Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Orange County Sheriff’s Office has established eight sites countywide where residents can drop off large, cardboard boxes from big purchases like TVs or electronics.The purpose of these so-called “burglar boxes” is to deter would-be thieves who may see empty boxes outside of a home and strike.”With people seeing what you just bought inside your home, we call it a crime of opportunity,” said Sgt. Helen Randolph with OCSO. “Instead of putting them out by your curb, advertising what’s inside your house, you’re able to take them to one of our recycling boxes throughout the county.”Where to find a ‘burglar box’ in Orange CountyThe eight locations OCSO has will ensure every resident is within a short drive from a box, and are as follows:North West OCSO Sector 1 Sub-Station: 1111 North Rock Springs Rd, Apopka, 32712 OCSO Sector 3 Sub-Station: 475 West Story Rd, Ocoee, 34761East East Orange Community Center: 12050 East Colonial Dr, Orlando 32826 LaQuinta Inn: 11805 Research Parkway, Orlando, 32826West Saint Luke\u2019s United Methodist: 4851 S. Apopka Vineland Rd, Orlando 32819 Orange County Sheriff’s Office: 2500 W. Colonial Dr., Orlando, 32804Central Sedano\u2019s Supermarket: 12981 South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, 32837South West Winn-Dixie: 11957 South Apopka Vineland Rd., Orlando, 32836The boxes will be in place until the week of Jan. 5.For those who don’t live in Orange County, Randolph said there are steps you can take to protect your property.”Just make sure you’re breaking down your boxes and using your recycling bins, the communities give you, that your government gives you,” she said.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has established eight sites countywide where residents can drop off large, cardboard boxes from big purchases like TVs or electronics.<\/p>\n
The purpose of these so-called “burglar boxes” is to deter would-be thieves who may see empty boxes outside of a home and strike.<\/p>\n
“With people seeing what you just bought inside your home, we call it a crime of opportunity,” said Sgt. Helen Randolph with OCSO. “Instead of putting them out by your curb, advertising what’s inside your house, you’re able to take them to one of our recycling boxes throughout the county.”<\/p>\n
Where to find a ‘burglar box’ in Orange County<\/p>\n
The eight locations OCSO has will ensure every resident is within a short drive from a box, and are as follows:<\/p>\n
North West OCSO Sector 1 Sub-Station: 1111 North Rock Springs Rd, Apopka, 32712 OCSO Sector 3 Sub-Station: 475 West Story Rd, Ocoee, 34761East East Orange Community Center: 12050 East Colonial Dr, Orlando 32826 LaQuinta Inn: 11805 Research Parkway, Orlando, 32826West Saint Luke\u2019s United Methodist: 4851 S. Apopka Vineland Rd, Orlando 32819 Orange County Sheriff’s Office: 2500 W. Colonial Dr., Orlando, 32804Central Sedano\u2019s Supermarket: 12981 South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, 32837South West Winn-Dixie: 11957 South Apopka Vineland Rd., Orlando, 32836<\/p>\n
The boxes will be in place until the week of Jan. 5.<\/p>\n
For those who don’t live in Orange County, Randolph said there are steps you can take to protect your property.<\/p>\n
“Just make sure you’re breaking down your boxes and using your recycling bins, the communities give you, that your government gives you,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EFFECT JANUARY 1ST. WELL, IF YOU\u2019VE RECEIVED A BIG TICKET ITEM, YOU MAY BE WARY ABOUT HOW YOU\u2019RE…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[52060,52055,52059,2889,320,52062,52057,660,1335,139,141,140,2171,52056,52058,4002,52061],"class_list":{"0":"post-98818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-32804central-sedano","9":"tag-burglar-box","10":"tag-helen-randolph","11":"tag-holiday","12":"tag-home","13":"tag-laquinta-inn","14":"tag-north-west-ocso-sector","15":"tag-office","16":"tag-orange-county","17":"tag-orlando","18":"tag-orlando-headlines","19":"tag-orlando-news","20":"tag-resident","21":"tag-s-apopka-vineland-rd","22":"tag-sub-station","23":"tag-thief","24":"tag-west-story-rd"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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