Attempt Theft Of Vehcile

(MAPLETON TOWNSHIP, ON) –The cold weather is here and Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) wants to remind residents not to turn their car on and leave it unattended.

On January 8, 2015 at approximately 9:00 a.m., a vehicle owner decided to warm up her car parked in her residence driveway on Sixth Line, Mapleton Township. The doors were left unlocked and she went back in to the home. Shortly after, a vehicle was spotted pulling in to the driveway and a male entered the running vehicle. The owner confronted the male while he was attempting to leave with it. The male suspect got out of the vehicle and left in a white pickup truck (possibly a Chevrolet) that pulled up to the scene. Wellington County OPP officers patrolled the area but could not locate the suspects. The male was described as white, unknown age, wearing a black hooded jacket. No descriptors were provided of the second person in the truck.

Leaving a car running and unlocked in the driveway or parking lot is an open invitation for a thief to drive off with your vehicle that they normally may not steal. Never leave children or pets in an unattended vehicle, especially one that is running. And never warm up a vehicle in an enclosed, unventilated area due to the threat of carbon monoxide poisoning.

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