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Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-03-01 | Page 3 | Auto Thefts, Recoveries Gain in '52, Police Note

Type issue
Date 1952-03-01
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title Auto Thefts, Recoveries Gain in '52, Police Note
Type article
Date 1952-03-01
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 3
OCR Text Auto Thefts Recoveries Gain din in 52 Police Note The theft of or automobiles in Salt Lake City continued at an unprecedented pace during February February February Feb Feb- while local officers established established established new records for the number of vehicles recovered and the number of oC persons arrested for car theft Lt Owen Poulsen auto theft b bur bureau u r e a u commander reported that 45 vehicles chicles were stolen inthe inI in inthe I the city last month bringing this years year's total to 94 94 as compared with the 55 stolen here in m the I first two months of 1951 i On the other hand he reported 20 0 persons were arrested here I Ifor for car theft as compared with I the normal monthly arrest average average av av- of six persons Of the 45 local cars stolen 36 were recovered in the city and six six si were recovered reco elsewhere Car theft arrests included 15 held here heie and six elsewhere for local car thefts and five persons arrested arrested arrested ar ar- rested here for car thefts occurring occurring occurring occur occur- ring elsewhere Local officers recovered four vehicles in Salt Lake City which had been stolen elsewhere Lt Poulsen stated that there are only six autos of the two- two month total of 94 stolen still un I recovered I Pointing out that juveniles were responsible for a large majority majority ma ma- ma-I ma I I of the car thefts Lt Poulsen Poulsen Poul Poul- sen warned the theft rate can be expected to continue at the unusually unusually unusually un un- usually high rate unless finless parents I are more watchful of delinquent youths and unless more motorists motor motor- fists increase their care in locking lockin g I doors and removing keys fro from fromI m I their vehicles
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