Police: Thieves use garage door openers to get access to homes, steal cars
Updated: 1:17 PM CDT Aug 29, 2017
Tim Elliott
WISN / Glenn Russell SOURCE: WISN / Glenn Russell
Two vehicles were stolen late Sunday or early Monday and others were rifled through by thieves who got access to the garage door openers and found the car keys inside homes, police said in a social media alert."If you park vehicles in your driveway overnight, be sure to secure them and consider bringing garage door openers inside," the New Berlin Police Department posted on Facebook.Police said the thieves found the openers inside unlocked vehicles and then gained access to the homes. The stolen vehicles have not been recovered after being stolen from the same neighborhood on the far northeastern corner of New Berlin.Get breaking news alerts with the WISN 12 mobile app or with our email newsletters.
NEW BERLIN, Wis. —
Two vehicles were stolen late Sunday or early Monday and others were rifled through by thieves who got access to the garage door openers and found the car keys inside homes, police said in a social media alert.
"If you park vehicles in your driveway overnight, be sure to secure them and consider bringing garage door openers inside," the New Berlin Police Department posted on Facebook.
Police said the thieves found the openers inside unlocked vehicles and then gained access to the homes.
The stolen vehicles have not been recovered after being stolen from the same neighborhood on the far northeastern corner of New Berlin.
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