Dem-run city is now so rough locals have to drive around with broken car windows
Residents in recent weeks have gone to their vehicles to find windows broken and in some cases personal items swiped.
More than 70 vehicles were struck on Monday alone, the Minneapolis Police Department told the Daily Mail. A total of 90 vehicles were damaged over the weekend.
More than 200 cars have been targeted overall, according to The Minnesota Star Tribune.
'It can't get any worse than this,' one observer said in a social media clip featuring rows of parked cars with their windows based in.
Another resident took to Reddit to post a video of their street in the Uptown neighborhood showing dozens of cars that suffered the same fate.
'I woke up to find this on my street today,' the person wrote. 'This is very disappointing to see.'
Despite the widespread destruction, no arrests have been made.
'Investigators are working diligently to collect information about the incidents and to locate and identify suspects,' the Minneapolis Police Department told the Daily Mail in a statement.
Police are trying to determine if the break-ins this weekend were connected to ones from the previous weekend.
Teacher Rachel Linnemann discovered her window was busted after her boyfriend told her around 6:15am on Monday, she told the Star Tribune. Her car was sitting outside her home on James Avenue home and camping equipment had been stolen.
'It looks like at least 15 cars,' she told the outlet, noting that cars on James and Lake streets and Lagoon Avenue were targeted.
The attacks happened sometime between 10:30pm and 6:15am, as she had walked her dog the night before and saw that her vehicle was fine.
Police also said around 25 cars were vandalized near Central Avenue the same night.
Linnemann, who is on summer vacation from school, didn't have to commute to work that morning - but many in her neighborhood did.
Residents were spotted sweeping up glass from the street and inside cars before leaving for work.
Joel Van Horn just moved to the area west of the Uptown neighborhood a month ago and was looking forward to taking walks with his dog, he told KARE 11.
'I mean, I knew it was going to happen if I didn't get a parking garage. I didn't act fast enough, you know,' said Van Horn, who paid $350to replace a truck window.
'You just factor that into the cost of living, unfortunately.'
Robin Slaman, who has been living on Lyndale Avenue for 20 years, said she has noticed an uptick in crime in the city.
'I'm not shocked, but I haven't quite seen that before,' she told KARE 11.
'Needles on everyone's property, they leave trash everywhere, and if you leave anything sitting out on your property, it will be gone like that.'
She's now considering moving out of the neighborhood.
'I love my home, but how much longer do I want to live here, how much worse do I want to see it get?' she said.
So far this year, nearly 4,000 vandalism crimes have taken place in the city of 425,000 residents, according to police statistics. There's also been nearly 1,200 burglaries.
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