Unlocked

Residents aren't taking any chances after thieves targeted nine cars on their street in three hours.

“We also want to remind people to always lock their vehicles and to never leave any valuables in their car,” the statement said. Anyone with information about the offending could contact the Blenheim Police and quote the file reference 220604/5439. “We also encourage anyone who believes they have been a victim of this offending but has not yet reported it to police to contact the Blenheim police or call 105.” “The place I lived before here in Burleigh, the back door was always unlocked,” she said. Another unnamed resident said she had started to close her gate and switch security lights on because of what had happened, and had even moved things stored in her garage away from the windows. Gleeson said her husband had been thinking about putting a security camera in though, and said she sometimes told her husband to park his van up the drive in a place where people couldn’t see it from the street. “We used to leave the car unlocked, and now we lock everything,” Frew said.