BENNINGTON, Neb. (WOWT) – Bennington Police have a tip for drivers after a string of car break-ins and thefts overnight Tuesday. The thefts and break-ins were caught on video through various Ring doorbell cameras.
The footage captured by police shows a group of four people driving in the neighborhood in one alleged stolen vehicle before abandoning it, breaking in another, and finally stealing a third in a driveway.
Police Chief Andrew Hilscher told First Alert 6 a total of three vehicles were stolen across town. In addition to the theft, another dozen cars were broken into.
As of Wednesday evening, two of the three cars were recovered.
Hilscher said this kind of thing doesn’t happen often here,
“A lot of times it’s someone the owner knows,” He said. “However, this incident…they don’t know the victims”.
Hilscher stressed the importance of remembering to remove car keys and other valuable items from cars left outside overnight.
“Most of the vehicles that were stolen, unfortunately, it appears that the keys were left inside the vehicle along with their purses, wallets, stuff like that,” Hilscher said.
The stolen vehicle yet to be found, has been identified as a 2020 Chevrolet Trax.
Douglas County car thefts
The following table refers to the number of car thefts across the county between Jun 1-Aug 5 of this year and for the five years prior.
YearCar thefts202528202411202332202225202112202016
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