Caught on Video: Suspect Breaks into Vehicles Downtown

District 1 officers in conjunction with the Intelligence Fusion Center, did a great job using the bait car to arrest a suspect in a series of break-ins to vehicles in the downtown area. "Operation Secret Santa" was launched this month and resulted in the arrest of one suspect and provided leads on several more who break into vehicles and sell the stolen merchandise. This is the surveillance video of the suspect breaking into the bait car. He first drives past the car, spots the GPS unit in the window, then backs up and parks behind the car. The video shows him pretending to be on the phone when he quickly breaks the window, steals the GPS unit from the dash and flees