Police: Stolen Car Had Open Door, Keys in Ignition
2010 Toyota Camry was taken overnight from Lower Macungie Township driveway.
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If police were looking for an incident to promote awareness to lock your vehicle to avoid theft, seemingly this would be it.
Almost weekly, state police at Fogelsville report one or more thefts from vehicles of loose change, electronics, important papers and more in Lower Macungie Township.
But a recent incident was not simply a matter of valuables being taken from an unlocked vehicle. This time, the item taken was, in fact, the vehicle itself, police said. Imagine a prowler's surprise when he found not only the car unlocked but the keys in the ignition.
Sometime between 8 p.m. Jan. 16 and 7:15 a.m. Jan. 17, someone made that discovery and drove away with the grey, 2010 Toyota Camry belonging to Derek Richard Tyner, police said. The car was parked in his driveway in the 2000 block of Rolling Meadow Drive.
Impossible to find in a sea of cars on the road, you say? This one had a distinct Pennsylvania vanity registration plate of CBL-GUY, according to police. However, it's likely that such a distinct license plate would be removed to avoid detection.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 610-395-1438.
And, if you're waiting for that message of reinforcement, police in their report won't disappoint. Police issued a reminder that everyone should lock their vehicles at all times. While not stated, removing the keys from the ignition isn't a bad idea, either.
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Pennsylvania State Police Troop M Fogelsville Barracks
8320 Schantz Rd, Breinigsville, PA
derek tyner
9:19 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
Absolutely false! Keys we’re not in the ignition…keys we in cup holder. Get you facts straight.
Derek Tyner
Dave
9:57 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
Either way, you're an idiot. 'Nuff said....
Jayden
10:09 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
I thought it was against PA law to give out License Plate information with a person name and address??????????????????? So I guess State Police can release whatever information they want to release when a crime is committed??? I am so confused. PA is really a backwards state....LOL
Carl W
2:03 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
....And thank you, Patch, for possibly telling thief to change the "distinctive" plate.
Jayden
10:10 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
This is why I am questioning the information being released to the public....
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/warrior/mc-license-plate-public-info-20130117,0,6788164.column
derek tyner
10:44 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
Dear Ms. Savidge:
Good morning. I'd like to clarify and correct some of the information published recently in Tad Miller's Patch article, "Police: Stolen Car Had Open Door, Keys in Ignition" - the story about the car stolen in Lower Macungie. It was my car that was stolen.
When I read this story on Patch.com, I noticed a discrepancy - something false - in the article you approved for publication. After the theft was reported and the police came to investigate, the officer asked if the door was open. I answered "yes." That was all I said. He asked me nothing about the ignition and I said nothing about the ignition. The officer only asked me if the door was open. If he had asked, I would've told him, "I always keep the keys in the cup holder." Since reading your article, I called the officers involved and they had nothing to say. Had someone from Patch contacted me to verify the information, I would've made the correction.
Furthermore, I did not appreciate the tone of the last sentence in the article. I feel it was unnecessarily smarmy.
Dave
10:50 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
Derek, you "eff" up - admit it. It's knuckleheads like you that drive up insurance rates for everyone. You left the door open and the keys in the car! Does it really matter where the keys were in the car? All you're doing with your replies and complaints is making yourself look like a bigger idiot. My advice, learn your lesson and shut your mouth. YOU got yourself into the news, the news didn't come looking for you.
Rico
11:46 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
Right on, Dave......it's like laying your house keys on the front porch with a sign saying 'Hey come on in, free stuff'.....
tamarya
12:58 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Okay Derek screwed up, however you make it sound like if you have your house unlocked in the day I could come to your place and walk right in, right? The person had no reason trespassing into his car even if he had a sign that said steal me, and this just shows they can find excuses for criminals to be criminals.
Rico
1:45 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
No Tamarya, I'm just saying in these times don't make it easier for bad people to do bad things....that's all. Be smart about security.
Carl W
2:10 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Door "open," or just unlocked? I have the feeling it's the latter.
Derek, that comment, as I read it, could go either way. It could've been meant as a general statement, however, yes, it does make it look like you did do it. (To me, and many of you, "Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone !"
Janet Persing
12:54 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
Smarmy! Wow. You are the guy who let his car get stolen. Can you even get car insurance?
derek tyner
11:04 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
Hey, Dave. Nonetheless, it was a misquote. That's my point, schnook.
Dave
11:55 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
I might be a schnook, BUT..... I still have my car! Put that in your pipe and smoke it :)
Mariella Savidge
11:18 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
Mr. Tyner, I welcome your call to discuss this. 610-390-3802.
Ben Spencer
11:20 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
If your vehicle is left unlocked and the keys inside and/or readily available to someone other than the owner, you have made a bad choice. They might as well have been in the ignition. Who cares if they are in the cupholder? Perhaps in the future, Mr. Tyner, you will make better choices regarding the disposition of your vehicle keys.
