Law enforcement reports rash of car break-ins - Yahoo News
Dec. 8—Over the past few nights a rash of car break-ins have swept the city. According to a lieutenant at Lockport police, the perpetrators have not been identified but are hitting different neighborhoods each night.
"They tend to do one area a night," Lt. Marshall Belling said. "We don't know where they'll pop up."
Belling also noted that none of the break-ins in the city have involved actually breaking into a vehicle. They have all been vehicles that were left unlocked.
To combat the trend, "midnight" patrols have been directed to be more vigilant in their nightly beats. Otherwise, Belling said lock your doors, motion lights seem to deter the thieves and it's also important not to leave valuables, even change, in vehicles.
The phenomenon also spreads further than city limits.
Sheriff Mike Filicetti said there have been incidents in the Town of Lockport, Wilson, Pendleton, Ransomville and Wheatfield in which multiple car break-ins have been reported in a small area over one night.
Filicetti also noted, that for those who have been caught and charged, he believed they were back to their criminal actions after being given a court date and released by the courts.
One such incident occurred on Nov. 15 when the Niagara County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call of a suspicious car in the caller's driveway in Wilson. While responding, the deputy located another unoccupied vehicle on the side of the road, and at this point a second call came in from the dispatch center regarding,"two suspect vehicles and and at least three people entering parked vehicles," as reported in a press release by NCSO.
At this point the press release follows a high speed pursuit across the county of a stolen vehicle that was also stolen in Wilson that night. The driver, a 17-year old was caught and charged for reckless endangerment, possession of stolen property, criminal mischief, unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, obstruction of governmental administration and multiple traffic infractions.
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