‘This is a step higher’: Woman has car stolen, totaled in her neighborhood
By WMTW Staff
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SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) — It was a shocking wake-up call for South Portland resident Santiba Webb just after 5 a.m. Sunday morning. She was woken up by police knocking at her door, asking her questions about her Jeep Grand Cherokee.
“Come to find out, somebody had stolen my Jeep and it was in an accident where it has totaled the vehicles, totaled your vehicle,” Webb said.
Webb lives in the Redbank Village apartment complex in South Portland. She said police told her someone had taken off in her Jeep and totaled it along with two cars just down the street from her home. The driver fled after crashing into a Toyota and a Subaru, nearly sending the Toyota through the front of another apartment.
“Our neighbors felt it too; they came out and we all thought this was an earthquake,” said the resident whose cars were both hit.
The neighbors whose vehicles were hit said they went downstairs to see the damage. They said the Jeep was smoking, but nobody was inside. When police arrived, neighbors say they searched the neighborhood with a K-9 unit. Webb said break-ins are becoming more common in the neighborhood lately, but this is the first stolen car she has heard of.
“I know they have broken into vehicles and taken things out of the glove box, and thrown them around the center console, so this is just a step higher. It’s kind of scary,” Webb said.
Webb uses her car for her job and to take care of her family and friends. Webb’s friend said this will have a major impact on her day-to-day life. Now, Webb and the other victims have to deal with insurance and fixing their cars, or replacing them altogether.
Maine’s Total Coverage reached out to South Portland police for more information, but we have not yet heard back.
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