San Francisco Car Burglars Target Parking Garages; Show Up At Victim's Home

San Francisco CA

16 November, 2021

2:54 PM

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By Betty Yu, CBS San Francisco: SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Car break-in victims may feel their vehicles are generally safer parked in a garage than on San Francisco streets, but that no longer is true. Smash-and-grabs are also happening in parking garages. The driver of a Mercedes Benz, who wants to remain anonymous for privacy reasons, shared photos of the damage with KPIX 5. She said not only did thieves smash her car windows, they cleaned out her glove compartment and stole her gate and garage openers, and found her address. She said that same day, burglars drove to her East Bay home, and opened her garage twice. They did not get inside, once they realized someone was home. Read more at CBS CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.