Warren police issue warnings about window air conditioners

WARREN — Those who use window air conditioners on the ground floor of their home may be more prone to break-ins, as one Northwest Warren resident discovered over the weekend.

Warren Detective Jeff Hoolihan said today that homeowners may be attracting a burglar by having one in a location where a thief could get to it. Such devices are typically not secured very well to a window frame, he noted, and can be “popped out” fairly easily, he said.

At about 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Warren police were called to a home on Ward Street Northwest, where a man reported that when family members arrived at the home, they heard a back window being broken out and saw four males running from the property.

The burglars had apparently gotten into the home by removing an air conditioner from a side window, the police report says. Nothing was immediately known to be missing.