By Becky Gillette – A 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora that had been left running while the driver went inside a home for 15 minutes was stolen at about 9:13 a.m. on Dec. 11 from where it was parked at the intersection of Elk and White Sts. It was recovered Dec. 12 at about 11:36 a.m. when an abandoned vehicle was reported by the Crescent Hotel on a dirt road below the hotel.
At one point the victim and police tried to locate the stolen car by using an application to find her iPhone, which was in the vehicle. But the phone had been turned off.
After a police investigation, the vehicle was returned to its owner.
The theft was similar to several auto thefts reported in November that police called “crimes of opportunity” because keys were left in the car. A vehicle stolen from outside of Chelsea’s was recovered, and an arrest made in the case. No one has been arrested in two thefts earlier in November, one was in an owner’s driveway on Jackson Street, the other was stolen from White Street.
ESPD also reported there was one vehicle stolen in October.