Car theft leaves parents surprised, not surprised
The auto theft is still under investigation, but as of April 19, the car had not been found.
OAK RIDGE – “In today’s world, it doesn’t surprise me. For someone to see it and take it, it just doesn’t surprise me,” said Colfax resident Robert Muire after his teenage daughter’s car was stolen from the Lowes Foods parking lot in Oak Ridge Commons Shopping Center last week. “Her car was taken while she was working,” Camille Muire, the teenager’s mother, said. “She was in a hurry to get into work, and either dropped the keys in the car or in the parking lot. When her shift was over at 8 p.m., she couldn’t find her keys, so she went out to the car to see if they were left inside. The car was gone. She called us in a panic and my husband went right over. When he got there, sure enough, the car was nowhere in the parking lot.” Camille said the car was an
On April 18, Det. Sergeant R.D. Seals with Guilford County Sheriff’s Office wrote this on Nextdoor.com, “We experienced another bad weekend for car breakin reports throughout northern Guilford County and are reaching out to our residents for any exterior video footage that may assist in our investigations. We had reports of car break-ins in the following areas: 8300 block of Providence North Drive in Stokesdale; 8200 block
11-year-old Honda Accord. Unlike her husband, she said she was surprised to learn it had been stolen. “We feel this was an opportunity situation, where someone saw the keys and decided to take the car,” Camille said. “I was honestly surprised. In a place like Oak Ridge, you don’t hear about that happening. I never would have thought Oak Ridge would be a place where people would go around looking for cars to steal.”
of Messenger Court in Stokesdale; Shamarli Court in Browns Summit; Broad Ridge Court in Browns Summit; Beacon Hill neighborhood near N.C. 150 and N. Church Street; and areas near Fairgrove Church Road.” Seals asked anyone with video surveillance footage of their home to contact the sheriff’s office if they “captured anyone tampering with your vehicles especially during the overnight hours on both Friday night/Saturday morning and Saturday night/Sunday morning.” If so, they were asked to e-mail him at rseals@guilfordcountync.gov or call (336) 641-2303. Seals added this to his online post, “Each report we have heard about involved a vehicle that was left unlocked. We are asking, yet again, for our residents to make sure you are locking your car doors each and every
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APRIL 21 - MAY 4, 2022
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