Car thefts continue to be a troubling trend across South Florida

GOLDEN BEACH, Fla. – Video footage taken in Golden Seaside was one other instance of the rising crime pattern in South Florida of automotive thefts.

The pattern was down through the ‘90s, just because it turned harder to steal a automotive, however since 2022, automotive thefts are up on a nationwide scale, and there’s no signal of it letting up.

The video exhibits an individual operating up a driveway to steal an SUV again in December. The door gave the impression to be unlocked and the felony shortly backed out.

It took lower than 10 seconds.

Only one month earlier, Native 10 Information reported on juveniles stealing high-end vehicles from driveways, not solely in Golden Seaside, however all through South Florida.

Within the time since, officers stated the crimes haven’t stopped.

Jeff Sonn is on the Golden Seaside Safety Committee and he stated on this latest rash of thefts, there was one consider frequent.

“In a number of these excessive finish vehicles, when the mirrors are deployed out, meaning the important thing fob has been left within the automotive,” he stated. “We do know that a lot of thefts have been merely due to homeowners leaving the keys within the automotive.”

Lower than two weeks in the past, folks dwelling in Golden Seaside have been despatched a bulletin saying the arrests of 4 individuals who have been allegedly trying to steal a automotive on South Island.

The troubling crime pattern turned violent over the weekend when Golden Seaside police Sgt. Joshua Bautista was shot twice within the arm throughout a police pursuit involving a stolen automotive out of the Sunny Isles Seaside space.

The pattern stretches past South Florida.

In keeping with the Nationwide Insurance coverage Crime Bureau, for the primary time since 2008, car thefts nationwide surpassed a million.

Florida ranks high 5 within the nation for automotive thefts, with near 46,000 vehicles stolen in 2022 alone.