Tuesday's break-ins are not the first incidents of car vandalism at the Peabody Garage, which is used by many students.
Eugene K. Cha '01 was one of several who had their cars broken into on Jan. 25.
"They had some kind of tool and they pried open the lock on the passenger side door," said Cha, who is also a resident of Mather.
The garage is key card restricted and a security guard patrols the garage during the evening, but no one is on duty between midnight and 4 a.m.--the hours when the break-ins are believed to have occurred.
Lester expressed concern about the safety of the cars parked in the garage, saying that anyone could follow a car through the gates, even without a key card. She said parking office should have sent out warnings after the January break-ins.
William W. Cai '01 said he was so concerned about the security of his car in the garage that he decided to go to the parking office yesterday to ask if his car might be safer at the Soldiers Field lot.
"They said the break-ins were an isolated incident," said Cai, who is also a Crimson executive. "They did not seem to take the incident very seriously. I mean, there have been multiple cars broken into here."