Thieves steal car in Wyomissing, abandon it in Reading

In the evening of March 5, a man went to the parking lot where he'd left his car, only to discover it wasn't there anymore. He had parked the 1996 Honda Civic coupe sometime before 9:36 p.m. in the 1100 block of Berkshire Boulevard in Wyomissing.

The next morning, about 10:18 a.m., Reading police discovered the car in the 500 block of Birch Street in the city. Someone had taken several engine parts, rendering the car a gigantic paperweight. The vehicle was towed and the owner was told the good/bad news about 11 a.m.

When it comes to cars, no means no

West Reading police received a report of a stolen car about 3:40 p.m. Aug. 16. The vehicle owner's son had taken it without permission, so the parent took the next logical step: called the cops. The son, currently on probation, now faces a charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

Stolen car found in Wyomissing

A vehicle that had been stolen from Reading ended up in Wyomissing. Borough police found the vehicle about 10:12 a.m. July 25 at the intersection of Vireo Drive and Old Mill Road. Its tires, head unit, battery and intake exhaust had been removed. Police arranged to have the vehicle towed and called the owner, who retrieved it from the tow truck company.

Driver has several registrations for vehicle but none for the car he's in

A West Reading police officer stopped a vehicle about 7:35 p.m. April 13 at the corner of South Seventh Avenue and Franklin Street. The driver had a suspended license, the wrong license plate, insufficient insurance and a warrant for his arrest. But what really got police interested were the two vehicle registrations in the back. Neither were for the vehicle he was driving and one was for a car that had been stolen from Hamburg, Pa.

The man was arrested on the warrant and police say he may face other charges relating to the other registrations and license plates. The vehicle was towed. Police said it can be picked up by its owner, with proper registration and insurance information.

Pair of sport-utility vehicles stolen in Wyomissing, recovered in Reading

Sometime between the evening of April 12 and the morning of April 13 someone took two sport-utility vehicles from the garage of a home in the 300 block of Wyomissing Boulevard in Wyomissing. The homeowner told police the thieves got into the garage by activating the garage door opener in their unlocked sedan that was parked in the driveway. Police activated tracking systems on the vehicles, a 2007 Cadillac Escalade and a 2009 Lexus GX470, and found them in Reading.

About 6:45 a.m. April 13, police found the Cadillac in the 800 block of DeHart’s Court in the city, missing all of its tires. The Lexus was found parked on West Buttonwood Street in Reading and was still driveable.

Police find truck reported stolen minutes earlier

A man called Wyomissing police about 2:26 p.m. Nov. 2 when he discovered his unlocked work truck, a white Chevy Silverado 4x4, had been stolen from where it was parked near Old Mill and Thrush roads in the borough. He told police it must have been taken between 1 and 2:25 p.m.

Not even 10 minutes later, Spring Township police found the vehicle, keys still in the ignition, parked in the 500 block of Spring Ridge Drive in the township. The truck’s owner said nothing appeared to have been stolen.

Stolen car just a case of mistaken identity for drunken man

A man who had a bit too much to drink got into the wrong car about 1:24 a.m. Oct. 29 in the 1700 block of Paper Mill Road in Wyomissing and drove away. Police tracked him down, thinking the car was stolen. They cited the man for public drunkenness and his mother came to pick him up and take him home.

Two vehicles reported stolen in Wyomissing

A woman told police in the afternoon of Sept. 23 that her red 1993 Acura Integra was stolen from a parking lot in the 300 block of Park Road North.

Earlier that day, a man who works at a business in the 1700 block of Crossing Drive in Wyomissing told police his motorcycle, a gray and red BMW G-650 X-Moto, was stolen from the parking lot where he works sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Sept. 23.

 

Car stolen from Sears, recovered in Fleetwood

A Sears Automotive worker went to get a customer’s car that had a dead battery and was left running outside the garage about 11:15 a.m. Sept. 20 at the store in the Berkshire Mall, in the 1600 block of State Hill Road in Wyomissing. By the time the mechanic got there the car was gone. Store security cameras showed the vehicle leaving the lot but not who was driving it.

At about 5:40 p.m. that afternoon, the car was recovered in the 600 block of Eagle Road in Fleetwood, Pa., about 15 miles to the northeast of Wyomissing. A witness spoke with the theft suspect and gave a detailed description to police.

Police recover car stolen from Wyomissing

About 3:33 a.m. Aug. 27, Wyomissing police received a call that a car stolen in the borough had been found. The car, a 1996 Saturn, had been taken Aug. 15 from the parking lot of The Works, in the 1100 block of Bern Road in the borough. Police found it parked and unoccupied in the 800 block of Locust Street in Reading.

Car stolen from restaurant parking lot

A woman went to The Works restaurant about 10 p.m. Aug. 14 in the 1100 block of Bern Road in Wyomissing. When she returned to the parking lot at 2:20 a.m., her car, a 1996 Saturn, had been stolen.

Police recover stolen vehicle in Wyomissing neighborhood

A man called police shortly after 11:30 p.m. July 20 to report a suspicious vehicle parked in front of his home in the first block of Grandview Boulevard in Wyomissing. Officers discovered that the vehicle was indeed suspicious; it had been stolen in Lancaster County. Police had the vehicle impounded and reported the find to Pennsylvania State Police.