White Oak Police Warn of Car Burglaries

WHITE OAK — The White Oak Police Department advises people to keep their cars locked at all times. According to KETK, police have seen a string of car burglaries in the past week. They say usually it’s stolen sunglasses and money, but recently, it’s been handguns. Just this week, police said there have been 4 guns taken from vehicles during burglaries. Police Chief Terry Roach said, “They’re just walking car to car. And if it’s unlocked they will get anything with value. These guns are taken, then you don’t have a thief, now you’ve got an armed thief.”

Roach says a majority of all vehicle burglaries would not have happened if people just locked their cars. “Since January 1, we’ve had already 80 burglaries where they are just going to unlocked cars. And out of them, in the last year and half, we’ve had over 30 guns stolen from vehicles,” said Roach. He says burglaries of the same type are happening in Longview, Gladewater, and Kilgore. Roach advises people to bring their valuables inside and lock their cars.