SENECA — Residents in the vicinity of Friendship Road near Seneca feel angry and threatened by a rash of burglaries to hit their neighborhoods during the past week.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office on Monday reported five such incidents from May 6 through the past weekend.

On Monday, a concerned resident contacted the Daily Journal/Messenger to say his Bent Tree subdivision home in the Friendship community and that of two other neighbors had been burglarized Friday.

Victims have reported about $5,000 worth of valuables stolen, including a $1,800 wide-screen television, a $1,200 Craftsman riding mower, a $900 Visio 42-inch, flat-screen high-definition TV and a $300 Rossi .38-calibre firearm.

According to complaints filed with the Sheriff’s Office, the break-ins are taking place during the mornings and afternoon.

Cliff Fennell, of 321 Forest Creek Drive, said his home was burglarized sometime between noon-2 p.m. Friday. Fennell said his fiancée had checked on the house shortly before noon. When she returned shortly after 2 p.m., she discovered the break-in.

“The door was busted, and the television was gone,” Fennel said. “Somebody must be watching when people are not home.”

Fennell said he found a footprint at his home, but Sheriff’s Det. David Smith said that would not be able to help investigators. So far, Sheriff’s deputies have been unable to find suitable fingerprints at any of the targeted homes.

Not all the incidents have been break-ins. A resident at Deer Knoll Drive said he had parked his 1995 Toyota Four Runner at the end of the road trying to sell the vehicle. The man reported that the vehicle’s catalytic converter valued at $200 had been cut off the exhaust.

The Sheriff’s Office is offering a CrimeStoppers’ reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest in any of the cases. To offer a tip that could help solve these cases, call 864-638-STOP (7867). In do doing, persons remain anonymous and are still eligible for a reward.