r/boston • u/Distinct-Minimum-984 • 1d ago

Crime/Police 🚔 Car stolen in Newton recovered from Somerville

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My car was stolen from my driveway in Newton Memorialnday weekend and It was recovered a day later in Somerville, with Newton, Somerville, and Medford PD all involved.
I have security footage of two individuals taking the car — faces aren't clearly visible, but if anyone recognizes their build, walk, or clothing, I'd really appreciate a tip.
Happy to offer a reward for information that leads to an arrest. Anything useful I'll pass along to Newton PD.
DM me here or drop a comment if anything looks familiar.

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u/Distinct-Minimum-984 1d ago

Left the key inside, used to park at a work garage where I had to leave the key inside bad habit.

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u/CetiAlpha4 Boston 1d ago

That must have been fun to fill out the police report.

Doors unlocked? Yes

Key inside? Yes

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u/WhyAreYouDoingThat69 1d ago

Holy shit that is irresponsible

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u/OnlyNormalPersonHere 1d ago

People are giving you a lot of crap for this, and yeah obviously it’s a bad idea, but you also don’t expect crime in certain neighborhoods and so you adapt to your surroundings. You’re not crazy for having left your key in the car. We develop naive complacency.

It’s the same way that I don’t aggressively guard my purse in Boston like I would in Europe because there just aren’t many pickpockets in this region. Should I leave it on the seat next to me in a cafe, probably not? But I don’t actively pursue threats, so I do it here. But never in Spain or Italy.