After 4 car break-ins, Minneapolis man launches crime-tracking website

Car break-ins have been a persistent issue across the Twin Cities, with hundreds reported over the past two summers alone. For Clint McMahon, the crime has become all too familiar.McMahon said security cameras outside his south Minneapolis home have repeatedly captured the break-ins. Within about a year, he said his car windows have been smashed four times outside his south Minneapolis home near 48th Street East and Chicago Avenue South"A car rolls up, they stop, a couple people get out with flashlights," McMahon said. "Next thing you know, you see a flashlight shining through a car window and then less than a minute later everyone's gone."Despite repeatedly calling 911, filing police reports and contacting city leaders, McMahon said he felt little progress was being made.Searching for a way to better shine a spotlight on the problem, McMahon turned to his background as a software engineer. Together with his wife, he launched Glass On The Street, a website designed to track and map veh