Woman Says Man Stole Car in Less Than 30 Seconds

NBC San Diego ^ | Jul 1, 2016 | Jaspreet Kaur

[nickcarraway]

Kimberly King 1996 Honda Accord was stolen on early Friday morning.

A man allegedly stole a car approximately 30 seconds in a Clairemont neighborhood and the entire theft was caught on video.

Kimberly King spoke exclusively to NBC 7 about the bizarre theft that left her rattled.

On Friday morning around 8:40 a.m., a man walked up to Kings’ 1996 Honda Accord parked on the street on the 3900 block of Mount Albertine Ave. in Clairemont. Surveillance video shows the man jiggling with the lock of the car, opening the door and then driving off down the street.

“Almost like he picked my car and in less than 30 seconds, it was gone,” King said.

She told NBC 7, she is confident she locked her car, which is why she is so shocked at how fast the man was able to break in and drive off.

“It just freaks me out. Someone is walking the streets and just picking cars out,” she said.

King said she’s a mobile hairdresser and kept all of her equipment inside her car. At the very least, she said she wants her stuff back.

NBC 7 contacted the San Diego Police Department about the incident but has not heard back yet.

But according to the California Highway Patrol, the 1996 Honda Accord was the most targeted in car thefts in 2014 and 2015.

[mowowie]

I used to always pop the hood on my Toyota Supra and pull out the fuel pump fuse whenever i parked it somewhere.

[Windflier]

Before we were married, my wife owned an old late seventies Honda. One night she locked her keys inside and I was able to unlock her driver’s side door with the door key to my ‘84 Cadillac.

The car thief in the story probably took that car with an old Honda key. The locks in those old cars are so sloppy with age, they’re probably all interchangeable now.

[minnesota_bound]

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