SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Residents of the New Center neighborhood said they didn’t always feel the need to lock up their belongings until now. The quiet neighborhood in Sevierville is on edge after a string of burglaries have been reported in the area.
According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, five separate cases of vehicles being broken into have been reported to them in the last few days. Each of these reports come from the neighborhood behind New Center Elementary School in Sevierville.
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“Last night, I was even afraid to get out of my car just to walk inside because I just felt my nerves. I’ve been on edge,” said Cierra Folino.
In the early hours on Monday, Folino said her boyfriend caught a man rifling through his truck just outside her house. While their door camera was charging at the time, she was able to snap photos of a footprint in the dirt and her neighbors fence they believe the man crawled over…