Posted on 05/25/2020 9:52:05 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The coronavirus hasn’t been kind to car owners.
With more people than ever staying home to lessen the spread of COVID-19, their sedans, pickup trucks and SUVs are parked unattended on the streets, making them easy targets for opportunistic thieves.
Despite silent streets and nearly nonexistent traffic, vehicle larcenies shot up 63% in New York and nearly 17% in Los Angeles from Jan. 1 through mid-May, compared with the same period last year.
And many other law enforcement agencies around the U.S. are reporting an increase in stolen cars and vehicle burglaries, even as violent crime has dropped dramatically nationwide in the coronavirus pandemic. It’s a low-risk crime with a potentially high reward, police say, especially when many drivers leave their doors unlocked or their keys inside.
“You might as well put a sticker on the window that says ‘come take my stuff,’” said an exasperated Alex Villanueva, the Los Angeles County sheriff. …
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Or a sticker that says “The stuff inside is not worth your life...”
“You might as well put a sticker on the window that says ‘come take my stuff,’” said an exasperated Alex Villanueva, the Los Angeles County sheriff. …
Thanks for posting. HOORAY Stephanie Dazio. Good to know about threats, especially those backed up with irrefutable facts.
BE PREPARED. YMMV
Leave used Klennex on your dashboard and driver’s seat.
Leave used Klennex on your dashboard and driver’s seat.
“especially when many drivers leave their doors unlocked or their keys inside.”
You get what you deserve if your that careless. What happened to personal responsibility in this country? Sheesh
You just need the right valet at your favorite restaurant. Just as Jerry Seinfeld.
First they gotta break into my garage...
Liberal mayors basically said they won’t prosecute, anyway.
This story relates to NYC and LA.
Rest of flyover country probably not having these problems.
I believe it. My cameras caught a skateboarder snooping around my house just this morning. He peered in my window at the front door, but ran off when my dog started barking. My dog saved him from a double-aught breakfast.
Also, secure your license plates with non-standard bolts, we’ve had a few thefts of license plates in our neighborhood.
I noticed they’re up in Phoenix, too, based on a crime report I receive each day in my email.
There will be certain percentage of these that will be insurance fraud. As cynical as that sounds, it is a natural corollary any time there is a downturn in the economy. People lose their jobs, struggle to make payments and rather than have a repo on their credit report, gamble on staging a theft and filing a claim.
Leave an open cat carrier box on the passenger seat.
Put note on dash:
“Animal control, the snake crawled behind the steering wheel. You can hear him in the dashboard”
YEP - we’ve ALWAYS made room in the garage for the car!
and let me guess. They are stolen by someone wearing a mask
Who could possibly have predicted that letting thousands of hardened criminals out of prison due to the “virus” would lead to an increase in crime?
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