At least three families woke up to their trucks sitting on cinder blocks with all four tires stolen. Two other families claim their SUVs were broken into.
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Armando Leija's cameras captured video of the man neighbors believe is one of the thieves.
In the video, a man dressed in a black sweatshirt with black pants can be seen sneaking around the front of Leija's Escalade, kneeling down by a tire.
"I don't want them to get hurt, I don't want us to get hurt, but I don't want them taking my stuff," Leija told abc13.
After working on one of Leija's wheels for a few minutes, the suspected thief seems to give up. But Leija said he did steal his wallet.
A couple streets over, James Ortiz thinks the man in Leija's video is the same person who stole all four tires off Ortiz's truck, leaving it sitting on a cinder block.
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"It's probably not a good move to do it again because, now people know, they'll be ready," Ortiz said.
The stolen wheels set Ortiz back about $2,000. Not to mention, he literally can't go anywhere.
Neighbors are on high alert, many of them worried it will happen again.
"I have never been bothered since I lived here until now, so this has made me think about it a lot," Steve Powell said, who lives near one of the families that filed a police report.
HPD is investigating. If this happened to you, they want to know about it. Call their non-emergency number at 713-884-3131.