CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Surveillance video from a home in Lansdowne in south Charlotte showed a thief sprinting down a driveway, stealing an expensive saw from a work van and then driving off.
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It’s one of several similar crimes reported in the area.
Channel 9 found the number of thefts and burglaries within a mile of Providence Day School doubled between April and May.
>> In the video at the top of this page, anchor Blaine Tolison looks into the spike in crimes of opportunity heading into the summer months.