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EXCLUSIVE: Sheriff's Dept: Same Suspect(s) Stole from Dozens in the North County

Reported by: Elex Michaelson
Email: elex.michaelson@sandiego6.com
Last Update: 12:17 am

VISTA--Sheriff's detective believe the same person or group is responsible for dozens of burglaries at North County businesses.
Here is how Detective Robert Johnson of the Vista Sheriff's Department describe the criminal's MO:
The burglar generally waits until its dark and a business or industrial park is mostly empty
Then, they break into the lower-third of a window.
Next, they crawl into the building and steal electronics they can carry (i.e. TVs, computers, etc.)
Finally, they crawl back out of the building and run away.

Sunday night there were two burglaries at the 1400 block of Poinsettia Avenue in Vista, including Chad Gibson's G+B Marketing.

"I came here Monday morning and saw the glass all over the place and thought sure enough, this was a break in," said Gibson.

He noticed the thieves had checked out all the rest of the local businesses, but decided on his because of easy access. "There were greasy hand prints all over every suite up and down here...You can see the prints of their hands from looking in and checking this out."

Detective Johnson says Gibson is far from alone. "We've had 12 within the last month, I think we've had 50 cases within the last year." But that's just in Vista; Gibson said there have been dozens more in Carlsbad and San Marcos.

"It has to be the same group or same person, its the same MO...Whoever is doing it is doing the same thing every time and getting away with it," he said.

The burglar almost always hits areas that do not have video surveillance. Therefore, there is currently no suspect description.
As the search continues, Johnson has the following tips for business owners:
Install a loud alarm
Keep lights on after hours
Write down serial numbers on all electronics

Without serial numbers, Johnson said, you are basically "out of luck" when it comes to stolen goods. "If a deputy finds it in the back of the car, runs the serial number, if its in the NCIC system, we can get a hit as a stolen computer, otherwise if it is just a make or a model, there's hundreds, maybe thousands of those."

Sheriff's are asking for your help in trying to find the suspect. If you have any information, call (858)-565-5200.