Westlake Police captain believes string of home burglaries connected to release of prisoners due to COVID-19 Westlake investigating string of home burglaries By Kelly Kennedy | January 27, 2021 at 10:35 PM EST - Updated January 28 at 9:12 AM WESTLAKE, Ohio (WOIO) - Since 2021 began, Westlake Police Captain Gerald Vogel said there have been had about eight residential burglaries in the city. “We’ve talked to other departments in the area; other cities they also have had problems with some burglaries,” said Vogel. Five of those have happened in the last week, and most of them happened on the west end of the city. Streets include Lexington Court, Prince Charles, Inverness Circle, Forest Lake Drive, and Royal Woods Place.