{"id":290663,"date":"2026-09-21T06:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T06:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/290663\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T06:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T06:42:12","slug":"dozens-of-car-windows-damaged-in-old-city-vehicle-break-ins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/290663\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of car windows damaged in Old City vehicle break-ins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dhwgmeh63g9dsu6x.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens of car windows damaged in Old City vehicle break-ins\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dhwgmeh63g9dsu6x.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens of car windows damaged in Old City vehicle break-ins\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-d06e322c=\"\"\/>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/video\/fmc-spga8ihmmlqemi3d\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dozens of car windows damaged in Old City vehicle break-ins<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">Multiple vehicles along Wood Street in Old City had windows broken and interior compartments searched on Sunday afternoon. Police received reports starting around 2 p.m., while affected drivers experienced delays in police arrival and reported estimated repair costs of several hundred dollars.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Dozens of drivers found their car windows smashed and glass scattered on Wood Street in Old City on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police say officers were dispatched just before 2 p.m. after receiving calls about break-ins, but some drivers said they waited for hours and never saw police arrive.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Julie Chung, who was visiting Philadelphia from Washington, D.C., said, &#8220;While I was walking to my car I saw a lot of windows that were smashed and my car ended up being one of the windows.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Chung said she reported the incident to police and called her insurance company, but was still waiting for a response.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;I\u2019m a victim of a crime and that\u2019s just horrible,&#8221; Chung said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Another victim, Gunter, said he noticed the damage immediately.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;First thing I noticed, I could see straight into my car. I didn\u2019t see a window there at all,&#8221; he said. He added that he called police right away.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;They told me they have gotten calls before, but they have been getting more calls today about it, and they were already having officers sent my way, like I said it\u2019s been about three hours since then and nothing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I\u2019ve noticed this being a reoccurring thing for a while. A lot of cars get broken into. I haven\u2019t seen it to this extent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Both Chung and Gunter said replacing their windows could cost several hundred dollars.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police said they cannot yet confirm how many vehicles were affected.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Although both drivers said their glove boxes and center consoles were rummaged through, nothing was taken from their vehicles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from FOX 29 reporting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime &amp; Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/philadelphia\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dozens of car windows damaged in Old City vehicle break-ins Multiple vehicles along Wood Street in Old City&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[592,139,539,69,71,70,593],"class_list":["post-290663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-pa","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}