The Gainesville Police Department is asking students to be careful valuables as there has been a string of window-smashing burglaries in student-dense areas.
According to GPD Sgt. Greg Armagost, there have been eight such burglaries in the past two weeks at the southwest student complexes alone.
Police are urging students to lock their doors at home as well and be wary of door-to-door salespeople.
Last week, police arrested Zacquel Wisse, 20, from Boston, for trying to break in through unlocked doors at Fairmont Oaks after going door-to-door under the pretense of selling magazine subscriptions. Wisse then tried to enter the homes if no one answered, Armagost said.
One woman watched through the peephole as Wisse tried to break into her home, so she called police, Armagost said. There were three window-smash burglaries at Fairmont Oaks that day, but police can not link Wisse to the crimes, he said.
