Lock your car doors: That's the message North Branford police are sending residents after a string of car break-ins overnight Wednesday.
Police said burglars targeted vehicles along Holly Mar Hill Road, Oxbow Lane and Maria Todd Road. They believe at least a dozen cars were hit.
Brett Gagliardi is one of the residents who found his car disheveled Thursday morning. He said backpacks were busted open and the cash he had inside is now gone.
“It’s bold,” said Gagliardi. “They had to have been here for a long time.”
It was the same story up the street at Andrea Konesky’s house. Konesky said she began the morning by putting her children’s backpacks back together after thieves rifled through them.
Nothing was taken, but Konesky said some of her neighbors weren’t so lucky.
“That’s horrible to wake up in the morning and find you are out a couple hundred dollars,” said Konesky.
According to North Branford police Sgt. Sean Anderson, cash and small electronics seem to have been the targeted items. He said efforts to steal those items weren't overly ambitions.
“All the vehicles were unlocked. There was no forced entry,” said Anderson.
It also appears the thief or thieves were not especially attentive. One resident caught the break-ins on camera and shared surveillance video exclusively with NBC Connecticut.
The video appears to show a person in a white hooded sweatshirt trying to get into three cars parked in the driveway.
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“It’s just an easy thing to do,” said Anderson. “People leave things unlocked and at this time and age; that’s what people do.”
Police are encouraging anyone with information on the break-ins to come forward.
