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Westbrook police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the person who committed a commercial burglary on June 17.

Reported stolen was about $1,800 worth of lawn and garden equipment – a push lawnmower, a backpack leaf blower, an electric broom and a weed whacker. Police did not identify the business from which the equipment was stolen.

The thief was driving a late-model GMC Sierra four-door pickup truck, according to police. It is believed to be a dark color. The suspect is white with an average build and wore a baseball cap.

Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to call the Westbrook Police Department at 854-0644.

Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Press Herald since 2016. It is his second beat since being hired at the Press Herald in late 2012, when he left the Boston Globe's suburban news bureau....

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