Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating about a dozen burglaries to vehicles that took place in Fountain Hills late last week and over the weekend.

MCSO received nine reports of vehicles burglarized and one stolen vehicle on Friday morning, May 3.

Those incidents were concentrated in the far southeast corner of the town east of Saguaro Boulevard and on either side of Shea Boulevard.

Additionally, a vehicle stolen from the 16800 block of Lunar Lane was later located in Scottsdale and recovered.

Deputies received another rash of calls on Monday morning for vehicles broken into overnight Sunday to Monday morning, May 6.

The latest reports included two cars burglarized and two others stolen. One of the stolen vehicles was recovered, according to MCSO Capt. Larry Kratzer, commander for the Sheriff’s District 7 based in Fountain Hills.

Handguns are among the items reported stolen, but in most of the cases the property has been more incidental, including loose change.

Deputies report that nearly all of the vehicles targeted in this spree were not locked and in some cases keys were in them. Even where the owner insisted the vehicle was locked, there was no evidence of forced entry, Kratzer said.

He emphasized that the community is not the remote, sleepy town it once was.

“People should lock their vehicles and take any valuables from inside,” Kratzer said. “We are making it super easy for these people.”