If you live in the Northwest Valley, you may have seen a post from Las Vegas Metro Police (LVMPD) making the rounds on social media on Wednesday, asking for the community’s help in identifying a suspect in a series of car break-ins.
WATCH | Police seek help ID’ing suspect in string of Northwest Las Vegas car break-ins
Police ask public for help ID’ing suspect in string of Northwest Las Vegas car break-ins
Pictures shared by LVMPD show the suspect wearing a gray hoodie and a surgical mask, with a possible spider tattoo on the inside of his left wrist, driving a dark sedan with no tint.
I saw that post too, and it definitely caught my attention — as your Channel 13 Northwest Las Vegas reporter, I reached out to Metro to get more details on where these break-ins were happening, so that you can be on the lookout.
Officers told me they’ve been happening in parking lots near North Decatur and the 215, but didn’t say which specific parking lots saw the break-ins…