East Tosa Alert: Multiple Crimes Hit Small Area on Successive Days

Residents of a few blocks just north of West North Avenue in East Tosa should be vigilant and extra cautious about leaving valuables unsecured in cars and garages, as the area has been the target of a number of possibly related crimes over at least the past three days and nights.

The incidents, ranging from car entries to a garage break-in, have been moving west a block or two each day in the 2400 block from North 61st to 64th streets – so perhaps folks along the next couple of streets should be on the lookout.

On Sunday, a resident of the 2400 block of North 64th Street reported that some time between 9:45 a.m. and 2 p.m. someone stole an air compressor and two nail guns from his unlocked garage. During the same time, the rear license plates were stolen from cars belonging to two other residents of the same block.

Saturday, a resident of the 2400 block of North 63rd Street reported at about 1 p.m. that some time since 7:30 p.m. Friday someone broke into his detached garage and stolen two lawn mowers. Police found that the service door had been pried open.

Friday morning, a resident of the 2400 block of North 61st Street reported that overnight someone entered his two unlocked cars in his driveway and rummaged through them, but nothing appeared to be missing.

Two neighbors gave police partial descriptions Sunday of two strangers they had spotted in the area and thought suspicious, one of a teenage black male possibly 14 to 17 years old with a slight build, the other of a stocky white male around 40 who left in a red SUV that had been parked near the scene.

noted in reports that they believe that at least some of the crimes are being committed by the same person or persons.