$16K in Tires, Rims Stolen from Cars in Fairfield

Rims and tires were swiped from two vehicles near the Fairfield University neighborhood sometime overnight Sunday into Monday, according to police.

The owner of a 2012 BMW reported to police early Monday that he awoke to his car resting on top of two concrete cinderblocks, all four rims and tires missing.

The complainant had video surveillance of his driveway, where the car had been parked, and told police he had captured footage of a bald white male in a T-shirt taking the tires and rolling them toward a vehicle waiting in the street.

Stolen were Pirelli tires and rims valued at $2,500 each for a total of $10,000, police said. The damage to the body of the car as it was lowered onto the cinderblocks is estimated at $5,000.

Nearby on Green Acres Lane, a complainant reported to police Monday that all four wheels were stolen from his Mercedes convertible, which was also found resting atop two cinderblocks. The tires and rims are valued at a total of $6,000, according to police.

This is under investigation