LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Louisville man used an app to search out his automobile after it was stolen.
However he feels unsafe with the one who did it nonetheless on the market.
Beau Tomlinson stated as a brand new dad he had so much to juggle Monday evening when he introduced his daughter residence from daycare and was working errands.
And that is how he by chance left his key fob inside his automobile. The following morning, although, he was nonetheless shocked to search out his automobile was gone.
“And Kaitlyn opened the door and he or she stated, ‘the place’s the the place’s the automobile?’ It was like I do not know, Narnia,” Tomlinson stated. “It needs to be within the driveway Kaitlyn. And she or he’s like, ‘No, it isn’t within the driveway.'”
Tomlinson stated he was preparing for work round 6:30 a.m. Tuesday when his spouse Kaitlyn observed the automobile wasn’t there.
“So I used to be instantly burdened, instantly involved anxious like, with automobile seats aren’t low-cost issues to interchange,” Tomlinson stated. “We have solely had this automobile for 2 years and now it is already gone. Is it simply another person’s now?”
Whereas he was on the telephone to report his automobile stolen he remembered the Hyundai’s telephone app.
“We had been capable of pin level precisely the place the car was for Louisville Metro Police,” he stated.
Tomlinson met an officer there with the spare key inside half-hour of the decision.
“I am unable to thank Louisville Metro sufficient for the fast response time to search out my car,” Tomlinson stated.
The automobile’s exterior had no injury, however the rear view mirror was ripped off and so they used sufficient drive to crack the windshield.
Fortunately, the couple’s two-year-old daughter Vera’s automobile seat was nonetheless within the again seat.
One factor Tomlinson wasn’t anticipating, there wasn’t a lot police may do to get his key fob again or work out who stole it.
“They’ve the important thing fob, they got here to my home and stole it from my driveway,” Tomlinson stated. “I might prefer to see them face repercussions.”
His solely choice is to vary the important thing fob and repair the automobile.
“It is simply modified the sense of security round, across the residence,” he stated.
LMPD stated establishing your automobile’s telephone app is a should. Police all the time encourage individuals to maintain their automobiles locked and by no means go away gadgets seen within the automobile.
Within the meantime, Tomlinson switched vehicles with household to discourage the thief from coming again.
Their household of three can also be contemplating transferring out of their residence.
“Fortunately we have now full protection insurance coverage that is going to cowl changing a whole lot of these items, but it surely’s not going to cowl our peace of thoughts anymore on this neighborhood,” Tomlinson stated.
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