GPD: Lock your car doors
By Ethan Smith
Published in News on June 23, 2015 1:46 PM
Goldsboro's recent influx of motor vehicle break-ins saw no sign of slowing down this weekend, as four more occurred over the course of Friday and Saturday, in addition to two motor vehicle larcenies.
The vehicle break-ins occurred at 1805 Wayne Memorial Drive, 103 N. Lee St., 708 Corporate Drive and 1703 Rose St.
The larceny cases occurred at 1408 S. Harding Drive and behind 124 E. Mulberry St., which resulted in a motorcycle and silver sedan being stolen. The vehicle stolen from East Mulberry Street was later found behind The Flying Shamrock at 115 N. John St., with a purse and a spare residence key missing from the vehicle.
In each breaking and entering case, varying amounts of cash were stolen from each victim's wallet inside his or her car.
Maj. Anthony Carmon with the Goldsboro Police Department said that in each case the police department looks into whether or not cases are in close proximity to one another as the first step in solving a case.
"It's a general practice to do that," he said. "We generally look to see if they're related, and we also look at known suspects as they get out of jail to see if they are connected to the crime in any way."
As of June 1, 186 motor vehicle break-ins have been reported to the police department.
Arrests have been made in some of the cases and more are likely to be made as the police department continues to pursue leads in connection with the crimes.
Carmon said a spike in break-ins of any type is not uncommon during the summer months. The police department has also said that break-ins are actually down 15 percent from 2014.
"There is generally a summer spike in these types of crimes," Carmon said. "The kids are out of school and more people are out and about because it's more pleasant outside, especially in the evening."
The motor vehicle break-ins over the weekend were all reported around 5 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday.
The investigations remain ongoing.