Vehicle owners appeared to give burglars free reign in Roseville last weekend.
Fourteen vehicles or garages left unlocked the night of April 11 allowed thieves to take purses, wallets, checkbooks, credit cards, loose change, sunglasses, clothing, cell phones, iPods and a laptop computer, police reported.
A 15th vehicle, which had been locked, was broken into by smashing the window, said police spokeswoman Dee Dee Gunther, who expressed dismay that so many vehicles had been left unlocked.
"We must stop giving concierge service to thieves," she said.
Gunther urged residents to park their vehicles inside a locked garage or to lock any vehicle left outside. She also cautioned residents not to leave valuable items, including garage door openers, inside the vehicles.
The thieves hit seven vehicles in the Quail Glen neighborhood, Gunther said. Two of the vehicles were parked inside garages, but the owners had left their garages or side doors unlocked, allowing the burglars to walk in, she said.
Six vehicle burglaries occurred the same night on Halley Glen Drive in the Highland Reserve neighborhood and the two other burglaries occurred on Jennifer Circle in the Diamond Oaks section of town, she said.
By Art Campos - acampos@sacbee.com
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