reporters of cars being stolen started surfacing around august of last year, and now, detective jeff harstad tells me, that number is up to 165 as of today. 3 when the temperature drops, it could be tempting to leave your car running before you drive.but, as they saying going..better safe, than sorry. a crime of opportunity...sioux city police detective harstad says, leaving your car unattended is down- right..dangerous. "we've taken several individuals into custody for larceny of motor vehicles what we describe it as. so i know that just this morning we arrested one and then we have another one that we're going to be arresting later today."harstad adds incidences started around august of last year and continue to grow, now with 165 vehicles reported stolen."165 is quite a drastic number for sioux city."police say, about 20 stolen vehicles came from outside jurisdictions during really no neighborhood that's really immuned from it. it's all over sioux city that it's taking place."what's more, those who leave their vehicle running while unattended, could face a criminal citation. and, some ins

harstad adds incidences started around august of last year and continue to grow, now with 165 vehicles reported stolen."165 is quite a drastic number for sioux city."police say, about 20 stolen vehicles came from outside jurisdictions during this time frame."there's really no neighborhood that's really immuned from it. it's all over sioux city that it's taking place."what's more, leave their vehicle running while unattended, could face a criminal citation. and, some insurance companies may not pay for lost or damages, causing the owner to become victims of idedtity theft *by leaving personal information inside the vehicle"it's one thing to have remote start where your car could run and nobody can take it because the cars are with it. and it's actually another to have your vehicle running with the keys in it."harstad urges owners make it easy for car thieves: keep your vehicle locked at all times.close all windows and sunroof. and with the rise of so many stolen vehicles, many residents in sioux city are gearing up their homes with security cameras to make sure these thieves stay way fr

reports of cars being stolen started surfacing around august of last year, and now, detective jeff harstad tells me, that number is up to 165 as of today.when the temperature drops, it could be tempting to leave your car running before you drive.a crime of opportunity, sioux city police detective harstad says, leaving your car unattended is down- right..dangerous. "we've taken several individuals into custody for larceny of motor vehicles what we describe it as. so i know that just this morning we arrested one and then we have another one that we're going to be arresting incidences started around august of last year and continue to groro now with 165 vehicles reported stolen."165 is quite a drastic number for sioux city."police say, about 20 stolen vehicles came from outside jurisdictions during this time frame."there's really no neighborhood that's really immuned from it. it's all over sioux city that it's taking place."what's more, those who leave their vehicle running while unattended, could face a criminal citation. and, some insurance companies may not pay for lost or damages, causing

for a criminal citation under the sioux city municipal vehicle unattended said harstad. locking yourehicle to prevent car theft message law enforcements want "the sioux city police department is urging residents not to leave things in car such as your wallet or car titles, because that's an easy way for thieves to steal your identity," said bell. "correct, what's happening a lot is people are leaving personal identification, oror stuff that get's back to your personal infofoation and that ens yourself up to the potottial of identity theft," said harstad. reporter: "and now are you still going to take that risk?" bell asked. tammie franklin: "no, i'll turn it off," said franklin. and johnathan sexton says he had his car stolen about 2 weeks ago by accidentally leaving his keys in his car overnight. exhaustion where i though i had the key in my pocket and didn't realize that i had accidentally left it in the vehicle...dissapointe d in myself on that aspect of it, but more frustrated about the stuff that's in the vehicle at this point than the vehicle itself," said sexton.

harstad adds incidences started around august of last year and continue to grow, now with 165 vehicles reported stolen."165 is quite a drastic number for sioux city."police say, about 20 stolen vehicles jurisdictions during this time frame."there's really no neighborhood that's really immuned from it. it's all over sioux city that it's taking place."what's more, those who leave their vehicle running while unattended, could face a criminal citation. and, some insurance companies may not pay for lost or damages, causing the owner to become victims of identity theft *by leaving personalalinformation inside the vehicle"it's one thing to have remote start where your car could run and nobody can take it because the cars are with it. and it's actually another to have your vehicle running with the keys in it."harstad urges owners and drivers to please don't make it easy for car thieves: keep your vehicle locked at all times.close all windows and sunroof. and wiwi the rise of so many stolen vehicles, many residents in sioux city are gearing up their homes with security cameras to make sure thes

something that we typically do, but it is a potential criminal citation to be issued," said detective harstad. insurance companies are known not to cover the costs for thefts, if keys are inside the car at the time it is stolen. bria: scpd also warns car owners not to leave valuables or important documents with personal information on them as you could end up with car and identifity theft. i'm going to toss it back to you guys in the studio. reporting live in sioux city, bria bell abc 9 news. thank you for that report bria tim: a fire investigating, including the discovery of human remains is underway in sac county. according to a underway in sac sac county press release, the auburn fire department this morning responded to a home fire near breda iowa. on arrival crews found the home already burned to the ground. an investigation determined the occupants failed to report towork and family vehicles were still at the home e leading to the discovery of human remains inside the debre. the state medical examiner and state fire marshall are still investigating the fire. tim: this weekend's drawing

harstad adds incidences started around august of last year and continue to grow, now with 165 vehicles reported stolen."165 is quite a drastic number for sioux city."police say, about 20 stolen vehicles jurisdictions during this time frame."there's really no neighborhood that's really immuned from it. it's all over sioux city that it's taking place."what's more, those who leave their vehicle running while unattended, could face a criminal citation. and, some insurance companies may not