VIDEO: Man smashes window, burglarizes truck in broad daylight

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Home surveillance video obtained by FOX 8 shows a man burglarizing a truck in broad daylight.

According to the victim, the break-in happened on Tues., Feb. 8 around 2:30 p.m. at the corner of St. Charles Avenue and Octavia Street.

In the video, a dark-colored truck parks in front of the victim’s truck. A man is seen getting out of the suspect vehicle, walking to the back passenger-side window, and smashing it. He then crawls in briefly and flees in the same truck he arrived in, possibly concealing stolen items in his hoodie.

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