CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Thief strikes same Lehigh Acres victim twice

A Lehigh Acres neighbor became the victim of a car burglary not once, but twice. In the most recent case, the victim had their car stolen.

Surveillance video showed a man dressed all in black approaching the victim’s locked Hyundai on the morning of Feb. 13. The suspect spent several minutes using a screwdriver to pry at the door handle and rear window before eventually shattering the window to get inside, according to the police report.

‘LOCK YOUR DOORS’: Car broken in and stolen by same suspect in Lehigh Acres, police say

The report said the suspect then hot-wired the car and drove away on Jaguar Boulevard.

“This feels a little more targeted specifically, because the victim was victimized twice within a period of just over a month,” Trish Routte with Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers said…

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