DELAND, Fla. --
In the last five days, four police cars belonging to different agencies have been broken into in Volusia County.
In one of the break-ins, the thieves made off with a rifle and ammunition.
Investigators said it's certainly possible the crimes are connected. They said it could be one or more individuals targeting marked vehicles parked at law officers' homes.
So far, one Volusia County sheriff's car, one from New Smyrna Beach Police Department, one belonging to an Orange City officer and one Seminole County deputy's car have been targeted.
In each case, the front passenger window was smashed for access.
The most recent break-ins occurred Thursday morning.
A patrol car from Seminole County and one from New Smryna Beach were both parked at the officers' Deltona homes. The Seminole County deputy lost a gas mask.
Early Sunday morning, a unit from the Orange City Police Department was hit but nothing taken and last Saturday morning, a Volusia County deputy’s patrol car parked in Deltona was broken into -- that's when a thief stole a shotgun.
"In this case, the deputy did leave the keys in the ignition and that enabled the thief to access the shotgun and also the trunk where the ammunition was being kept," Gary Davidson of the Volusia County Sheriff's Department said.
Investigators said in every case weapons were properly secured if they were in the vehicles, and three out of four break-ins yielded little or nothing, but in the Volusia County deputy’s case, because of a mistake, a shotgun is on the streets.
"This was not a failure of policy. We want the weapons to be there, close to the deputies when they need them. In this case, the deputy simply left the keys in the ignition," Davidson said.
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