Virginia-Highland residents wake up to car windows smashed, vehicles ransacked
ATLANTA - Residents living on two streets in Virginia-Highland woke up to their car windows being smashed and their vehicles ransacked.
Police received two separate calls reporting break-ins that were near each other, one call early Monday morning and another call several hours later.
Atlanta police say officers first responded to a call of multiple damaged cars at around 3:30 a.m. Monday at Virginia Avenue.
At 6 a.m. on Jan. 17, officers went to Myrtle Street and found several burglarized cars. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
Police found multiple cars with broken windows parked on the street.
Police said multiple men were casing the area.
At 6 a.m. on Jan. 17, officers went to Myrtle Street and found several burglarized cars. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
At 6 a.m. officers went to Myrtle Street and found more of the same. Police contacted some residents victimized by break-ins.
Residents of Myrtle Street in the northwest Atlanta neighborhood said cars parked on the street in the neighborhood have been hit by crime before.