:40 a.m. on July 20.
He said she entered through an open window and, once inside, found a fob that allowed her to access the package room.
“She proceeded to shop around and left with some packages,” he wrote.
The thefts have alarmed residents who are worried about security and fear that one of their neighbors may have assisted the thief or thieves.
To get into the building, which is only a few months old, residents must use an individualized fob issued to them.
The thief or thieves got inside through an open window, which allowed them to bypass the locked door to the building. Once inside, they supposedly “found” the fob that that opened the locked package room, police wrote.
It’s unclear why they needed to go through an open window since they had access to a fob. It’s also unclear how many times the thefts occurred.
“It’s unnerving,” said one resident. “People are angry that what they thought was a secure spot actually isn’t.”
In an emailed statement, Daniel Gorczyca, vice president of AD Makepeace, which developed Redbrook, said the company will “continue to work closely with the Plymouth Police Department to identify the culprit, recover the stolen packages, and prevent this from happening again in the future.”
Andrea Estes can be reached at andrea@plymouthindependent.org.