Wheels and Tires Stolen from Car at Moon Township Dealership

Moon police recently handled several thefts involving vehicles in the township, including a report of tires stripped from a new vehicle.

Police said someone stole all four wheels and tires from an unregistered 2014 Volkswagen Jetta parked on the Target Auto Sales lot at 5252 University Boulevard.

A service manager at Day Apollo Inc., which owns the lot, called police at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21 to report the thefts after workers moving vehicles noticed the wheels and tires missing from the gray, four-door car. 

Police said the vehicle was just placed on the lot Aug. 17.  The wheels are worth $425 each and the tires are valued at $150 each, police said.

Police also received reports from residents of overnight thefts from vehicles. Police said $452 was stolen sometime overnight Monday, Aug. 19 from a vehicle on Hunters Run Drive. The victim had just received the money as a payment and had it stored in the center console. The vehicle was left unlocked, police said.

Someone also went into an unlocked vehicle overnight Tuesday, Aug. 20 and took a woman’s red Coach wallet containing $7, a driver’s license and credit cards.  

A third vehicle was also broken into overnight Aug. 20 in the 2700 block of Beaver Grade Road where someone took $10 in change from the car.

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