Crime & Safety

One Car Window Smashed, Another Damaged During Car Break-In

Victim was attending class at local gym when incident occurred.

The latest entering auto victim at a local workout facility ended up with not one, but two damaged windows.

A Dacula woman parked her car at at approximately 7:25 p.m. on Nov. 14. When she returned to her car an hour later, her front passenger side window had been damaged in what the officer described in the police report as a β€œfirst attempt to enter the window.” The second attempt, on the rear passenger side window, was successful.

The thief or thieves stole a Dooney & Bourke purse valued at $300. According to the victim, nothing of value was inside the handbag. The cost to repair the window damage to the victim’s 2004 Lincoln Navigator is estimated to be $400.

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The case is listed as active.

Police are also investigating a Nov. 20 entering auto on Fairview Club Circle. According to the victim, someone entered his company vehicle and stole a GPS unit valued at $400. There were no signs of forced entry and the victim was uncertain if the vehicle doors had been locked.

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That case is also listed as active.

Other recent incidents investigated by the Gwinnett County Police Department include:

Nov. 14

  • Entering auto in the 1200 block of Auburn Road.
  • Identity fraud in the 2600 block of Harbins Mill Drive.
  • Battery in the 900 block of Harbins Road.

Nov. 15

  • Burglary in the 3500 block of Sardis Church Road.

Nov. 16

  • Theft by taking in the 1400 block of Cains Road.
  • Simple battery in the 2700 block of Maeve Court.
  • First-degree forgery in the 700 block of Dacula Road.

Nov. 17

  • Battery in the 1300 block of Wilkes Crest Court.
  • Burglary in the 1800 block of Brooks Pointe Court.

Nov. 18

  • Battery in the 800 block of Auburn Road.

Nov. 19

  • Possession of less than one ounce of marijuana in the 1200 block of Auburn Road.
  • Criminal trespass near the intersection of Dacula Road and Fence Road.

Nov. 20

  • Entering auto in the 900 block of Fairview Club Circle.
  • Minor in possession of alcohol in the 3700 block of Braselton Highway.

Nov. 22

  • Criminal damage second degree in the 2900 block of Belfaire Lake Drive.

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