Bexar County deputies are asking San Antonio residents to help put a name to a face caught on surveillance camera breaking into cars. The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office posted an “Attempt to Identify – Please Share” appeal on Friday, sharing photographs pulled from video footage in hopes that someone recognizes the person inside them.
According to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office
, the appeal centers on a string of vehicle break-ins in the 5800 block of Cecilyann in San Antonio. As reported by
News 4 San Antonio
, deputies say the person pictured was captured on video committing burglaries of vehicles on that block, and the agency is now trying to identify a suspect shown in photographs taken from that surveillance footage.
How to Submit a Tip
Anyone with information about the person’s identity or whereabouts is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office at (210) 335-6000 or submit a tip through the BCSO app, per the same station's report. No additional details about the timing or circumstances of the break-ins were included in the appeal.
Part of a Pattern of Public Appeals
This is not the first time this fall that the Sheriff’s Office has turned to the public for help putting names to faces. The November identification request follows another appeal the agency posted on October 2, according to Hoodline's earlier coverage of a prior identification alert. That October 2 post asked for help identifying two suspects connected to fraudulent credit and debit card use in San Antonio.
Weeks before that, in late September, the agency asked the public to help name three more people still unaccounted for in a retail theft case after two initial suspects had already been identified. Together, the string of appeals points to a sheriff's office leaning heavily on crowdsourced tips and social media shares to move cases forward when leads run thin.
The Sheriff’s Office has not released further details on the exact timing of the break-ins.
