11 Car Windows Smashed In Southington 'Smash-And-Grab' Spree: SPD

SOUTHINGTON, CT — Local police Wednesday released chilling footage of an overnight "smash and grab" spree in which suspects smashed vehicle windows in town and stole items inside.

The Southington Police Department posted at 30-second video of one of the attack, with two masked suspects in dark clothes clearly smashing car windows. They also posted an image of one of the tools suspects used to break the car windows.

The footage was taken from a home surveillance camera.

Police said in a statement Wednesday afternoon that the Incidents occurred in both the northwest and central areas of town Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

They said the victims reported in each instance, one or more suspects walked up to their vehicle, smashed a window, entered the vehicle through the broken window, possibly to avoid setting off the car alarm, and stole items of value.

"Of the 11 vehicle burglarized, it is believed nine were locked at the time a front side window was smashed to gain entry," wrote police in a statement.

"In total, it is believed approximately $600 in cash, along with one wallet and one purse were stolen from these vehicles."

Police said they obtained numerous videos and photographs showing the crimes are being committed by the same group, consisting of three or four individuals.

The SPD wrote the suspects were observed wearing dark-colored clothing, gloves and face coverings.

Southington police and its Auto Theft Task force are working with other jurisdictions throughout the state to identify the suspects.

"We would like to thank the effort of our citizens who continue to share their video and encourage anyone obtaining any type of video of suspicious or criminal activity to forward video directly to our Auto Theft Task Force," wrote police.

This can be done by logging on to autotheft@southingtonpolice.org. Tipsters should include a name, address and contact number.

Anyone with any other information, or who witnesses anything suspicious, is asked to call the Southington Police directly, at 860-621-0101 or in an emergency, call 911.

To watch the video on the Southington Police Department's Facebook page, click on this link.

For a series of tips to combat car break-ins, click on this link.