PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Four cars were stolen in Gloucester County, New Jersey, over the weekend.
It happened Friday night into Saturday morning in Wenonah. Mantua Township police said the keys were left inside all of the cars.
“Every single vehicle targeted, the keys were unfortunately in the vehicle,” Sgt. Cody Mroz told NBC10. “They didn’t have to break a window. They didn’t have to copy any type of key fob technology. It was just as simple as them going in an unlocked car, entering, and then just pressing the button to start.”
Mroz said investigators managed to recover three of the four stolen cars.
Det. Sgt. Rob Layton said thieves scope neighborhoods for easy targets.
“Once they establish that they have a community where people aren’t locking their cars and keeping the keys in it, they’re going to continue to come down here,” he warned.
Several other South Jersey communities have had issues with car thefts in recent months as well, including Washington Township and West Deptford.