Thief Targets In-Dash GPS Navigation Unit

A GPS Navigation system was stolen from a minivan parked at the Kindercare Daycare Center on Northpointe Boulevard in Utica.

A Kindercare employee told police she returned to her parked vehicle in the lot just after noon on Oct. 15 to find a hole had been punched through the door and the in-dash navigation system had been torn out.

The thief also tossed her paperwork out the window. However, other valuable electronics that were in the car were not stolen, according to a Utica police report.

Another Kindercare employee told police she had seen a suspicious-looking man in a mint green Jeep in the parking lot earlier in the day but she was not able to get the vehicle’s license plate because the he left in a hurry.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Utica Police Department at 586-731-2345.