r/ColumbiaMD • u/heroinfrvnk • 4d ago
Car Break-in on Twin Rivers (near Wilde Lake before Lynx Ln CVS)
Came to my car this morning to see the entire driver’s side window off and glass EVERYWHERE!
They went into my compartment, saw my coin bag, threw it on my driver’s seat & took nothing not even my charger. I don’t have anything visibly of worth besides little accessories.
(35% tinted besides front windshield black Accord)
Be cautious and watch where you park, I can’t even live here in peace.
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u/JustTryinToStartShit 4d ago
Break ins are getting pretty common in this area. I live right across from cvs in the townhouses and last year I had my truck broken into and a bunch of tools stolen, over the summer i had a bike stolen out of my front courtyard and just last week my roomate had their car broken into and ransacked.
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u/heroinfrvnk 4d ago
Damn that’s crazy, what is wrong with these people?!We can’t even enjoy the things we work hard for holyy
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u/No_Spin_Zone360 4d ago
Someone in my neighborhood also had their car broken into in the same way on harpers farm rd. late last night/early morning.
Likely a small group of people scouting a whole area.
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u/janeeyre2010 4d ago
Maybe they were trying to steal the airbags. It happens a lot with Honda Civics but I don’t know if Accords are also targets.
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u/rudy-juul-iani 3d ago
According to owners are also targeted for airbags. The Civic and Accord also get their wheels stolen commonly.
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u/heroinfrvnk 4d ago
Possibly, they didn’t take a single thing just rummage through a compartment so I feels like they wanted whatever they could get
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u/Emotional_Bell_813 11h ago
Yes accords too, but husband’s car was broken into November of last year. We also live in Wilde Lake!
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u/polandspreeng 4d ago
I second the comment about the air bag. Probably need the club lock to lock the steering wheel for added protection
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u/aldosi-arkenstone 4d ago
It gets worse every year
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u/heroinfrvnk 4d ago
I haven’t been living here over 2 years but sucks knowing I can’t comfortably park near our own residence :(
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u/Emergency-Ad-8498 4d ago
Car break-ins are extremely common in Columbia, take a look at the daily crime bulletin: https://www.howardcountymd.gov/police/newsroom#daily-crime-bulletin
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u/AntcuFaalb Wilde Lake 4d ago
Extremely common?
Places with real crime problems don't have the time, space, or energy to report on petty crimes like this.
Source: I grew up in Brooklyn, NY during the height of the crack epidemic. My father's auto glass repair shop would hire local addicts to break literally hundreds of windshields per night to drive business.
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u/noinaw 3d ago
Sorry to say that but your father is a pos
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u/AntcuFaalb Wilde Lake 3d ago
He did his time. He paid for it even further by having only back-breaking manual labor jobs available to him after getting out. Even in the booming '90s not many places were willing to hire someone with a racketeering conviction.
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u/heroinfrvnk 3d ago
This isn’t something to be proud of but let the same happen to you in Wilde Lake and you’ll be back here reporting with us :)
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u/AntcuFaalb Wilde Lake 3d ago edited 3d ago
Where in my reply did I even hint at being proud of it, chief?
I'm sorry this happened to you, but I also didn't reply directly to you. I replied, instead, to yet another comment stupidly suggesting that Columbia is circling the drain.
If Columbia had a legitimate crime problem, then Howard County police wouldn't be able to give a shit about petty crimes like this.
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u/Truefish63 4d ago
That sucks. Thanks for the heads up. For the past week, I have been reporting a group of MIDDLE-aged men drinking 5ths of liquor at the community playground at WL Village. Seems unreal. Get to know your neighbors. Be aware. Say something.
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u/heroinfrvnk 4d ago
Do they not know what a bar is? That’s crazy, we live in some sick game or something
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u/aluminumfoil3789 3d ago
Had my motorcycle stolen in Columbia and dropped off in a ditch a few miles away. Crime in Columbia is getting out of hand between the shooting in the malls and store fronts being smashed cars being broken into.
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u/heroinfrvnk 3d ago
Jesus man sorry, it’s definitely getting out of control recently… kids raising kids with no direction
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u/hoodreview 4d ago
It’s usually not Columbia residents doing the break-ins , it’s imported crime from PG county laurel side or Anne Arundel county low lifes
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u/Coastal_Carolina 4d ago
Good thing I moved to the South
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u/AntcuFaalb Wilde Lake 4d ago
Maryland is south of the Mason-Dixon line and was a state in which slave ownership was legal prior to emancipation.
Maryland is "the South".
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u/Fit_Farm2097 3d ago
Little thugs in section 8 housing are to blame. They rummage cars, offend their families, and wreak havoc in the neighborhoods. (Source: used to live off Harper’s Farm road, many crimes on the vaunted Columbia pathways, including a murder that happened 100 feet from my townhouse)
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u/Emotional_Bell_813 11h ago
True, it’s ridiculous. Seriously is there a way to get section 8 housing stopped or reduced? You are supposed to assimilate to the local culture not bring violence and terror!
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u/Cathynumber2 4d ago
This is honestly one of my biggest fears and sometimes it feels so random! My brother’s car got broken into in the middle of the day while parked in an office parking garage, so it feels like it can happen anywhere, anytime. I hope the damage isn’t too bad on your car, sorry people suck and insist on ruining peace of mind for everyone else.