The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has received an increase in reports of vehicle burglaries
and vandalisms on beaches along the Samoa peninsula, including the Samoa Dunes and the
Ma-le’l Dunes.
Car prowl, also known as theft from vehicles, is a crime of opportunity. An offender makes a
decision to break into a vehicle based on a perception that there are items of value inside the
vehicle, which makes the potential payoff worth the risk. A car prowl can be completed in a
minute or less, leaving very little investigative clues behind.