Nearly 2 dozen cars vandalized at St. Joe's campus

Well, the search is on right now for the vandals that caused thousands of dollars in damage at St. Joseph's University this week. Police say at least 23 vehicles had their windows smashed while parked at Hawks Landing garage. Some had items stolen from inside as well. Action News reporter Becca Hendrickson live outside that garage in Winfield now with details on how police are responding. Becca, >> Brian, most of the cars broken into were in that garage. The vandals went up several stories to get to them, too. Others were parked right here on the street outside of the dorms. You can see this one has the glass smashed in. All of that is scattered on the seat. Some cars have trash bags taped to their passenger windows. Others have broken glass scattered on their seats and shards encrusted in the doors. Thousands of dollars worth of damage has been done to vehicles parked in Hawk Landing parking garage and lot on St. Joe's campus and students are frustrated. It was all over my seat. It was all over the ground. Bailey Fermal says she found her car in the garage with the window busted out Wednesday night and quickly learned she wasn't alone. >> All the cars adjacent from me were all broken into as well. >> Police say the smash and grab spree happened Tuesday at the garage on North 54th Street. So far, Southwest detectives have reports of 23 cars damaged. >> The MO is the same, broken passenger side window. >> Investigators say they believe there are two suspects. In some cases, they only smashed a window. and others they stole from the car, too. >> Even change out in the open, that's still an opportunity for somebody to break into your car, which you might only have $20 in change, but now you got to pay $300 for a window. >> Victims say while they hope the suspects are caught, they're still upset about the cost of this crime. >> It's affecting a lot more than just one person. A lot of kids here use their cars as their only way of transportation. So, not having one and having to pay what, like a couple hundred bucks out of pocket isn't really normal for a college student to try and fix. Police are hoping that surveillance will help, too. You can see plenty of cameras in these emergency call boxes here as well. The university says it's working with police and that they're increasing patrols in this area. Live here in Winfield, Becca Hendrickson, Channel 6 Action News. Brian and Sarah. >> Thank you, Becca.