Neighbors in East Dallas say they\u2019re seeing a spike in nightly smash-and-grab car break-ins. <\/p>\n
Filed police reports, videos and photos sent to NBC 5 show thieves targeting the same blocks, even the same trucks. <\/p>\n
People in neighborhoods along Lower Greenville say they are waking up daily to find shattered windows and broken glass along their street.<\/p>\n
One neighbor told NBC5 his truck was hit three times in six weeks. It happened again even after he rolled down one window and put up a laminated sign alerting thieves to nothing inside.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I put a laminated sign up saying \u2018There\u2019s nothing to steal in here, doors are unlocked, have at it\u2019 and they broke [my window] anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
Window replacements have cost him $2,800. <\/p>\n
James Beggs said his Jeep was hit twice in the same week. The day after he spent $500 replacing the window, thieves smashed it again. He had purposely left the truck unlocked. <\/p>\n
He said the thieves appear to be targeting pick-up trucks and SUVs, sometimes leaving nearby cars unharmed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they\u2019re searching for guns to be honest,\u201d Beggs said. \u201cWhat concerns me is the sheer volume in such a short matter of time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frustration is growing after neighbors say they\u2019ve shared surveillance video with Dallas police, submitted online reports or called, yet it keeps happening.<\/p>\n
Some said they\u2019ve given up reporting the incidents to police.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll call, it\u2019ll be an hour or two to respond \u2013 and I know they got a lot on their plate \u2013 but it does get to be frustrating when we have been getting hit time after time after time,\u201d one neighbor said. <\/p>\n
We reached out to Dallas police with the incident reports provided and details shared by neighbors.<\/p>\n
DPD provided the following statement:<\/p>\n
We have seen an uptick in reported burglary of motor vehicles in that part of the Central patrol division in the last several weeks. As reports are created through DORS or from patrol officers responding to 9-1-1 calls, we have been in contact with the victims to gather more information on their cases. It should be noted that this area is not one of the hotspots with the most consistent BMV and related reports, however, resources are still being directed to that area. It is important that we receive these reports through DORS submissions and 9-1-1 calls because that data helps determine where resources are most needed and can be deployed most effectively.<\/p>\n
DPD\u2019s online crime data for the area, referred to as Sector 140 on their patrol beat map, shows vehicle break-ins are up 33% from this time last year.<\/p>\n
,\u201cThere\u2019s nothing really left to steal. We\u2019re all very aware of it, so stop breaking our windows. We just want this to stop.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Neighbors in East Dallas say they\u2019re seeing a spike in nightly smash-and-grab car break-ins. Filed police reports, videos…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-417755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}