Car prowlers are at it again, this time between 42nd and 43rd. Caroline forwarded a neighbor’s mail:
Monday night our son’s car was prowled while sitting in our driveway. Only some change and cologne was taken. Not cigarettes or tools or other more or less valuable stuff. Just a word to the wise. If you have other folks e-mails let them know please.
To which another neighbor replied
W—‘s car was prowled on Monday night too–also in the driveway. They found some keys from work in the glovebox then, tried to use them on the back door. They discarded them in a flower pot. They then got into the house (the side door may have been unlocked) (no sign of forced entry) and stole my wallet and two laptop computers. They discarded my driver’s license, library card, and American Express (They don’t take American Express!!) on the sidewalk across the street–which were found and returned to me by a neighbor. The scary part of this is that we were home asleep upstairs when they came in the house and stole these things. We filed a police report.
They got my brother and I on Monday too. 44th between Corliss and Sunnyside. It is a good thing I don’t keep much in my car. They did get my Belkin iPhone holder/music player but it’s all good. Hope they appreciate it… Besides that, both of our cars just had the glove compartments ripped apart but they didn’t take our insurance cards! Thanks for sharing this information.
Something similar happened a few years ago as well – along 42nd or so, a number of houses were entered and had a variety of items stolen. There was no forced entry in any instance, though. It was just homes where people had left their doors unlocked. Definitely a little scary.