Carl W
2:12 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
"Ben Spencer," you ever leave car running @ min-mart, speed, or cause an accident?
Ben Spencer
6:18 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Carl.... I never leave my vehicle running unattended or unlocked. I learned in the service the best way to keep you stuff was to lock it up. Then you have way less problems with thieves.
Carl W
9:57 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
It's a few days later, Mr. Tyner. Hope you got lucky, and yes, people do feel for your loss. Lord knows, the last thing we need to do is slander. Good Luck ! We'll keep watching!
Theresa
1:10 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Sounds like all you negative people have all the answers. Bottom line is if it doesn't belong to YOU - DONT TAKE IT!!
Rico
1:49 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Tell that to people on welfare.......lol.
Janet Persing
6:08 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Do you also leave your garage doors open routinely?
No negative people here, just people who take care that their car isn't stolen out of their driveway to blame someone else. Why?
tamarya
8:37 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
You think just because your car is locked they can't steal it?
tamarya
8:40 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
And you think without keys they cannot steal it? Yes I know the newer cars make it a little harder than a harder car, but sure a skilled criminal could leave with a new car as easy as an old car, as for getting in a locked car, I could even do that.
Janet Persing
9:12 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Thanks for letting the world know about your car stealing skills.
tamarya
10:57 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
No thank you for you childish comeback. At least I understand a crime was commited here. Where a few including yourself fail to see that. It is pretty bad out of 26 comments and 10 people, not counting the victim himself only 4 of us realize that. And people wonder why crimes occur, because there is always a reason for it. Instead of blaming the victim, lets hope the criminal is caught.
tamarya
8:40 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
meant it is harder with newer cars than older cars.
F. Ridge
9:38 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Whether or not the guy left his keys in the car, a crime was committed. Stop questioning his judgement. What's most unsettling is the way the story is written, particularly the way it ends: "While not stated, removing the keys from the ignition isn't a bad idea, either."
Write the facts, not your opinion. News is expected to be objective. Basic rules of journalism. Perhaps this kid-writer needs his internship pulled.
JT
10:58 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
I am quite disappointed in the Patch for letting this story remain with misleading and erroneous information, leading people to attack a member of our community.
The victim clearly stated that the keys were not in the ignition and that was not reported to the police. The author made an assumption, erroneously. Fiction.
The headline proclaims the car door was open, leading one to believe the door was not just unlocked but physicially opened. More intentional fiction to mock someone.
I might expect this inexperience, lack of integrity and mocking of another person from a junior high school newspaper,but not a community online 'newspaper'. I sure hope Tad Miller is not compensated for this work of fiction with some names and facts sprinkled in.
The Patch should be held accountable for fiction that attacks the character of a person, especially during a challenging time.
Dave
3:12 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
JT - First of all I'm going to guess that the "T" stands for Tyner. The fact here is Derek ADMITTED he left the car unlocked and the keys in the car. With the plethora of articles in the Lower Macungie Patch, The Morning Call, The East Penn Press and on WFMZ regarding cars that are left unlocked only to have someone enter them and steal the contents, only a COMPLETE IDIOT would leave the car unlocked and the keys in the car.
Rather than admit that Derek is such an IDIOT and he screwed up, you would spend the time trying to deflect by blaming the LMP for the possibility of erroneous reporting. I say possibility of erroneous reporting because I was not privvy to the police report and what was contained therein.
Drunk drivers run up car insurance rates, people who choose to drive without insurance and then have accidents drive up car insurance rates, people who commit hit and run drive up car insurance rates. I am not sayng that Derek is any of those I just described, but, PEOPLE THAT LEAVE THEIR VEHICLES OPEN FOR THIEVES TO ENTER AND STEAL PROPERTY OR THE VEHICLE ITSELF, DRIVE UP CAR INSURANCE RATES FOR EVERYONE. And that is a matter of fact, not conjecture.
If you want this to go away, stop paying attention to it. Like when a child picks at a scab, the wound stays open. Let this one heal by leaving it alone. The more you and Derek try to deflect attention away from something he already admitted doing, the more you both look like idiots.
Just my opinion...
Mariella Savidge
3:27 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
JT, I'm sorry for your disappointment but unless and until we get new information from the state police, the story stands. I realize you are telling me it's wrong, but I don't know who you are. Derek Tyner also said it was wrong, but I have no way of verifying it's really him. I asked him to call me and he has not yet, and then there's the same problem of verifying it's really him. As I said, the story stands until I have information from a reliable source, the police, that there is something more accurate.
Janet Persing
12:54 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
To Dave and Mariella Savidge, Well said.
Realist
5:22 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Last night dozens of people who left their cars unlocked had items taken from them. Always lock your car and close your garage door. What if a criminal is not interested in the change or items you leave in your car. Maybe they get in and hide in your car waiting for you to get in or hide in your garage? Don't make it easy for them to make you a victim.
My 2 Cents
10:08 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Derek did you ever get your car back?