{"id":343473,"date":"2026-07-17T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/343473\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:48:09","slug":"3-arrested-more-sought-as-thieves-target-vehicles-in-north-lauderdale-bso-says-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/343473\/","title":{"rendered":"3 arrested, more sought as thieves target vehicles in North Lauderdale, BSO says \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three people have been arrested and more suspects are being sought as thieves have been targeting vehicles in North Lauderdale neighborhoods, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Office officials said multiple burglar groups have been searching for unlocked vehicles, targeting mostly apartment complex parking lots and residential driveways.<\/p>\n<p>They strike between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. with minimal or no forced entry, although they&#8217;ll smash through windows when valuables are visible.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicles are ransacked and the thieves get away with &#8220;sizeable hauls&#8221; that include wallets, purses, sneakers, perfumes, hedge trimmers and leaf blowers.<\/p>\n<p>Most concerning to authorities are the firearms that have been stolen from vehicle consoles, glove compartment and trunks.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/071726-North-Lauderdale-car-burglaries-surveillance-images.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Surveillance images related to the investigation into car burglars in North Lauderdale.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBroward Sheriff&#8217;s OfficeBroward Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance images related to the investigation into car burglars in North Lauderdale.<\/p>\n<p>BSO on Friday released surveillance images related to the investigation and offered tips on making vehicles harder targets:<\/p>\n<p>Lock your vehicle and use wheel locks<\/p>\n<p>Park your car in well-lit areas<\/p>\n<p>Remove ALL personal items<\/p>\n<p>Install and activate an alarm system<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the investigation was asked to contact BSO at 954-720-2261.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people have been arrested and more suspects are being sought as thieves have been targeting vehicles in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250,19924],"class_list":["post-343473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-north-lauderdale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}