{"id":1362135,"date":"2024-10-14T11:54:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T16:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1362135"},"modified":"2024-10-16T15:30:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T20:30:37","slug":"crime-spree-targets-unlocked-vehicles-in-east-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1362135","title":{"rendered":"Crime spree targets unlocked vehicles in East Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOPKINS COUNTY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\"\" An organized criminal group took items including firearms and tools from several unlocked vehicles Monday morning. The Hopkins County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office said the burglars are likely the same people who committed crime sprees in other counties. According to the sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office, footage uncovered by investigators shows unknown people as they burglarized vehicles on Monday in the southern part of Hopkins County. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Additionally, we have discovered that this is likely the same criminal organization that has committed similar crime sprees in multiple counties to the south of Hopkins County,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office said. 100 miles south of Hopkins County, Rusk County authorities faced a similar issue in mid-September.<\/p>\n

The Rusk County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office also sought the public\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s help to identify the burglars as they compiled several reports and a suspect vehicle described as a white Ford.<\/p>\n

Shortly afterward, the Wood County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office, the neighbor county of Hopkins, reported that firearms were taken from unlocked vehicles.<\/p>\n

Wood County officials said several vehicles were burglarized near FM 17 and CR 1600 as well as in Van Zandt County. During that investigation, the Wood County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office said the suspect vehicle appeared to be a Ford.<\/p>\n

It hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just been in Hopkins, Rusk, Wood and Van Zandt counties as the Henderson County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office told KETK they too have seen a rise in car burglaries.<\/p>\n

The Hopkins County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office said they are actively investigating and if anyone has information on the crime sprees or any other crime they are encouraged to call 903-438-4040.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153As always, please keep your vehicles and doors locked,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the Hopkins County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This organized criminal group and others routinely steal items only from unlocked vehicles.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HOPKINS COUNTY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c An organized criminal group took items including firearms and tools from several unlocked vehicles Monday morning. The Hopkins County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office said the burglars are likely the same people who committed crime sprees in other counties. According to the sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office, footage uncovered by investigators shows unknown people as they burglarized vehicles … Continue reading Crime spree targets unlocked vehicles in East Texas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1362138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/06\/173992a21d33174cb467f185363b7f72-e1728924845163-225x183.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1362135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 09:24:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/06\/173992a21d33174cb467f185363b7f72-e1728924845163-225x183.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1362135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1362139,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362135\/revisions\/1362139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1362138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1362135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1362135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1362135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}