Bait cars are still reeling in criminals.

A 19-year-old woman was arrested for stealing from a bait car.

Police said the woman gained entry to the bait car on two separate dates, and on one occasion stole a backpack that contained a laptop computer police had placed inside, explained Ridge Meadows RCMP Cpl. Alanna Dunlop.

R The suspect was held in custody until her first court appearance on Friday, but police have yet to release her name.

"Police want to remind thieves that bait cars are everywhere. If you steal one, or break into one, you will go to jail," said Dunlop.

TWO CARS STOLEN

Mounties are investigating two vehicle thefts, both occurring sometime between Saturday night and early Sunday morning.

The first vehicle reported stolen is a grey 2005 Volkswagen Jetta. The car was parked in a driveway on Fairfield Avenue in Pitt Meadows, and had B.C. licence plate 529 XBE at the time of the theft.

The second vehicle is a white 1998 Ford F150 pickup that was stolen from a home on Cliff Place in Maple Ridge.

The truck had B.C. licence plate CE 1268, when it disappeared.

APPLE STOLEN FROM SCHOOL

Somebody needs schooling in ethics after an elementary school was robbed in Pitt Meadows last week.

Thieves broke into Davie Jones Elementary on Blakely Road by prying open outside doors, according to police.

Several pieces of electronics were taken, including two portable projectors, an Apple computer, and an Apple laptop computer, along with cables, headphones, a remote control, and several plastic storage bins, said Ridge Meadows RCMP Sgt. Dale Somerville

"The break-in would have occurred sometime between 11 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 and 8: 30 a.m. on the 15," said Somerville.

Police are asking for anyone with knowledge about this crime to call Ridge Meadows RCMP at 604-463-6251.

MISSING SENIOR FOUND

A senior who suffers from dementia is home safe after members of the community and police rallied together.

Last Wednesday at about noon, an 82year-old woman was reported missing from her east Maple Ridge home.

Police began to search for the woman in the area around where she lives and learned that the senior had been taken to a church by a resident who had seen her, explained Somerville.

"The church then arranged for the woman to be taken to a shelter, which is where police officers located her," the sergeant said.

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