WE REPORTED ON THURSDAY THAT A LOT OF VEHICLES ARE BEING STOLEN FROM PARKING LOTS AT UNM’S CAMPUS IN ALBUQUERQUE. UNM POLICE LIEUTENANT TIM STUMP SAYS 28 CARS HAVE VANISHED SINCE AUGUST WHEN SCHOOL STARTED, COMPARED TO NINE VEHICLES DURING THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
LIEUTENANT STUMP TELLS US IT’S NOT EASY TO SPOT A CAR THEFT, EVEN WHEN YOU’RE WATCHING IT IN PROGRESS. HE SAYS ONE CASE IN POINT INVOLVED A FEMALE GETTING OUT OF ONE CAR AND CLIMBING INTO ANOTHER. HE SAYS IT TURNED OUT TO BE A CAR THEFT, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING AT LOOKED SUSPICIOUS. HE SAYS POLICE COULDN’T EVEN HAVE APPROACHED THE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
STUMP SAYS MOST OF THE CARS STOLEN WERE LEFT UNLOCKED. APD IS NOW HELPING TO PATROL THE CAMPUS AND HAS BROUGHT IN BAIT CARS TO HELP CATCH CAR THIEVES.
