NORTH RIDGEVILLE — A number of North Ridgeville residents in the Meadow Lakes subdivision woke up this morning to find someone had gone through their vehicles, according to police Capt. Allan Dent.

Police responded early in the morning to several calls of cars being broken into and found nu-merous other vehicles that looked as if they had been entered as well.

By Friday afternoon, 11 car owners had reported their vehicles had been entered. All 11 vehicles had been left unlocked.

“The main thing that we’ve been stressing, and people don’t seem to be getting is ‘You need to lock your cars,’ ” Dent said.
Items that were taken included cash, cell phones, GPS units and MP3 players, according to police Lt. Greg Petek.

Just Wednesday a 20-year-old man from the Youngstown area was charged with a felony count of theft, misdemeanor theft and underage consumption for stealing hundreds of dollars worth of items overnight Tuesday from homes and vehicles at Meadow Lakes.

According to Dent, 90 percent to 95 percent of those thefts were from homes and vehicles that were left unlocked.

“People should take items with them, or lock them in the trunk,” Dent said Wednesday. “Make sure nothing of value is visible.”

Contact Rona Proudfoot at 329-7124 or rproudfoot@chroniclet.com.

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