‘Happening city-wide’: Halifax woman frustrated over constant car break-ins

One Halifax resident said about 20 to 25 car break-ins have occurred at the parking garage near her apartment building throughout the last year.

One Halifax resident is speaking out after several car break-ins occurred in her apartment complex’s parking garage throughout the last year.

Sunny Tinkler, who lives at an apartment building in the city that contains a large parking space underneath, submitted a video to Global News on Feb. 5 that showed four parked vehicles side-by-side inside the garage with the windows smashed.

She said her boyfriend’s car and multiple other vehicles were broken into outside the location in early 2023.

“It’s not just a localized problem happening here, it’s happening city-wide,” she said. “It’s very frustrating, it’s very discouraging. I’m worried that it’s going to become a trend if not much is being done about it. It gives them free-range to continue to do it.”

In addition to the incident regarding her boyfriend’s vehicle and the most recent event, Tinkler said that her friend’s car along with four others was vandalized in January.

“Within the last year, at least 20 to 25 cars were broken into in this area alone,” she said. “I know my friend’s car had a couple different things stolen. A hat of all things, phone chargers, whatever they had in the glove box, but they left a mess on the seats so you can tell that they’re tearing through stuff.”

Target Park, the company that owns the garage where the break-ins occurred, clarified over the phone that it will not take any responsibility for the vehicle damage and referred Global News to the property manager of a nearby apartment building.

Harbourview Apartments, one of the residential buildings situated above the parking garage, said in a statement that it is aware of the occurrences and has since reported these burglaries to the police.