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BRECKENRIDGE — There’s an unusual rash of car thefts in Summit County — people who steal cars but leave them a few miles away unscathed.
It’s a type of crime called “car borrowing.” And police in Summit County say that over the past two years, a third of cars reported stolen turn up a short distance away.
The incidents have left authorities handing out some old-fashioned advice: Don’t leave keys and valuables in an unlocked car.
“These kinds of things are truly preventable, but they still keep happening,” Summit County Sheriff John Minor said.
In the past two years, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office has received 31 stolen-vehicle reports, and in nearly one-third of those cases, the keys had been left in unlocked vehicles.
