Car burglars hit 15 vehicles in single night

Car burglars hit 15 vehicles in single night

Laxity by vehicle owners gave burglars a free hand in Roseville one recent night.

Fourteen vehicles or garages were left unlocked on the night of April 11, allowing 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 and garages were 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 cars were parked inside garages, but the owners left the garages or side doors unlocked, allowing thieves to walk in, she said. Six vehicle burglaries occurred on Halley Glen Drive in the Highland Reserve neighborhood, and the two other burglaries were on Jennifer Circle in the Diamond Oaks section of town, she said.

By Art Campos - sacbee.com