Residents Report Rashes of Car Entries in Two Neighborhoods

Every week, we report at least a few entries to unlocked cars by thieves scrounging for anything left inside worth even a little.

It's routine for taking the reports.

But this week's crop stood out even for them, as two officers noted to this reporter while they were taking his report of overnight car entries.

Thief canvasses small neighborhood thoroughly

On Wednesday morning, 15 residents of a small residential area tucked north of Blue Mound Road and west of Mayfair Road called police to report that their unlocked cars had been entered and rummaged through.

In some cases, nothing was taken or at most some loose change, but others reported property losses. No damage was reported to any of the vehicles.

In one case, the owner said she lost nothing but the time it took to clean up popcorn strewn all over her dashboard.

The locations by block, number of cars entered at each residence and items stolen are as follows:

• In the 600 block of North 111th Street, one car entered, iPod and change stolen.
• Also in the 600 block 111^th, one car entered, change stolen.
• 400 block 112^th, two cars entered, change and binoculars stolen.
• 500 block 112^th, two cars, nothing missing
• 500 block 112^th, one car, wallet with ID but no cash or credit cards stolen.
• 500 block 112^th, one car, GPS and Kindle tablet stolen.
• 500 block 112^th, one car, GPS stolen.
• 700 block 112^th, one car, no loss.
• 700 block 112th, one car, popcorn strewn but nothing missing.
• 800 block 112^th, one car, dumped out purse but nothing missing.
• 900 block 115^th, two cars, change stolen from both.
• 900 block 115^th, one car, iPod and change stolen.
• 10900 block Harvard Lane, one car, sunglasses and change stolen.
• 10900 block Harvard Lane, one car, change stolen.
• 11000 block Harvard Lane, one car, change stolen.

In one other incident reported Wednesday morning, likely unrelated because of the distance involved, a resident of the 2400 block of North 73rd Street reported two cars entered but nothing taken.

Ravenswood wakes up Monday to find it's been rifled

In Ravenswood, nine residents called Monday morning to report car entries:

• 200 block of North 85^th Street, one car, loose change stolen.
• 200 block 85^th, one car, loose change stolen.
• 100 block 88^th, one car, GPS stolen.
• 100 block 88^th, two cars, nothing missing from either.
• 200 block 88^th, one car, bag of change stolen.
• 100 block 89^th, one car, GPS stolen.
• 8400 block Hill Street, one car, change and currency stolen.
• 8800 block Hawthorne Avenue, two cars, a phone charger, cassette tapes and loose change stolen from one of them.
• 8800 block Ravenswood Circle, one car, loose change stolen.

Again? Well, really now, this gets tiresome

And finally, on Friday morning a resident of the 800 block of North 60th Street who happens to be the editor of Wauwatosa Patch reported that unlocked cars in his driveway, this time three of them, had been entered and rifled but nothing was taken.