A Sarnia home decked out with lights for Christmas. (BlackburnNews.com photo by Melanie Irwin)A Sarnia home decked out with lights for Christmas. (BlackburnNews.com photo by Melanie Irwin)
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Lock It Or Lose It This Christmas

The Sarnia Police Service is reminding homeowners to lock it up this Christmas.

Ensure your home looks lived in if you are travelling for the holidays and take proper safety precautions as break and enters often spike at this type of year.

Police say do not advertise the gifts you receive and keep boxes and wrapping from big ticket items including t.v's and other electronics out of the garbage and recycling until the day of pick up.

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