Deputies Believe They've Solved 50 Auto Burglaries

Mobile County Sheriff's Deputies believe they may have solved dozens of car burglaries.
They arrested three juveniles who they believe are responsible for more than 50 car burglaries in both the City and County of Mobile.
Deputies said the juveniles confessed after they were caught trying to break into a home in Theodore.
Corporal Chris McLean with the Mobile County Sheriff's Office said, Wednesday morning, "youth investigators, along with patrol, were called out to a burglary in progress."
McLean said it was a house burglary in the area of Sharon Way in Theodore.
When deputies arrived, McLean said, "Neighbors pointed out three subjects that they observed breaking into the residence and they were taken into custody. Items that were recovered from the burglary include four guns, along with alcohol and other stolen items."
But that was just the beginning.
McLean said deputies said they interviewed the three juveniles and "they have confessed to at least fifty attempted auto burglaries at this point."
Deputies said four of the burglaries were in the Theodore area, but that the rest happened along streets like Windtree Road and Mallard Drive off Schillinger Road in the City of Mobile.
People who live along Sharon Way said they've been burglarized repeatedly.
Michael Venezia said, "Over the last three years, I've had three lawn mowers stolen each year. They just come in the backyard, take it, and they're gone."
Beverly Leonard said, last year, her two teenage daughters were coming home from school and walked in on a burglary.
Leonard said, "Someone had kicked in the back door. She (my daughter) said something had knocked over in the house and I think they (the burglars) were still in the house, and she just took off running."
One person we talked to along Windtree said she hadn't heard about the car burglaries, but, according to Yvette Clifton, "Kids nowadays need something to do in the summertime. There's too much time on their hands."
And how did the juveniles burglarize the cars?
Investigators said the owners left the doors unlocked.
Deputies remind you to always to lock your car door, even if you're just running a quick errand.