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Thieves prey on unattended warming-up cars

Posted at 5:19 PM, Dec 18, 2015
and last updated 2015-12-18 18:31:23-05

JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. – A Johnson County victim of car theft has a message for the "lowlifes" and "bums" who took his 20-year-old stick-shift car, and we have a few ways to prevent this from happening to you.

Story highlights:

  • There have been many cases of theft while cars are warming up in Marion County, but Sheriff Doug Cox says this is the first Johnson County has seen this year.
  • Someone took a man’s beloved 1995 Nissan in his Greenwood neighborhood while the car was warming up.
  • There are ways to prevent this from happening to you: Find space in your garage to park, use an automatic car-starter or a steering-wheel lock, or just simply stay with your car as it’s warming up.

Watch our video in the player above for the full story.

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