MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) – There’s a potential break in the case involving a number of recent break-ins and robberies in Manitowoc.
This week, police issued a reminder to people to lock up their vehicles and homes following a string of break-ins city-wide.
“We’ve had just a rash of vehicle entries and burglaries to residences,” said Capt. Larry Zimney of the Manitowoc Police Department told FOX 11.
Zimney says the break-ins started out just in cars.
“It pretty much started out as taking cigarettes and change within vehicles, and now it’s graduated to higher-end items like tablets, laptops, and GPS systems,” explained Zimney.
He added, now the suspects have taken it to the next level.
“Our suspect or suspects have gotten bolder and have now started to enter people’s homes as they sleep,” Zimney said.
In one incident he says the suspects stole from a room people were sleeping in.
“People feel violated big time when you have someone in your house that shouldn’t be there, much less in the bedroom as you sleep,” added Zimney.
On Wednesday, the police department posted a video to its Facebook page. Zimney says it shows a possible suspect in the act.
“A private citizen had a camera set up on their residence and this person in that video on Facebook, if you check out our Facebook page, appears to be trying to get into that vehicle and another vehicle,” said Zimney.
He explained these break-ins and burglaries aren’t limited to one area, but are happening in neighborhoods throughout the entire city.
“Most of these have happened later in the evening, or in the early morning hours, and we have stepped up our patrols during those hours,” said Zimney.
Police say anyone with information on these crimes should contact Crime Stoppers at (920) 683-4466.
