POLICE say a spate of overnight break-ins in Daylesford this year are not all related and businesses can be confident the burglaries will be stopped.
Bacchus Marsh Crime Investigation Unit has charged a 30-year-old Wendouree man in relation
to a $23,000 burglary earlier this year at Jenkins and Thomas Retravision.
He will face Ballarat Magistrates Court on July 16.
However the business was burgled by different offenders for the third time this year last Thursday.
Plasma televisions valued at $5000 were taken about 12.30am.
Jenkins and Thomas Retravision was also targeted on February 12 when four youths stole three flat screen plasma televisions, digital cameras and iPods from the store.
A different offender driving an early model Ford Falcon stole a $3500 plasma television on May 1.
Police said the offender, aged in his 30s, forced open the front door of the Vincent St shop around 2.40am before driving away with the television.
Hairdressing businesses have also been regularly targeted.
Daylesford police Sergeant Andrew Guiney appealed to Daylesford residents to be on the look-out for any cheap hair care products or televisions being sold.
"And if anyone notices any expensive televisions in the hands of people who appear unable to afford them, then I urge them to report to police," he said.
Daylesford police and Bacchus Marsh CIU are calling on anyone with information to phone as soon as possible.
Sgnt Guiney said any detail, no matter how minor or irrelevant it might seem, could help police significantly with their investigations.
"A lot of people know details of local crime but think it's common knowledge and don't tell the police," he said.
"The message is that the police aren't always aware of important information."
Sgt Guiney said businesses should be vigilant in coming weeks, but not alarmed by the recent break-ins.