Professional Thieves Eyed in Recent Rash of Car Breaks

North Reading, MA - A national organized crime ring known as the “Felony Lane Gang” is believed to most likely responsible for a recent rash of car breaks in North Reading.

Earlier this month, a number of cars were broken into at the Rams Athletic Complex located at 23 Concord Street.

Six vehicles that had their side windows smashed in by thieves and their valuables stolen from within. Unattended purses and electronics inside of the vehicles were the primary targets of thieves.

All of the victims were identified as patrons to the athletic facility and they were inside the building at the time of the breaks. A witness observed a suspect vehicle and two suspect’s description which was later passed on to police.

The subsequent investigation into the car breaks has identified a national organized crime ring known as the “Felony Lane Gang” as most likely responsible for the crimes.

According to homeinvasion.com “In the last two years, an organized form of car burglary has been practiced and perfected by a “gang” of professional thieves working up and down the East Coast from Florida to Connecticut and as far west as Chicago, Milwaukee, Nebraska, and Missouri.

Dubbed The Felony Lane Gang by law enforcement, gang members troll public parking lots frequented by women who might leave their purses and ID in the car upon parking. Public parks, gyms, swimming pools, daycare centers, and churches have all been popular targets for The Felony Lane Gang.

During the NRPD investigation into the car breaks we have determined that there was an attempt to cash one of the victim’s checks in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. This information was consistent with the gang moving up interstate I-95. Last week in Salem, New Hampshire, several suspected members of the gang were arrested.

A number of car break ins at athletic clubs in Peabody were also reported earlier this month.