Orchard Park, N.Y. (WBEN) – Key fob theft is becoming the latest way thieves are getting into vehicles and stealing them. However, common sense is one way residents can avoid becoming a victim, says one local police chief.
Orchard Police Chief Patrick Fitzgerald says he has yet to experience a case of car fob theft in his town.
“If someone gets their hands on a key fob, that’s the rudimentary side of it, as far as their ability to not only unlock the vehicle, but then use that to start the vehicle and drive away,” said Fitzgerald in an interview with WBEN. “People leaving their key fobs in their vehicles, especially if that vehicle is unlocked, is a simple way for a car thief to steal a car, and we’re seeing that occurring, But the key fobs being cloned is, by far, the more advanced form of car theft that’s going on.”…