A Snapshot of the Weekend's Vehicle Break-ins

Burglaries can happen everywhere. And they do.

Despite where you live or choose to park your car, you should take steps to safeguard your GPS, purse, wallet and other personal items, Cmdr. Steve Vaccaro said.

"You have to hide your belongings," he said. "Don't leave things out where people can see them and even if your car is in your driveway, lock your doors."

Lately, burglars are targeting unlocked cars or those in parking lots at local fitness centers, Vaccaro said.

"When you go to the gym, you leave all of your belongings in the car," he said. "People are taking car keys from the locker rooms and going out to cars to steal."

As of Monday, six burglaries to vehicles had been reported to Tinley police between July 20 and 23. We've plotted them on the accompanying map and detailed the items below that were stolen from each location.

Between July 20 and July 23, at least six burglaries to vehicles were reported to Tinley police.

1. A 59-year-old man called police after realizing that his TomTom GPS was missing from his 2001 Ford Expedition. He said the passenger-side door of the vehicle was locked and that he believed the device was stolen between 7 p.m. July 20 and 6:30 a.m. July 21.

2. A 54-year-old man told police that he believed someone stole a grey satchel from his unlocked Chevy Astro Van between 1:30 p.m. July 22 and 6:30 a.m. July 23. The bag had in it his Social Security card, several bank statements and lease paperwork.

3. A 47-year-old woman called the cops after she said that between 9 p.m. July 22 and 6:20 a.m. July 23, someone stole $200 worth of scrapbooking supplies from her GMC Envoy. She said the supplies were inside of a zebra patterned bag. The vehicle was unlocked, according to the report, and the woman's husband saw a suspicious man walking around the area at 6:20 a.m. July 23.

4. A 25-year-old woman said that sometime between 6:30 p.m. July 20 and 8 a.m. July 21, someone stole her Garmin Nuvi GPS and its charger from her Pontiac G5. She said she had locked the car but police didn't find any evidence of a forced entry.

5. A 45-year-old woman reported that sometime between 7:30 p.m. July 20 and 7:50 a.m. July 21, someone entered her unlocked silver, Nissan Altima. A Verizon phone charger and a black computer bag with an IBM ThinkPad inside were stolen. "The complainant stated that the computer is password protected," the report said. "The complainant stated, however, that she had a pad in her computer bag with her passwords for various applications."

6. A 31-year-old called the cops to report the theft of stereo equipment and hubcaps from his 2001 Chevy Trailblazer. He said that between 6:30 p.m. July 22 and 10:30 a.m. July 23, someone snagged a speaker box, a kicker box valued at $1,000, an $800 amplifier and four hubcaps valued at between $50 and $100 each.