Car stolen from outside Limerick home
The owner was at home at the time of the incident
GARDAÍ have issued advice to car owners after a vehicle was stolen from a house in Limerick.
On Thursday, February 22 between 6:15pm and 7:15pm, a man in his 60s was in his home in Castletroy.
He realised that his car was gone from the front of his house. He had left the car keys on the hall table and could see that they too were gone.
It soon became clear that a criminal had entered the hall through the unlocked front door, lifted the car keys and then driven off in the car.
Sergeant Ber Leetch, crime prevention officer at Henry Street garda station said: "Gardaí are very aware that criminals travel throughout the city and county looking for cars that they want to steal; they will then try the door of the house in an effort to take the car keys.
"In this case, the door was unlocked so the car keys were there for the taking. Keep the doors of your home locked at all times."