Incidences of homes being broken into and theft continued to keep Dubbo police busy during the school holidays.
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A cleaner had her handbag stolen while she was working in Talbragar Street on April 14. Cards from her wallet were later used and police have identified a suspect.
Overnight between April 14 and 15 an unlocked car was broken into on Lacey Avenue. The thieves took the keys to the car and coins, but left the car at the location.
After a padlock was removed, a quad bike was stolen from a Brocklehurst property on April 15.
In the early hours of April 15, police believe there was a targeted attempt to steal a pure bred Australian bulldog from a backyard in Horizon Place. A female resident left for work and noticed the side gate was damaged, then on April 16 at about 2am a padlock was smashed at the same address.
Thieves pounced on a Fitzroy Street home in the middle of the day on April 16, when a woman left her lawnmower on her porch to go buy more fuel for it. When she returned, less than 30 minutes later, the lawnmower was gone.
Chainsaws were taken from a locked shed in Bundemar Street at Wongarbon between April 15 and 16.
Sometime between April 16 and 17, thieves stole $10 from a Toyota RAV4 they broke into on Charlotte Street.
During the same overnight period, a silver Subaru outback was stolen from a Hume Street location.
Five butternut pumpkins were stolen from a plant on Bedford Avenue between April 16 and 17. Police said the plant was also smashed.
An aged care worker who finished a night shift at the Holy Spirit Dubbo facility discovered her car window was smashed and the glove box had been rummaged through in the early hours of April 18.
A rock was thrown through a man's window and onto his bedroom floor in Clews Street in the early hours of April 19.
In the early hours of April 21 a man was assaulted and had his phone taken on Cobra Street while he was walking home.
More than $1,000 worth of property was taken from a Pine Knoll Drive address while the people that reside there were on holidays during March and April.
A house in Hay Street was ransacked and $600 worth of property was stolen sometime between April 21 and 23.
Dubbo police urge anyone with information to contact them on 6883 1599.
