Crime & Safety

Images: AM/PM Thief Steals From Unlocked Car

Gilroy Police are looking for this suspect, seen stealing items from a parked car at an AM/PM station last Friday. Do you recognize him?

GILROY - Gilroy Police are looking for the suspect seen in these images who stole items last week from an unlocked vehicle parked at the AM/PM Minimart on Leavesely Road.

About 3 p.m. on Friday, March 4, the suspect in the photographs drove into the AM/PM parking lot from Murray Ave in a black VW and circled a Gilroy resident's parked vehicle, according to a Gilroy Police Facebook post.

Police say the VW driver stopped, got out of his car, then opened an unlocked door of the victim's vehicle, parked at pump#10, stealing several items.

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The black VW is described by police as having tinted windows with a spare tire on one of the rear passenger tires.

The vehicle fled the scene eastbound on Leavesley Rd, according to police.

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Investigators say several employees at the AM/PM MiniMart think he's a regular customer, but don't know his name.

If you recognize the man shown, or know where the black VW vehicle might be located, is asked to call Gilroy Police at (408) 846-0300.

-images via Gilroy Police Department

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