Manteca, California – Families flocked to the Great Wolf Lodge in Manteca hoping for a cozy Thanksgiving getaway — only to wake up to one of the largest parking-lot crime scenes Northern California has seen all year. When guests stepped outside Thursday morning, the sun lit up what looked like a glittering field of broken glass. Forty-eight cars had been burglarized before sunrise.
Police say the mass break-in happened in the early morning hours at the indoor water-park resort, a popular holiday destination in San Joaquin County. Officers were called to the scene around 7:30 a.m. The sight that greeted them: row after row of vehicles with windows shattered, doors pried, and belongings scattered across the pavement.
Electronics, toiletries, wrapped gifts, luggage — even at least one firearm — were taken…