SHEBOYGAN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Sheboygan police say they arrested three juveniles in a string of thefts involving at least three stolen vehicles and numerous other thefts of property from vehicles.
Officers were called to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the 1400 block of Kentucky Avenue shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday and discovered three Sheboygan teens, a 14-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy, in a vehicle that had been reported stolen in Green Bay.
After all three teens were taken into custody, a large amount of suspected stolen property was found in the vehicle, some of which was able to be linked to other thefts that occurred in the city earlier this month.
In each of the cases linked to this group of teens, police say the target of the theft was an unlocked vehicle with either valuables or keys left inside.
Residents are reminded that the easiest way to prevent these types of thefts is to lock vehicles every time they are parked unattended, and to remove the keys and any other property that might be attractive to thieves. This is the simplest and most effective way to reduce the chance that your car will be stolen or have property taken from it.
All three juveniles were referred to the Sheboygan County District Attorney’s Office for a variety of theft charges and are in the custody of the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department.
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