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'Organized group' responsible for multiple car burglaries, sheriff's office says – WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — Neighbors in part of our area are concerned after a series of car break-ins.

As reported on News Center 7 at 11 a.m.The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said those responsible were an organized group of criminals.

John Weber has lived in a Washington Township neighborhood for five years.

“For the most part, we have a pretty quiet neighborhood where everyone knows everyone,” Weber said.

But since the burglaries, everyone is worried.

“You violated the kind of trust by not being able to keep our car locked or unlocked in your driveway,” Weber said.

He learned his car had been broken into Thursday night and immediately looked at his camera.

He said he recorded video of people crossing his and his neighbor's cars.

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“I decided to call the sheriff, because I had some really good photos. They came out and wrote a report,” Weber said.

News Center 7 has reached out to the Mongomery County Sheriff's Office for more information.

A spokesperson for the sheriff's office said the burglaries were the work of an “organized group or groups of criminals” who “are roaming suburban neighborhoods vandalizing unlocked cars.”

The sheriff's office said thieves are typically looking for unsecured car keys, valuables and weapons.

Weber said they didn't take any of those items from his car.

“I know they took a makeup bag out of someone's car, decided it had no value and threw it in my neighbor's yard,” he said.

Weber wants deputies to destroy this group of criminals by arresting its leaders.

“The guy driving the truck is using the kids because he knows if they get caught it could end up in juvenile court. But the guy driving the truck will drive off and leave the kids without a second thought. So I think the guy driving the truck needs to be arrested,” he said.

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said it has a multi-jurisdictional task force to crack down on these types of crimes.

News Center 7 will continue to follow this story.

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