City Of St. Peter issued the following announcement on Jun. 06.
DID YOU LOCK YOUR CAR? – If you are not in the habit of locking your car doors you may be missing items and not even know it. A recent rash of thefts from unlocked vehicles has resulted in several arrests of juveniles including three as recently as last night. The Police Department has recovered many stolen items, but as people fail to notice their car was broken into, the owners of many of these items have not been identified. If you are missing property please contact the Police Department at 507-931-1550 (or 207 South Front Street) and, if you have a Ring doorbell or similar camera technology, please review your footage and if you see something suspicious, please call the Police Department.
Summer tends to see an uptick in residential and personal property thefts; many of which could be prevented by property owners taking a bit more care. Lock your car doors and before exiting the vehicle, remove valuable items like cameras, phones, wallets and purses. Unless you are in the garage, keep your garage door shut even when you are home or working in your yard. Lock the door between your garage and the interior of your home. Install motion lights on the outside of your home. Don’t leave your home with an open window, especially if that window is on the ground floor and remember to lock your house doors.
St. Peter Officers are ready and willing to help solve crime, but they would prefer to stop it before it happens and they need each of us to do our part. For more crime prevention tips, please contact the Police Department.
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