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Over the course of just 10 days, 29 cars in Lehigh Acres have been targeted by vandals who are methodically going up and down the streets shooting out windows with BB guns.<\/span><\/p>\nSouthwest Florida<\/span> Crime Stoppers is asking for the public\u2019s help in trying to identify the person or persons responsible for the vandalism.\u00a0 The shooting spree started on Friday, November 15th<\/sup>, when 10 cars in just one night had their windows busted by a spray of BB pellets.\u00a0 Eight more cars were damaged over the remainder of that weekend, and since then, the shooters have damaged a total of 29 vehicles.\u00a0 The last incident was reported Monday night.\u00a0 Although it\u2019s not known conclusively if it\u2019s the same person or group committing all of the crimes, detectives believe the suspects may be juveniles who reside in the Lehigh area.\u00a0 All of the damage has occurred in the late night or early morning hours, and to this point, no witnesses have come forward stating that they\u2019ve observed the crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re asking people who may be out late at night, especially in the Lehigh area, to keep their eyes open and report anything or anyone suspicious that they may see,\u201d said Trish Routte, Crime Stoppers Coordinator.\u00a0 \u201cLaw enforcement is stepping up patrols in the area, but we need the extra eyes and ears of the community to assist and help stop these crimes from occurring.\u00a0 Even if you hear the sound of a BB gun, we ask that residents make the call, since the suspects are targeting particular streets on each night, and ideally we\u2019ll be able to catch them in the act.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Fortunately, all the vehicles have been unoccupied and there have been no injuries reported, however each of these instances leaves the vehicles owners with costs to replace their windows, which could tally a bill upwards of $500 each time.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Anyone with information on the person or persons responsible for the 29 incidents is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477).\u00a0 All callers will remain anonymous and will be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.\u00a0 Tips may also be made online at www.swflcrimestoppers.org<\/a> or by texting a tip to CRIMES (274637) Keyword: REWARD.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the course of just 10 days, 29 cars in Lehigh Acres have been targeted by vandals who are methodically going up and down the streets shooting out windows with… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28367"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}