A series of thefts from cars swept the Claremont area earlier this week with 2 common threads: unlocked doors and stolen electronics. A briefcase with a company computer and multiple credit cards was stolen early Tuesday morning from an unlocked car parked in the 2500 block of King Way. Later that day an Apple iPod was stolen from the glove box of a vehicle parked in the 700 block of Alamosa Drive. In another incident also on Monday, a man was helping move his daughter into Scripps when he discovered that his black briefcase and iPad were stolen from his unlocked rental car. Stolen goods totaled more than $1000.

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