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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was not stolen. Ironically near me we had a Dunkin’ Donuts right by house and moms and dads in winter would drive a block to it leave car running and pip in to grab pre-ordered coffee.

Crooks say in parking lot and would jump in and take cars. They caught a few and pretty much got a slap on wrist.

Turns out they could only be charged possession of stolen property. They could not be charged with breaking and entering or even car theft. Technically they did not steal the car the owners left doors unlocked with key available.

Kinda like someone walks in open front door is trespassing vs. breaking and entry into house.

So your car was not stolen, well legally [/quote]

You're full of s%^t. You do not have to 'break in' to property to get charged.

I'm too lazy to find a better source, but: "Even though many believe that “breaking and entering” may mean only breaking a window or breaking down a door, the fact remains that any type of physical force exerted against a home, business, storage locker or any secure structure—even pushing open an unlocked door—can produce breaking and entering charges.  “B & E” is the lowest level of burglary crime (often a gateway offense) that can keep a suspect in jail while the property owner inventories his or her properties and possessions.  If items are missing, a burglary charge is likely to be added."

https://virginialawfirm.net/virginia-burglary-lawyer.html[/quote]

Except you have to be able to prosecute. In the case my old town they did catch some of thieves and charged then possession of stolen property in the plea deal.

And public defender an unlocked car with keys in ignition. Good luck with anything beyond that.

My friend caught a guy about to steal his car. He already was sitting in car about to do his thing. My friend chased him, he dropped his auto stealing stuff and as luck would have it a cop saw them caught up to guy.

The story he told cop I was walking and cold and tired I saw an unlocked car and sat in it. This man started yelling at me and scared and ran off.

The tools to steal car he dropped his accomplice must have picked up. Cop said usual another person.

So friend tells arrest him. Cop goes on what? Attempted car theft is not car theft. I could charge him trespassing but that is a ticket at best or a warning.

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