{"id":57119,"date":"2023-02-07T15:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T20:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=57119"},"modified":"2023-02-07T15:13:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T20:13:10","slug":"4-firearms-were-stolen-in-multiple-lehigh-acres-vehicle-burglaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2023\/02\/4-firearms-were-stolen-in-multiple-lehigh-acres-vehicle-burglaries\/","title":{"rendered":"4 firearms were stolen in multiple Lehigh Acres vehicle burglaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Deputies are looking for two masked people in connection with multiple Lehigh Acres vehicle burglaries that resulted in at least four stolen firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lehigh-Acres-vehicle-burglary-suspects-1024x593-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lehigh-Acres-vehicle-burglary-suspects-1024x593-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lehigh-Acres-vehicle-burglary-suspects-1024x593-1-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lehigh-Acres-vehicle-burglary-suspects-1024x593-1-768x445.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office, several vehicle burglaries were committed at the Vista Palms apartment complex and in the Laurel Park community on early Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video below or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aifbgvQGwR\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VEHICLE BURGLARIES\/FIREARMS STOLEN: During the early morning hours of 2\/1\/23, several vehicle burglaries were committed in the Vista Palms apartment complex and Laurel Park community in Lehigh Acres. At least four firearms were stolen. <br>Can you ID them? Call <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SWFLCrime8477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SWFLCrime8477<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aifbgvQGwR\">pic.twitter.com\/aifbgvQGwR<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SWFL Crime Stoppers (@SWFLCrime8477) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SWFLCrime8477\/status\/1622954582698770436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd what they do is they just go to every single car that they come in contact with; they jiggle the handle; they move on to the next car. Unfortunately, we had at least four different vehicles that were broken into,\u201d said Trish Routte, manager of Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Routte told us this group of thieves made off with a lot of belongings, some of them dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere were several weapons that were stolen from vehicles,\u201d Routte said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four guns from Palm Vistas alone. Seven-year resident William Carley says that kind of news got his attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s alarming,\u201d Carley said. \u201cThat they just stole them out of somebody\u2019s car. Well, you know, people got to take caution\u2026 you put a gun in your car. You take it back in the house with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you happen to be in the middle of the night\u2014walking the dog, coming in late, whatever\u2014and you notice suspicious people in your neighborhood, definitely call that in immediately because you could be helping your neighbors or your friends avert a crime,\u201d Routte said. \u201cYou know, in this case, these guys probably have done this before; they knew enough to cover a part of their faces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any information on the incidents, call Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputies are looking for two masked people in connection with multiple Lehigh Acres vehicle burglaries that resulted in at least four stolen firearms. 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