Shoppers on high alert after seven car break-ins near Brier Creek since April
FACING TORNADO WARNINGS IN THAT
AREA. GOSH, SCARY NIGHT FOR
THEM TO OUR WEST. THANK YOU,
BRIAN. NEW TONIGHT WE'RE
HEARING FROM ONE OF MULTIPLE
VICTIMS OF CAR BREAK-INS IN
THE BRIAR CREEK AREA. JUST TAKE
A LOOK AT ALL THE SHATTERED
WINDOWS HERE. A STRING OF 7 CAR
BREAK-INS WITHIN THE PAST
MONTH.
>> HAS DRIVERS AND CUSTOMERS
NOW ON HIGH ALERT WRAL'S AARON
THOMAS IS JOINING US LIVE IN
BRIAR CREEK TONIGHT AARON, SO
FAR.
>> NO ONE'S BEEN ARRESTED.
>> NO ARRESTS AT THIS POINT
WHEN A POLICE TELL ME THEY ARE
NOTICING A COMMON THEME.
THEY SAY THESE THIEVES WILL
GO THROUGH PARKING LOTS EITHER
SMASHED THE WINDOWS ARE GO
LOOKING FOR UNLOCKED DOORS AND
THEY'LL SEARCH AND SUMMER
CONSOLE FOR GLOVE COMPARTMENTS
FOR VALUABLES.
>> GYMS ARE GREAT PLACES TO
EXERCISE AND RELIEVE STRESS.
A STRING OF CAR BREAK-INS
OUTSIDE THIS GYM IN BRIAR
CREEK. MAKE IT HARD TO KEEP
STRESS AWAY. A LOT OF
FRUSTRATION ON.
>> AND JUST KIND OF FEELING
UNSAFE AS AMY BROWN SMASHED HER
WORKOUT INSIDE PLANET FITNESS.
SHE SAYS THIEVES OUTSIDE
SMASHED WINDOWS TO HER HONDA
ACCORD THAT THEY HOLD SOME OF
THE ITEMS FROM A CENTER
CONSOLE.
>> I EVEN AND THREW THEM IN THE
SCENE AND DIDN'T TAKE ANYTHING
BUT FREQUENT GYM GOER COREY
REBUTTAL WAS WORRIED ABOUT
LEAVING HIS CAR FOR AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME. SO OBVIOUSLY,
I THINK HE PROBABLY CAN'T STOP
PEOPLE FROM BREAKING INTO
THINGS EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME.
IN ADDITION TO JIM'S, THESE
REPORTEDLY HIT AN AREA, A
LITTLE BRIER CREEK LANE WERE
HOTELS ARE LOCATED. DATA SHOWS
THIS STREET RANKS SECOND.
>> IN THE TOP 5 BLOCKS IN
RALEIGH. BUT THE MOST CAR
BREAK-INS THIS YEAR, WE ARE
JUST ENCOURAGING THE COMMUNITY.
>> TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU NOT
JUST SIMPLY HIDING YOUR VALUE.
BOTH WERE TAKEN TO MIND YOUR
VEHICLE THAT YOU'RE SECURING
YOUR YOUR VEHICLE BY SIMPLY
WRONG.
>> AND UNFORTUNATE TAKEAWAY FOR
BROWN, $300 IN REPAIR COSTS.
I'M GLAD THAT THEY DIDN'T TAKE
ANYTHING. THAT'S JUST IT'S
SENSELESS TO US THAT SOME OF
THESE CURRENT ONE THAT MANAGE
AND FOR NO REASON.
>> AND TONIGHT I DID SEE
RALEIGH POLICE PATROLLING THIS
AREA AS WELL AS PLANET FITNESS
EMPLOYEES, POLICE OR WE'RE
GOING TO FIND OUT THERE'S ANY
SORT OF CONNECTION WITH THESE