Between 6 and 7 a.m. as residents were getting into their vehicles to go to work and school, calls began coming into Bridgeport Police station.

 

Again last night, there were a number of incidents in which personal vehicles were entered and in some cases, items stolen. As has been the routine, the incidents aren’t discovered until the daylight hours when individuals enter their cars.

 

Assistant Bridgeport Police Chief Randy Hartley said his department needs the public’s help.

 

“These are crimes of opportunity because people are leaving their vehicles unlocked and we desperately need the residents to help us solve this,” he said. “We have extra patrols out collecting evidence but we need people to be calling if they see anything and we’ll check it out.”

 

Also, Hartley urges that residents lock their vehicles.

There have likely been more cases than have been reported because if nothing is missing from the vehicle, no one would know anyone had been in it, Hartley said.

 

There has been no damage done and no forced entry. None of the reports filed indicate that vehicle owners heard anything during the night. Some of the vehicles were parked on the streets, others in driveways.

 

In addition to currency and coins, various items have turned up missing.

 

“Anything they think they can pawn or sell, they are taking – anything of value,” Hartley said.

 

The most recent incidents occurred on Oakwood Drive and Sherwood Drive, close in proximity to earlier incidents on Ridgeway Drive and Valley Drive and last week’s incidents on Garden Circle and Carriage Lane.

 

Additional incidents and any report of suspicious activity can be reported by calling Bridgeport Police at 304-842-8260 between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Residents can also call 911 anytime of day or night.