Babcock Place resident Dorothy Ingersoll looks through items in her car Monday afternoon. Ingersoll's car was broken into during the weekend, but nothing was stolen. Another resident of Babcock Place had 00 worth of Christmas gifts stolen from his car. Ingersoll said she had heard of two more residents whose cars were burglarized.

A burglar or burglars struck the parking lot of a senior citizens’ housing complex during the weekend and stole $100 worth of Christmas presents from one resident’s car, according to police reports.

“It’s not right,” said Ronald Devers, 60, who said he came down to his hatchback Saturday morning at Babcock Place, 1700 Mass., and found his door ajar and gifts of toy cars and clothing for his two grandsons missing from inside. “I cussed a little bit.”

Dorothy Ingersoll, 80, said her Ford Escort also was burglarized but that nothing appeared missing.

“I didn’t have anything in there that could be of any use to anybody. They just rummaged through looking for something,” she said.

The thefts happened between 4:30 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. Saturday, according to police reports.

Ingersoll said she’d heard of at least two other residents, in addition to Devers and herself, who had their cars burglarized, but reports from those cases weren’t available Monday.

Babcock Place is operated by the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority and is tailored for senior citizens.