Wednesday, February 13, 2013
A Ford Expedition belonging to a Buford woman was broken into while she worked out at Anytime Fitness on Hamilton Creek Parkway in Dacula.
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Wednesday, February 13
Video surveillance at a Dacula workout facility captured a suspect breaking into two cars during the early evening hours of Feb. 4. A Buford woman called Gwinnett County Police after leaving Anytime Fitness, located on Hamilton Creek Parkway in Dacula, and noticing the lock on her 2006 Ford Expedition had been punched. A Sony digital camera, an iPhone 4 and a Dell computer were reported stolen. The officer reviewed the facility's surveillance footage, which showed a male subject in a late model silver Chevrolet Suburban park next to the Expedition. The video showed the male open the door of the Expedition and spend a few seconds in the vehicle. The Suburban was then seen pulling away and parking next to another vehicle. "The unknown …
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Said the incident happened so fast she did not get a good look at the suspects, but was able to provide police with a tag for the suspect vehicle.
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Saturday, February 9
A five-minute trip into the Buford Walmart on Jan. 26 was just enough time for a quick thief to smash the window of a Gainesville woman’s car and snatch a company iPad that had been left in the vehicle. The woman said she parked her car next to a gray passenger car occupied by three males. The woman told police she was only in the store for about five minutes. When she returned to her vehicle, she found the rear driver’s side passenger window smashed. A company iPad, which she had left on the floorboard near the front seat, was gone. A Dacula woman witnessed the incident and advised that as soon as the woman walked inside the store, one of the males exited the gray passenger car, smashed the window, crawled inside the car and took …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
A third vehicle was entered after the doors were left unlocked.
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Thursday, January 24
Gwinnett County Police are investigating multiple car break-ins in which the thief or thieves punched out the door lock to gain access to the interior of the vehicle. On Jan. 18, a Hoschton resident discovered his 2009 Ford F150 had been entered while he was at Taco Mac on Woodward Crossing Boulevard. The man told police he arrived at Taco Mac at around 10:30 p.m. When he returned to his vehicle three hours later, he noticed the keyhole in his driver’s door had been punched out with a tool. An iPod, which the man said was inoperative, was missing. The next morning, the man awoke and realized his laptop had also been in the vehicle and was missing. At that point, he contacted police to file a report. According to the police report, there …
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Four vehicles broken into on Jan. 12.
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Tuesday, January 22
Gwinnett County Police are investigating several car break-ins that occurred on Jan. 12 at the Mall of Georgia. In one of the incidents, a Louisiana woman said she parked her car at the mall at approximately 5:20 p.m. When she returned just over an hour later, she discovered her MacBook Pro, iPod Touch, Nikon camera, iPad, jewelry and Nokia cell phone were missing. The woman said one of the back doors to the car was unlocked when she got to the vehicle. The total value of the stolen items was estimated to be $3,000. In another incident, a Toccoa man said his Droid phone, valued at $600, and his Barrett 9 mm handgun, valued at $700, were taken out of his vehicle. One of the doors to his 2003 Ford Excursion had been pried open according to …
Ashton Ferrell
3:07 am on Friday, February 15, 2013
funny that the items stolen - "A Sony digital camera, an iPhone 4 and a Dell computer were reported stolen" - could make a portable in-car video surveillance that *could* at least help catch the guy. Or make him drop it, at least this particular car. and what is even more funny that there was a quite popular step-by-step guide about it recently http://felenasoft.com/xeoma/en/articles/car-… more ›