INCIDENT: Multiple Thefts from Autos
OCCURRED: Between June 11, 2021, at approximately 3 p.m., and June 12, 2021, at approximately 8:30 a.m.
LOCATIONS: Parking Lot 12A (Tulane Drive/Graduate Hills Apartments) & the Parking Lot of the Cypress Building (8320 Baltimore Avenue), College Park, Maryland
UMPD CASE NUMBERS: 2021-44989 & 2021-44997
BRIEF DETAILS:
On June 12, 2021, at approximately 9:27 a.m., the University of Maryland Police Department received multiple reports of thefts from autos. A total of 10 vehicles were involved.
Five vehicles were parked in parking lot 12A. One of the five vehicles had its tires and rims stolen. Each of the remaining four vehicles had its driver side window shattered and its steering wheel airbag stolen.
The remaining five vehicles were parked in the parking lot of the Cypress Building. All five vehicles had their driver side windows shattered and their steering wheel airbags stolen.
The nine vehicles that had their driver side windows shattered and their steering wheel airbags stolen are Honda Civics, model years ranging between 2016 and 2021. The vehicle with the stolen tires and rims is a 2021 Toyota Camry.
The University of Maryland Police Department, Criminal Investigations Unit is investigating this incident.
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