Burglars hit convenience store; 8 auto break-ins in PTC
A look at property crimes across Fayette County during the past week showed an Aug. 7 burglary of a convenience store in east Fayette County and eight instances of illegally entering autos in Peachtree City.
The sheriff’s office reported an Aug. 7 burglary at the BP Food Mart on Corinth Road in east Fayette. Sheriff Barry Babb said deputies responded to an alarm call at 2:47 a.m. and found a forced entry at the front door.
The store’s video showed two black males prying the front door open then bringing in two trash cans. The men filled the trash cans with multiple cases of beer and left the store.
Peachtree City during the past week reported eight cases on entering auto.
Three of those incidents occurred on Rosewood Court on Aug. 4, according to Peachtree City Police Department spokesperson Odilia Bergh, who said that all three vehicles were apparently left unlocked. Two of the vehicles had nothing stolen while the thief made off with cash and sunglasses in the third vehicle.
Another vehicle was entered on Aug. 4 at the Line Creek Nature Area along Ga. Highway 54 West. This time the entry was forced with a screwdriver during the early to mid-afternoon hours and the thief made off with family members’ personal identification documents, Bergh said.
The vehicles in two residences on Martingale Drive were entered on Aug. 9. An iPad Air was stolen from one vehicle while cash and a knife were stolen from the other. Both vehicles appeared to have been unlocked, said Bergh.
During the past week there were two entering auto cases at the Longhorn Steakhouse near Ga. highways 54 and 74. In one case on Aug. 3 a forced entry through the driver’s door resulted in the theft of a briefcase containing personal identification items. The other case, on Aug. 8, was another forced entry with the glove box found open but nothing was reported missing, Bergh said.
Bergh cautioned motorists to always remember to lock their vehicle and to never leave valuables in plain sight.
Below, as produced by the Peachtree City Police Department, click to see a larger version of the map showing the highest number of auto break-ins as white, decreasing in numbers to red to yellow to green to light blue to dark blue. Areas with no added colors have no reported auto break-ins during the past year. Scroll down and then right-click to zoom in.
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