On Wednesday, April 29, the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department received reports of three residential burglaries in the township of Seneca. One burglary occurred on Duha Lane and the other two occurred on Fawn Drive.
Several items were stolen from the dwellings such as tools, CDs, a firearm, a cellphone, and other items.
Members of the sheriff’s department investigated the burglaries and obtained a confession to all three burglaries from a 14-year-old boy from Steuben. The juvenile confessed that he gained entry by breaking windows and once inside he stole several items from each home. The stolen items from have been recovered and will be returned to the victims.
The boy will be referred on criminal charges of burglary to a dwelling and criminal damage to property.