The Jacksonville Fair last Friday turned out to be not too lucky for several attendees: at least six cars had their auto glass broken when the owners returned after visiting the fair, and several valuable items were stolen from the vehicles.
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According to the police reports, there were at least eight victims in total. The auto glass on the victims’ cars was shattered and various objects were stolen. One victim, Valisa Winding, reported that the criminals actually attempted to enter from one side of her car based on the pry marks on the door, then resorted to simply breaking the rear window’s auto glass. Winding’s purse had been left in the vehicle, and it was stolen.
Another victim, Kerra Nicholas, reported that a camera was stolen from her vehicle. Yet another, Katelyn Kuhl, noted that credit cards had been taken from her car and that various purchases had already been charged on it by the culprits by the time they got in touch with the credit card company, showing the thieves to be very fast operators indeed.
The parking lot where the robberies happened was on Albert St., very near the actual fair’s location. Given that people were charging a mere $5 for parking in it, most of the victims had been quick to take the opportunity of parking in the lot, only to find their cars damaged and their possessions missing after their day at the Jacksonville Fair. Police say that the victims should not have parked there.
Everyone knows the issue with parking nowadays: it is getting increasingly harder to find a parking space in today’s choked up towns and cities—and with more cars being produced and more people buying their own vehicles, parking space availability is not getting any better. As such, a lot of companies and property owners have turned to offering their free lots as parking spaces for a fee, and actually make quite a good bit of money from that. However, most people are disgruntled by what they perceive to be the high prices of parking in such locations, and often go in search of cheaper spaces at cheaper lots.
The problem with cheaper parking spaces is that they usually skimp on the security and lighting, according to police officers. Hence, a parking space that costs you a mere $5 would be likely to have no security guard and bright lights with it. As such, police advise that people search for more secure parking spaces and garages, even if it does mean paying a higher price in exchange. They also say that you should put all your precious belongings in the boot (trunk) of the car before leaving it, just to make sure that prospective thieves see nothing tempting to them through the auto glass.
