Cicero, NY -- The personal gun of a Cicero police sergeant was stolen from his vehicle during a rash of thefts from cars in the northern suburbs, according to Onondaga County sheriff's deputies.

Sgt. James Snell, of the Town of Cicero Police, had the weapon stolen from his vehicle during the early morning hours of Oct. 16, around the same time of a half-dozen other thefts from cars in the Clay and North Syracuse area, Sgt. Jon Seeber said.

Seeber didn't know if Snell's vehicle was locked at the time. But he said that there's been a rash of thieves breaking into unlocked vehicles.

"A lot (of thefts) are seen from unlocked vehicles," Seeber said.

The investigation into the stolen gun is continuing, he said. The stolen gun was not Snell's service weapon, Seeber said.