Police Hunt Man Who Broke Into Cars Then Walked Right Into Someone’s Home in Dauphin County

Dauphin County Families Are on Alert After a Man Used a Car Break-In to Get Inside Someone’s House

It started with an unlocked car door. It ended with a stranger inside someone’s home.

This was not a smash-and-grab. No windows broken. No alarms triggered. Just a man moving through neighborhoods at 3:30 a.m., trying handles until one opened. And then he found a garage door opener sitting inside one of those cars.

The House He Walked Into Was Never Forced Open

Between 3:30 and 5 a.m. on Monday, police say this man worked through two Dauphin County neighborhoods: Shopes Gardens and the Rosedale Complex. Every vehicle he entered was already unlocked.

He did not need tools. He did not need skill. He just needed people who forgot to lock their cars…

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