Over 20 cars broken into at Brier Creek within 7 days
OVERHEAD. I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW
THIS WILL AFFECT RAIN CHANCES
COMING UP. ALL RIGHT, DAN,
THANK YOU.
>> NEW TONIGHT, SHATTERED GLASS
AND BROKEN CAR WINDOWS IN BRIAR
CREEK, RALEIGH. POLICE ARE
SEEING A BIG SPIKE IN SCENES
LIKE THIS IN A SEVEN-DAY
STRETCH LAST WEEK. OFFICERS
RESPONDED TO 24 CAR BREAK-INS
IN THE AREA THIEVES HAVE STOLEN
AT LEAST 4 FIREARMS OUT OF
THOSE VEHICLES. THE ISRAELI
DAILY JOINS US LIVE FROM BRIAR
CREEK AFTER SPEAKING WITH ONE
OF THE VICTIMS IN THIS ROBBERY
SPREE WILLING.
>> WELL, JERROLD, IT DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE MUCH NOW, BUT A
COUPLE OF DAYS AGO THERE WAS
BROKEN GLASS ALL OVER THIS
PARKING LOT HERE AT BRIER
CREEK. ACCORDING TO RALEIGH
POLICE, SEVERAL OF THOSE
VEHICLE OWNERS REPORTED STOLEN
ITEMS, INCLUDING FIREARMS.
>> IN THE SPAN OF 7 DAYS, 24
CARS WERE BROKEN INTO IN THE
BRIAR CREEK AREA. I SPOKE TO
ONE MAN WHO PREFER TO REMAIN
ANONYMOUS. HE WAS MEETING HIS
SON FOR DINNER AT BRICKS,
PIZZA. AND THIS IS WHAT HE
WALKED OUT TO WHEN OUR PD
ARRIVED. THEY TOLD HIM HIS CAR
WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHEN THE
POLICE OFFICER ARRIVED. HE SAID
WE WERE ONE OF AND WITHIN THE
HOUR.
>> THAT EVENING OF THE 24 CARS
BROKEN INTO 3 OWNERS REPORTED
STOLEN ITEMS, INCLUDING MONEY
AND FIREARMS. THIS MAN TELLS ME
AFTER GETTING HIS CAR BROKEN
INTO, HE HAD TO PAY A
DEDUCTIBLE, GET HIS WINDOWS
FIXED. AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE
SOME TIME. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT
YOU GOT TO WAIT TILL THE GLASS
HAS BEEN ORDERED TO. IT'S NOT
LIKE THEY KEEP EVERY PIECE OF
GLASS IN STOCKS. SO.
>> MY CHARTS BEEN SITTING IN
THE GARAGE FOR A WEEK. I CAN'T
REALLY DRIVE IT. I SPOKE TO
OTHER SHOPPERS IN THE AREA WHO
EXPRESSED SHOCK HEARING OF SO
MANY CARS BROKEN INTO IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
>> THIS WOMAN TELLS ME
IMPORTANT ITEM SHOULD NEVER BE
LEFT IN CARS. WE SHOULDN'T
BELIEVE EVERYTHING VALUABLE
THAN.
>> THAT MEANT BETS THAT YOU CAN
SEE ANY WAY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS
LOCK YOUR CAR. WOW.
IT DOES NOT. THEREFORE, THEY
CANNOT SEE ANYTHING IS A REASON
TO BREAK INTO YOUR CAR.
>> THAT'S COMMON SENSE. I
REACHED OUT TO RALEIGH POLICE
ASKING IF THERE WERE ANY
SUSPECTS OR PERSONS OF INTEREST
IN CONNECTION TO THE BREAK-INS
AND ALSO TO SEE A POLICE
PATROL, THE AREA IN LIGHT OF 31
CARS BEING BROKEN INTO AT
SEVERAL FITNESS CENTERS IN
RALEIGH, CHURCHES OVER THE LAST
WEEK. RPD IS URGING PEOPLE TO
FOLLOW THEIR 09:00PM ROUTINE
TIPS INCLUDE NOT LEAVING KEYS
AND VEHICLES BLOCKING VEHICLES,
NOT LEAVING VALUABLES IN PLAIN
SIGHT, NOT LEAVING FIREARMS IN
CARS IN PARKING, IN WELL-LIT
AREAS.
>> REACHED OUT TO BRIER CREEK
COMMONS TO LEARN IF THEY'RE
GOING TO BE ANY CHANGES MADE TO
THE SECURITY PATROLS HERE AT
THIS PLAZA. AND I'M WAITING ON
THAT RESPONSE SHOPPERS IN THIS
AREA TELL ME THAT THEY HOPE