A courteous car thief

[GunnyGene]

Somebody in Ga, was stealing the same Lincoln MCX several times a week at night, and returning it to the owners driveway early the next mornings for a month. The owner never noticed. :roll: :lol:

Excerpt:

https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2019/02/04/car-stolen-returned-multiple-times-owner-unaware/

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said the department is investigating a series of entering auto incidents in one neighborhood, and they’re working to find the suspects immediately.

One family said one case is different from most — for over a month their vehicle was taken every night and brought back to their home.

The family said they didn’t realize it until recently.

“I come outside and look in the driveway and sure enough the vehicle was gone,” said Tim Rogers, a member of the family and Lee County resident.

On that Sunday, the Albany Police Department called Rogers and told him that they’d found his vehicle at an apartment complex. That wasn’t all they learned.

Rogers added he was told by officers that witnesses said the vehicle had been seen at an apartment complex in Albany three to four times a week for a month, but oddly it was back in his driveway every morning.

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“At least they were nice enough to bring it back so my wife could use it the next day,” Rogers said. “So, I guess we was just sharing the vehicle with them.”

In other words, the thief took the car, drove it for the night, then returned it the next morning.

Rogers noted that his wife doesn’t drive all that much, so she never paid attention to the odometer reading, thus missed the bizarre use of their vehicle.

By now, some of you are asking how does something like this happen.

Well, for one thing, they kept the keys in the car with the door unlocked. They trusted that their low-crime neighborhood was a safe place to do such a thing.

 

[Pat-inCO]

They should be ecstatic! If they are anywhere like most, not only was the
car key there, but most likely the house key was as well! :shock: . :roll:

I would think they should have all keys/locks changed!

But then again, the guy's name could be Forest Gump. :lol:

 

[bogus bill]

Were they kind enough to keep it gassed up? Third degree car theft?

 

[Colonel Daddy]

The story does seem kinda far-fetched..but take note of this. Many years ago I owned a rather attractive GM product. It was way out of warranty and I did my own maintenance. I happened to notice one day that the car could be entered without unlocking the door. Curious, began checking other things and found that it could be easily started with any GM key of the era and could even be started and driven without a key, and not by hot-wiring! As this was my go-to-work car, I started watching the odometer and sure enough, someone would occasionally "borrow" the vehicle while I was at work. Couldn't figure out a way to fix the door lock or the ignition switch without replacing it and should have installed a power cut-off switch. Finally was able to prove that someone was borrowing it by always parking with the front tires turned to the right and one day when leaving work the front was turned to the left! I switched work vehicles.

 

[bogus bill]

With the airplanes I owned and rented, the key just unlocked the door. You don't use one to fire her up!

 

[Wyandot Jim]

With the airplanes I owned and rented, the key just unlocked the door. You don't use one to fire her up!

Most of the ones I have flown and owned had a Mag Switch for the key.

In 1963 wife and I were living in an apartment and owned a 57 Roadmaster that did not need a key to start it. The ignition switch had a start and lock position on it. Well I always left it in the unlock position. It was stolen from our apt. and returned 3 days later