Residential burglaries have been a growing problem for residents in Seattle's Lake City neighborhood. “What they’ve been doing is prying open our fire door and then they come up this hallway, they just open this door and have full access to our mail,” said resident Zachary. “At this point, we’re sitting ducks. We’re waiting to get injured or killed,” said Rachel who is another resident. Both Rachel and Zachary requested to not disclose their last names for safety reasons. What started out as mail theft at a Lake City condo building has escalated for the 54 owners. “The break-ins became more regular and so when they became more regular, we took out the mail everyday,” said Rachel. The burglars then broke into people’s cars and storage units. “Now that they are trying to get into secure lock boxes that have keys to our entire building, the entire building,” said Rachel. Residents had to use their own money to buy security cameras and make repairs. “We have footage, we know what they look like, we have police report, on police report, on police report and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere,” said Zachary. Rachel said between four members, they've made at least 30 reports. In 2022, Lake City had 242 burglaries. READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/lake-city-burglaries/281-11237f96-aaad-4508-8402-e4be23255034