Thieves target more than 20 cars in Orange Township

Delaware County Sher­iff Rus­sell Mar­tin is remind­ing res­i­dents to secure their vehi­cles after more than 20 thefts were reported from unlocked vehi­cles over the weekend.

All of the crimes occurred dur­ing the overnight hours of July 7 in the High Mead­ows Vil­lage and Green Mead­ows Vil­lage sub­di­vi­sions in Orange Town­ship. Vic­tims reported every­thing from loose change, elec­tron­ics and wal­lets con­tain­ing credit cards and per­sonal infor­ma­tion stolen from the unse­cured vehicles.

“No one per­son, neigh­bor­hood or com­mu­nity is immune to crime,” Mar­tin said in a writ­ten release. “While it’s unfor­tu­nate that these thefts occurred in our com­mu­nity, it’s a reminder that crim­i­nals are always look­ing for an oppor­tu­nity to com­mit a crime. We want to urge our res­i­dents to secure their vehi­cles, garages and homes while they are away. Leav­ing a vehi­cle or garage unse­cured for only a few min­utes could give a thief all the time he or she needs.”

Delaware County deputies cur­rently don’t have any sus­pects in these thefts. County res­i­dents are being asked to remain watch­ful and report all sus­pi­cious activ­ity to the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office at 740–833-2800.

Posted by Gary Henery on Jul 11 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.