Crime Alert: Multiple St. Johns County vehicle break-ins over the past week

Jacksonville, FL — St. Johns County residents are encouraged to lock their vehicles and keep valuables with them following multiple automobile burglary reports.

The first happened on January 23rd at the YMCA on Landrum Lane in Ponte Vedra Beach.  A woman reported that her car had been burglarized.  The passenger’s side front window was smashed out and her purse had been taken.  There were no witnesses to the burglary and the facility has no cameras.

On Saturday, a property owner in Nocatee Park had her purse stolen from her locked vehicle.  The window had been smashed.  An incident report says there were two other vehicle burglaries within the same parking lot with the same general details.  In each of the Nocatee Park cases, the victims said their vehicles were locked.

A separate burglary happened on Saturday evening at Palencia Elementary School.  A woman’s pocketbook had been stolen.  The rear passenger window had been shattered.

And on Sunday, Deputies responded to the public beach parking lot across from Fire Station 9 on S. Ponte Vedra Blvd, where a woman had her purse stolen as she was at the beach.  The driver’s side window had been smashed.

“Lock your purse in the trunk, or take it with you”, said SJSO Media Relations Officer Kevin Kelshaw.

St. Johns County Deputies do not have a description of a suspect or suspects at this point.  They have not determined if any of these burglaries may be connected to the same individual or individuals.