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LONGMONT — In the past six months, residents have reported $140,445 in damages and losses from car break-ins and almost $370,000 in other vandalism, according to police.

Much of that was caused in sprees that police suspect were committed by a group of 14 teenagers in the community.

Several have been arrested — sometimes more than once — but they are hardly responsible for everything, according to investigators.

Officers have nabbed a handful of other suspects in criminal mischief and car break-in cases.

In November, nearly 60 vehicles suffered damage when vandals used a baseball bat during a smashing spree.

Police received 64 reports of car break-ins through Tuesday, according to crime analyst Matt Lee.

Longmont Police Cmdr. Jeff Satur said a few expensive vandalism cases ran up the cost to the community. In May, a landlord reported extensive damage to a leased property. In July, vandals destroyed a $40,000 Civil War Memorial statue at Longmont’s Mountain View Cemetery. Last month, the windows were smashed on vehicles. Most of those involved in the cemetery vandalism were referred to the city’s restorative justice program, and one man is still wanted on an outstanding warrant for the damage to the statue. Police reported that he left the state.