WESTCHESTER LOOKS FOR VEHICLE THIEF

A car has been swiped and three others vandalized within two blocks of each other in the Westchester neighborhood of Bakersfield.

Homeowner Dennis Frick thinks transients smashed one of his car windows and swiped his pickup sometime between 2:30 and 6:00 Friday morning on Cedar Street. Another car also had its window smashed on Cedar Street while a was broken into on A Street.

Neighbors say they’ve seen an uptick in vehicle crime in the area south of 24th Street, with one car broken into twice last month.

Kelli Pierce