Stolen purse from car in the Clear Lake are
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:24 pm
I wanted to pass this info. from an e-mail:
Subject: Stolen Purse
I wanted to pass along a warning to prevent you from having the bad experience I had Sunday here in Clear Lake. We wanted to browse around the Lexus dealership lot looking at the new cars even though they are closed on Sunday. We parked on the side street that is between the Lexus and Hummer dealerships. I had my heavy purse full of credit cards, driver's license, check book, ATM card, etc. hidden in the car which was locked and the alarm activated. We were on the lot for about 15 minutes with other people who, like us, were looking around at the new cars. When we got back to our car both passenger side windows were totally shattered and my purse was gone. No alarms were set off because the burglars did not open any doors to set off the alarm system. I doubt that we would have even heard an alarm if it had been activated because of all the freeway noise. When we spoke to the Houston Police they said that this type of smash and grab burglary is one of the big Sunday crimes in our area. The officer told us that on any given Sunday they have at least 30 such burglaries from Clear Lake to Fuqua all happening at the car dealerships that line the freeway. He said criminals count on freeway noise to cover up the sounds they are making. He said the burglars hide and watch for you to get on the lot and become preoccupied. You do not notice them lurking around because there are so many vehicles parked in and around a dealership that the criminals are almost invisible. Within minutes of breaking into the car they were at a gas station using my Shell card to fill up (3) tanks of gas totaling over $300 in fraudulent purchases. The fact that three tanks were filled so quickly shows you they work in teams. They tried to also access the ATM's with my card but they were unsuccessful.
I wanted to pass this warning on so everyone can be aware of the rising crime in our area and not fall victim to this type of theft. This has been a nightmare and I wanted to share my bad experience to help others not become victims. Stay vigilant because things are not as safe around Clear Lake as we would like to believe.
Can anyone else confirm this?
Subject: Stolen Purse
I wanted to pass along a warning to prevent you from having the bad experience I had Sunday here in Clear Lake. We wanted to browse around the Lexus dealership lot looking at the new cars even though they are closed on Sunday. We parked on the side street that is between the Lexus and Hummer dealerships. I had my heavy purse full of credit cards, driver's license, check book, ATM card, etc. hidden in the car which was locked and the alarm activated. We were on the lot for about 15 minutes with other people who, like us, were looking around at the new cars. When we got back to our car both passenger side windows were totally shattered and my purse was gone. No alarms were set off because the burglars did not open any doors to set off the alarm system. I doubt that we would have even heard an alarm if it had been activated because of all the freeway noise. When we spoke to the Houston Police they said that this type of smash and grab burglary is one of the big Sunday crimes in our area. The officer told us that on any given Sunday they have at least 30 such burglaries from Clear Lake to Fuqua all happening at the car dealerships that line the freeway. He said criminals count on freeway noise to cover up the sounds they are making. He said the burglars hide and watch for you to get on the lot and become preoccupied. You do not notice them lurking around because there are so many vehicles parked in and around a dealership that the criminals are almost invisible. Within minutes of breaking into the car they were at a gas station using my Shell card to fill up (3) tanks of gas totaling over $300 in fraudulent purchases. The fact that three tanks were filled so quickly shows you they work in teams. They tried to also access the ATM's with my card but they were unsuccessful.
I wanted to pass this warning on so everyone can be aware of the rising crime in our area and not fall victim to this type of theft. This has been a nightmare and I wanted to share my bad experience to help others not become victims. Stay vigilant because things are not as safe around Clear Lake as we would like to believe.
Can anyone else confirm this?