STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD Neighborhood Affairs division posted to its Twitter account warning residents to watch out whereas pumping their gasoline as a result of automobile thieves are focusing on autos at stations.
“Defend your car on the pump with the next suggestions from our Crime Prevention Division,” the tweet states.
The ideas embody:
– All the time turning off your car.
– Eradicating your keys and key FOB (distant keyless)
– Closing all home windows and locking all doorways.
– By no means leaving your car operating and unlocked while you’re pumping gasoline.
Thieves are stealing vehicles whilst you’re pumping gasoline. ⛽️
Defend your car on the pump with the next suggestions from our Crime Prevention Division. 🚗 pic.twitter.com/StSbMJvVMN
— NYPD Neighborhood Affairs (@NYPDCommAffairs) January 14, 2023
This tweet comes shortly after the Staten Island Advance/SILive.com reported about automobile thefts rising on the South Shore, and the NYPD investigating whether or not the identical grey automobile is concerned in a number of incidents.
The latest incident doubtlessly involving this car was on Monday at round 12:25 p.m. on the nook of Sneden Avenue and Annadale Street in Annadale.
A 2019 Porsche was parked in entrance of the placement and an unidentified particular person was noticed within the driver’s seat making an attempt to start out the car with out permission, in line with a press release from the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Info.
On Jan. 6 at 1:10 a.m. on the 6200 block of Amboy Street in Nice Plains, a 24-year outdated man was leaving a retailer and was about to get into his white Infiniti when a car described as a grey Audi with two males inside pulled up and blocked the Infiniti from the entrance. A male stepped out of the passenger seat of the Audi and pointed a gun on the sufferer in an try and steal the Infiniti, a law-enforcement supply stated.
One other latest incident was the theft of 1 automobile and the tried heist of one other automobile in broad daylight exterior a enterprise in Arden Heights.
That incident occurred on Monday at round 1 p.m. on the 1500 block of Arthur Kill Street close to Muldoon Avenue, the NYPD stated. The victims informed police that they parked their vehicles within the car parking zone of a enterprise.
“These perpetrators drive into Staten Island in a single car, search out high-end autos, and, one after the other, steal them and drive them again to New Jersey,” District Lawyer Michael E. McMahon stated. “Some are out for a joyride, some are out to make use of the autos to commit different crimes, and a few are organizing (the vehicles) to be shipped abroad and offered on the worldwide marketplace for a big revenue.”
In accordance with McMahon, 126 autos had been reported stolen from inside the confines of the 123rd Precinct in 2022 — up from 65 the yr earlier than. And throughout the Island, 513 autos had been stolen final yr, in comparison with 282 in 2021.
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