4 Vehicles Stolen From Avon Lake Homes This Week

AVON LAKE, OH — Four vehicles were stolen out of driveways in Avon Lake this week, police announced.

The cars were stolen between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Tuesday. The vehicles were parked on Belmont Drive and Rebecca Lane.

Two of the four vehicles have been found by police and returned to their owners, a police spokesperson said. One of the stolen cars was found in Euclid and the other was found in Cleveland.

The two missing stolen cars are:

• A 2018 red Mazda CX5, license plate JGZ7750
• A 2014 Silver Nissan Maxima, license plate HVU3697

Several of Cleveland's western suburbs have reported similar car thefts in the past six months. Avon Lake police said suspects will go to a suburb during the early morning and search for unlocked cars. They're specifically looking for unlocked cars with keys inside. Suspects will sometimes use a garage door remote from a car to go into a home and look for keys.

Police said the suspects work in groups of three or four, based on surveillance footage.

"We ask the public to contact the police rather than confronting any suspicious individuals," an Avon Lake police spokesperson said.