Ravenwood - 05/06/05 06:30 AM
I knew auto theft was out of control in Prince George's County (MD), but I didn't know it was this bad.
...there were more car thefts reported in Prince George's last year than in the all of Virginia. Nearly 18,500 cars were stolen in the county, compared with about 17,300 in Virginia.A car is stolen in PG County every 30 minutes.
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Across the county, an average of about 30 percent of stolen cars are taken while the keys are in the ignition but the driver is nowhere in sight, county police say. As part of the Lock It and Pocket campaign, police have been canvassing neighborhoods on weekday mornings and warning people not to make themselves attractive to car thieves. They will soon begin handing out $55 tickets, which is the penalty for leaving a running car unattended.
"We need to address those citizens that are leaving their keys in their cars," Herron said.
It's still a blame the victim mentality. You know they use to hang horse thieves.
On a related note, an earlier article in this series had someone lamenting about how easy it was to use a 16 cent screwdriver to jack a car. Perhaps PG County needs waiting periods on tool purchases.
Posted by: Bob at May 6, 2005 8:03 AMMy childhood friend got car-jacked in PG. Unfortunately for the car-jacker her husband is a PG cop....
The car-jacker was found in VA beaten. The car was recovered the next day...
We need to get a local bloggershoot to happen...
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