Crime & Safety

Car Break-ins: Warning For Newark BART Riders

Three different BART parking lots were hit by thieves on Monday.

BAY AREA, CA — Newark residents got a reminder that they should not leave valuables in their vehicles at BART station parking lots — a dozen vehicle burglaries occurred Monday at three different BART stations around the Bay Area, police said.

There were two burglaries at the El Cerrito Del Norte station on Monday. At 5:15 p.m., a victim reported their Jeep Commando was burglarized while parked at the station. Then at 11:30 p.m., another victim reported that
their vehicle was burglarized and ransacked.

At 5:35 p.m., an officer discovered nine parked cars at the Millbrae BART station parking structure with windows smashed.

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At about 7 p.m. at the Colma station, a victim reported that their vehicle was burglarized while parked in the station parking structure.

No other information about the various burglaries was immediately available from BART police.

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— Bay City News contributed to this report; Image via Shutterstock

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