“It was 10 degrees outside (Friday) I do believe,” Alberry said, when he had to make a quick stop inside the store around 7:30 a.m. “I was leaving it running, I was running inside and asking them a quick question, looking at something and going right out to the next store.”
But Alberry never got that chance.
“I stood back up, looked out there and for some reason there was just a blank area where my truck was, my truck was gone,” he said.
Alberry just bought the SUV in October. He admits he left his keys inside the ignition of his running vehicle, with the doors unlocked. It’s illegal in Ohio for drivers to leave their vehicles running while unattended. It’s also illegal to steal a car. Alberry said he filed a police report, not just for his Ford Explorer but also for the thousands of dollars worth of tools and equipment it contained.
“The GPS unit, that has all my addresses in it, all the McDonald’s addresses, my addresses, my keys there or my other vehicle keys, my house key, my friend’s keys ... we had to re-key everything, all the houses are re-keyed; we did that yesterday,” he said on Saturday.
Without any security camera footage or witnesses to come forward, Alberry does not expect his vehicle to ever be found.
“That’s my biggest question is why? Why do you want to take someone else’s property that they’ve worked all their life, giving back to this community? I was stationed here for five years. I left and then I just moved back. Now, I’m debating why I’m even here,” he said.
Anyone with information is urged to call Riverside police at 937-233-1820.
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