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YOUNGSTOWN -- City police investigated several reports of stolen vehicles over the weekend and recovered two vehicles believed stolen.
Youngstown police reports show five vehicles were stolen or used without permission and two others recovered.
A gold 2010 Jeep Patriot was reported stolen from a home on Salt Springs Road early Monday morning and was recovered a short time later after crashing into a wooded area near Salt Springs and Steel Street.
The report states the owner discovered the Jeep missing shortly before 2:30 a.m. Monday. She told police she still had her keys, although a spare key had been left in the glove compartment. There was no broken glass in the driveway.
Police later found the Jeep crashed in the woods with a damaged front end and driver’s side wheel. Police towed the Jeep to be held for evidence.
Another Jeep was stolen earlier Sunday. Police responded to a home on Medford Avenue, where a resident reported that his 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT had been stolen from his garage around 2:15 a.m.
That owner also told police he still had his keys. He said he had security cameras but had not yet seen the video. Police reported that a Flock camera recorded the vehicle traveling north on Center Street at Poland Avenue a few minutes after the theft, heading toward the East Side.
Another vehicle, a 2019 Nissan Rogue, was reported stolen Saturday morning from a residence on Breaden Street.
The owner told police she parked the vehicle in front of her home around 9:30 p.m. Friday and discovered it missing when she left for work around 5:30 a.m. Saturday. She also said the vehicle had been locked, and she still had its key.
Police reported no broken glass where the vehicle had been parked. The owner described a dent above the driver’s side headlight as its only distinguishing feature.
Also on Saturday, police took a report on the unauthorized use of a 2003 Honda Accord from a resident on Cambridge Avenue.
That owner said someone had taken keys from a dining room table overnight. The Honda had been left in another person’s care while its owner was incarcerated.
The report identifies a suspect known for drug use, whom they believe took advantage of the situation.
Another report, filed Friday, states that a resident reported an orange 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche stolen from a home on South Lakeview Avenue
The owner told police he previously lived at the property and had been permitted to park several vehicles there, but later was told he could not retrieve them without another person present. He discovered the Avalanche and a black Cadillac Escalade were no longer parked there.
Police determined the Avalanche had not been reported towed or repossessed.
Police also recovered a silver Hyundai Tucson on North Hazelwood Avenue late Friday night.
Officers responding to a complaint involving several people behind a residence found the SUV parked between a garage and a neighboring backyard fence.
The report states the steering column had been stripped, its rear passenger window shattered and its dashboard radio was missing. Police also found a rearview mirror on the ground and damage to the windshield wiper lever.
The vehicle was towed and placed on hold for auto theft investigators. Police contacted the registered owner’s family in Jefferson, Ohio, to determine whether the SUV had been stolen.