Durham police file 186 juvenile petitions related to car break-ins
>> NUMBER ONE, SOURCE FOR LOCAL
NEWS. THIS IS WRAL.
>> TODAY, WE'RE HEARING FROM
DURHAM POLICE NOW ABOUT HOW
THEY FILED 186 JUVENILE
PETITIONS ON 3 TEENAGERS.
ALL OF A CONNECTED TO MULTIPLE
CAR BREAK-INS ACROSS 5
DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US.
I'M DAN HAGGERTY AND I'M ABOUT
WRAL'S DURHAM REPORTER MONICA
CASE Z IS LIVE WITH WHAT POLICE
SAY.
>> LEAD THEM TO BRING THESE
CHARGES. MONICA.
DURHAM, POLICE SAY THEY ARE
SEEING A TREND OF THESE
BREAK-INS IN HIGH VOLUME
PARKING LOTS IN THESE CASES.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECTS WERE
MOVING SO QUICKLY FROM PLACE
TO PLACE. THEY WERE LEAVING
EVIDENCE BEHIND FROM OTHER
CRIME SCENES.
>> 3 TEENAGERS OF 15, 16 17
YEAR-OLD HAVE RACKED UP TONS
OF CHARGES. 37 COUNTS OF
BREAKING AND ENTERING MOTOR
VEHICLES. 7 COUNTS OF
MISDEMEANOR LARCENY, LARCENY OF
A FIREARM AND MORE POLICE SAY
THE MINERS BROKE INTO CARS AT
5 ADDRESSES ACROSS DURHAM FROM
THE NORTHWEST TO SOUTHERN AREAS
OF THE COUNTY. THIS WAS THE
DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND AT ONE
SCENE. WE WELL AT THE HOUSE AND
MORNING AND
>> HAS BEEN GET. HE WAS GREAT
IN A CAR. HE LOOKS DOWN.
HE GOES WHACK IS WE'RE NOT
GOING ANYWHERE RIGHT NOW.
WHILE THERE WASN'T ANYTHING
STOLEN FROM THE CAR. NOW THAT
WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND HAVE TO
REPLACE 2 WINDOWS. I FEEL
BETTER. HOUSING ISSUES SO FAR
HAS NOT SOUGHT AND USES MY
MOUTH JUST I THINK OUR LARCENY
FROM MOTOR VEHICLES HAS
INCREASED YEAR OVER YEAR AS OF
NOVEMBER. 30TH, THERE HAVE BEEN
MORE THAN 3100 CAR BREAK-INS IN
DURHAM. THAT'S UP ALMOST 6%
OVER LAST YEAR. AND I THINK
THAT WHAT WE SEE NOW IS WISHING
THE KEY IS YOU WIN THE HOUSE.
>> THE ABILITY THROUGH THE TO
BE ABLE TO GET THESE GUYS TO
GET THIS UP TO MOVE BEFORE AND
SUCH A QUICK MANNER. DURHAM
POLICE CORPORAL IN THE TREES,
HENDERSON ENCOURAGES PARENTS TO
TALK TO THEIR CHILDREN. IT
REALLY HURTS BECAUSE AS A
CHILD, YOU KNOW, YOU SUPPOSE TO
BE PLANNED FOOTBALL AND OUTSIDE
JOINT LIFE, NOT JUST COULD NOT
COME IN THESE CRIMES.
>> AND IT'S REALLY SAD TO SEE A
SUCH A YOUNG AGE. PEOPLE
COMMITTING THESE CRIMES.
>> DURHAM POLICE ARE REMINDING
EVERYONE TO LOCK YOUR MATTER
WHERE YOU LIVE AND DON'T LEAVE
VALUABLES IN YOUR VEHICLE.
THAT INCLUDES GUNS. THE MOST
RECENT CRIME REPORT SHOWED
FIREARMS BEING STOLEN OUT OF
VEHICLES IS A CONTINUING ISSUE