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They have happened at the following Trailheads that I know about:
Sombrero Peak TH, AKA Scenic DR TH
Dove MT Resort TH for the Tortolitas
Sweet Water Trail TH for Wasson Peak. Official Name is something Spanish, but this is the trailhead I frequently hike Wasson Peak from.
Reports of East Side National Park THs
Time is broad daylight, 9:30 AM to whenever. Do not park at Trailheads without security in Pima County. I would not park at ANY County run TH until further notice. What is security? Not the Sombrero Peak TH, or Sweet Water TH, for sure. Take all valuables out of the car, if you do.
https://www.newskudo.com/arizona/tucson ... -break-ins
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/p ... -break-ins
I am often the only car at a trailhead when I leave.
A SUSPECT:
My car was smashed into today.
I left the Trailhead at 9:30 AM AZT, checking my watch right as I left my car. I always do this when I head out for Sombrero.
By 10:33 AM, as reported by USAA occurring at 1233 Central Daylight Time, the criminals were attempting to make fraud charges at Frys Grocery Store 3 to 4 miles away at SilverBell and Cortaro. They then made a 3rd attempt at Sally's Beauty in the Walmart Plaza off Cortaro. Sally's states the transaction was canceled after the card failed to transact at 1245.
Sally's employees described the criminal as Hispanic, average Build and wearing a Harley Style Mask. Mask for Covid enable crime, so thanks!
I do not know where the criminal came from. Based on the times for when the transactions were attempted and distances from the TH tell me that they broke in some time from 09:35 to probably 10:15 or so, maybe 10:20.
A man on a Harley style motor cycle was at the TH when I was, and I am very suspicious of him. He left right before me, hiking trail and and turned left at the first junction. He was alone, dressed in dark pants, dark shirt which I remember as long sleeved, and had a light beard, and sunglasses. He also had a military Camo-print back pack. For temps as hot as they were, he was not dressed the way I would expect. Marana PD may be able to pull Fry's and Sally security video, but the criminal had a mask on at Sallys. I am sure he did at Fry's.
I had nothing valuable visible in my car. My metal bottle was off to the side and not visible from outside, but it was left behind. My spare sneakers and sandles were in back, as was a straw hat. My open wood box of about 40 CDs was behind my seat, and it was left. The only valuables were what was taken, which was locked in my glove box, not in plain sight at all. My car still would have been smashed and my center console torn apart, and glove box torn apart exactly the same. It is a fallacy to suggest that simple precautions would have prevented that.
