BB Gun Bandits Have Struck Close To 100 Cars In The Area
Over the past two weeks dozens of police reports have been taken for shattered car windows shot out with a BB Gun. The vandalism spree has stretched across multiple municipalities including Hobart, Lake Station, Portage, New Chicago, and Gary. Some estimates of damaged vehicles across the entire area could be near one hundred.
Numerous Ring cameras across the area have captured fuzzy images of a possible suspect vehicle in the night. At this time police believe it to be a Silver Ford Focus or small 4 door car similar in style. One agency believed the suspects could be using multiple cars.
Anyone with information on this vehicle or the suspects are asked to call their local police department.
Portage Police have asked residents to call Detective Dave Czilli at 219-764-5708 or the department at 219-762-3122.
Hobart Police have asked anyone with information to contact The Hobart Detective Bureau at 219-942-3406.