SPRINGFIELD — "Who the heck steals two kittens?" Jennifer Ashton asks on the Springfield Police Department's Facebook page.

That's apparently a question police are still trying to answer, after someone took two baby felines during a break-in at a Sixteen Acres home on Monday.

The victims left their Winding Lane residence early that morning and returned around 5 p.m. to find the front door had been kicked in, police said. Stolen from the home were two kittens and two Dell laptop computers, according to police, who continue to investigate.

But that was just one of several residential burglaries reported on Monday.

At 3 p.m., a North End resident told police that various tools and equipment were taken from a shed at a Morgan Street property.

At 6 p.m., an Indian Orchard resident reported that cash and other items were missing from a Mohegan Avenue home.

And at 7 p.m., a Pine Point resident told investigators that cash, jewelry, a tablet computer and an iPad Mini were taken from a Coleman Street home.

Police are also investigating a break-in at Midas Auto Service, 1160 Boston Road, that was reported around 8 p.m. Monday. Responding officers said they found a broken bay window, but apparently nothing of value was taken.

Also on Monday, a gray 2002 Saturn SL1 was taken from a Metro Center parking lot at 45 Willow St., police said. The license plate for the Massachusetts-registered car is 181KV7.

Authorities are asking anyone with information about these crimes to call the Springfield Police Detective Bureau at (413) 787-6355.