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KPD Investigating String of Car Burglaries in 4th & Gill Neighborhood and Surrounding Area

The Knoxville Police Department’s Property Crimes Unit is investigating a rash of car burglaries that have occurred in the 4th & Gill neighborhood and adjacent neighborhoods over the past several days.

Since the morning of July 8, the KPD has received at least 34 reports of car burglaries with a total of 48 cars broken into in that area alone. Of those burglaries, eleven were reported on Armstrong Avenue, five on Kenyon Street, four on either West or East Glenwood Avenue, three on Haynes Place, three on Gratz Street and two on Folsom Avenue.

In almost every one of those cases, the suspect or suspects forced entry into the cars by either breaking a window or prying open a door.

Investigators have yet to identify a suspect and it has not been determined if the same individual or group of individuals is involved, though investigators suspect that to be the case based on the time, location and method of entry into the cars.

Investigators have obtained the attached images of a person of interest from the burglaries. Anyone with a possible ID of the pictured individual or with information regarding any of the burglaries is asked to contact East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers at 865-215-7165 or online at www.easttnvalleycrimestoppers.org. Tipsters can remain anonymous and be eligible to receive a cash reward.

Person of Interest - Car Burglaries

Posted by serland On 11 July, 2022 at 10:26 AM