In one week, 11 cars were broken into in East Rock and 47 in Wooster Square.
That’s a huge uptick in car break-ins, according to police spokesman Officer Joe Avery.
SeeClickFix, the community non-emergency complaint site, is abuzz with talk of break-ins. Three days ago, SeeClickFix user Erasmus opened a discussion entitled “Rash of Car Break-Ins, Wooster Square.” Erasmus wrote that at least eight cars were broken into with crow bars on Friday morning. It was the latest in “countless” cars that have been hit in the last three weeks, Erasmus wrote.
The SeeClickFix posting was viewed 495 times and received 46 votes as of Monday afternoon.
Ben Berkowitz, founder of SeeClickFix, said New Haven car break-in complaints are popping up all over the site.
According to an email from the Dowtown/Wooster Square Community Management Team, police suspect that people behind the crimes are traveling the neighborhood by car.
The Community Management Team will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall. An emergency meeting of the Wooster Square Watch is in the works for Thursday.
In other crime news, according to Officer Avery:
A man was wounded by a gunshot behind 770 Winchester Ave. in Newhallville on Saturday at 8:37 p.m. The ShotSpotter system indicated a shot had been fired. Police found a 48-year-old man from Cleveland, Ohio, who had been shot in the buttock. He told police he had been approached by a man who shot him. He was taken to the Hospital of St. Raphael where he was listed in critical condition.
A man was robbed outside his house at 24 Harding Pl. in Newhallvile on Sunday at 7:32 p.m. He told police he was approached by a man with a silver handgun. The man took his money and car keys and drove off in his silver 2002 Toyota Camry.
At 2:32 a.m. on Monday, four people were mugged by two teens with a handgun near 203 Saltonstall Ave. in Fair Haven. They stole two wallets and two cell phones.
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