Thieves in Waynesboro have rummaged through cars and plucked away electronics and cash this summer twice as often as last, including 32 car break-ins reported to police in June and July.

Thieves stole music players, GPS units and cash from 10 vehicles scattered across Waynesboro during the weekend, continuing a trend of break-ins this month.

Seven weekend break-ins to cars and buildings within a one-mile radius in Stuarts Draft have authorities looking for a pattern among pockets of crime that have popped up since the start of the year.

A pair of Rockbridge County brothers with a habit of hitting up vending machines for coins were indicted this week for one of two break-ins at Augusta County schools and are facing a hodgepodge of charges in both counties.

Security precautions being stepped up