TROY (WWJ) – Troy police are investigating after three cars were stolen and more than a dozen people had items stolen from their cars earlier this month.
Around 9:30 p.m. on April 18 Troy police got a call that a man had his 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee stolen from the parking lot of Troy Beaumont Hospital on Dequindre Road.
Later that same night a victim reported someone stole their 2018 Audi Q3 from their driveway in the 600 block of Trombley Road, near Rochester and Big Beaver Roads. Officials said the car was left unlocked with the key fob inside.
It was later recovered in Detroit.
Officials say another person had a 2018 Dodge Charger stolen from the street in front of his home on Beach Drive last Friday night. Officials also believe the keys were left inside.
It was not clear whether any of the incidents are believed to be related.
Officials also reported a number of thefts from vehicles. Between April 14 and April 22 suspects took items from or rummaged through at least 15 vehicles in various neighborhoods, according to police. At least five of them were left unlocked, officials said.
Stolen items included wallets, purses, keys to another car, a driver’s license, registration and insurance documents, computers, other electronics and more.
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In one case a victim told police the suspect entered two vehicles that were parked in their driveway on Barabeau Street on April 17 or 18 and took $20 in change, a wallet containing miscellaneous cards and $500 cash, their house and car keys and their W-2.
One woman told police a suspect took her hoverboard, iPad, Air Pods, food, prescription medication and Apple chargers from her car the night of April 18.
A U-Haul location on Maple Road had catalytic converters stolen from 12 moving trucks the same night.
One man told police he was working as a landscaper on Maple Road and left two leaf blowers in the bed of the company truck. When he returned, he discovered they had been stolen.
Authorities did not say if any suspects had been caught in any of the cases.
Police say residents should keep their cars locked and never keep valuable items inside.
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