In the early morning hours of January 15, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Mercedes-Benz C230 left the vehicle, with the engine running, in an alley in the 3400 block of 15th Avenue West in Seattle.  A thief spotted an opportunity,  jumped into the car and drove away.  As soon as the owner discovered the vehicle missing,

  On January 10, 2012, the owner of a 2011 Honda Civic parked and loacked her vehicle on the street where she works in Bayside Queens. When she returned that evening, she discovered the vehicle missing and immediately contacted the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) 111th Precinct to report the theft. NYPD officers responded to the