2 More Cars Stolen From Trumbull Driveways: Police

TRUMBULL, CT — Police report that two residents had their cars stolen from their driveways during the early morning hours this past weekend

Early Saturday morning, a Honda Accord was taken from a home on George Street. The car contained a variety of personal property, including credit cards, cash, jewelry and a passport, police said. The credit cards were used at a local business, before the owner realized that their car had been stolen. Later that same day, the Honda was recovered after it had been abandoned in Bridgeport.

That same night, a Toyota Rav4 was stolen from a residence on Johnson Street, along with a wallet containing several credit cards and house keys, police said. The car had been left unlocked with these valuables inside. The Toyota was recovered two days later, also in Bridgeport.

In the past year, 21 cars have been stolen in Trumbull. Almost all of them were taken from private residences, where they had been left unlocked and the keys left inside the cars. These thefts have occurred in all areas of town, on both main streets and quiet side roads, police have reported.

There have been more than 138 incidents of car burglaries during this same period, police records show. The vast majority of these involved cars that were parked in residential driveways, and all of which were left unlocked, according to a report from Lt. Brian Weir.

In the most recent incidents, video footage captured from doorbell cameras showed the thieves walking in residential areas, and attempting to open car doors by pulling on the door handles. None of the locked vehicles were damaged, entered, or subject to any theft," Weir said.

To avoid being victimized, police stress that residents always lock their cars and remove the keys.

Police are requesting that any information anyone might have on these thefts, including video footage, be forwarded to local police.