Thief takes disabled woman’s car in Gladwin

“Who steals a handicap (person’s) vehicle?” claimed Carson, of Gladwin.

Carson termed Jim’s Automotive NAPA in Gladwin, where by her husband performs, asking him to convey home some containers. He took the bins out to the motor vehicle and returned to the store to seize a handful of more objects.

When he returned to the vehicle, it was absent.

Right after filing a report with the Gladwin County Sheriff’s Workplace, the few transformed their doorway locks and flagged their credit rating and financial institution playing cards alongside with the car’s identification in scenario the thief tried using to sell it.

For Carson, who was still left forever disabled following a automobile accident last calendar year, the automobile represented some flexibility soon after the crash remaining her with a shattered leg and a broken foot and ribs.

The few has an additional auto, but the missing vehicle was one she could easily get in and out of with her walker.

She doesn’t fully grasp why an individual would steal a car that has a lot more than 200,000 miles on it and is rusted.

“I really don’t see why they want it,” she stated. “I would like they would just give it again or at minimum (give again) my things.”

Carson asks any person with info to make contact with law enforcement. She mentioned the handicapped sticker is numbered C265 and expires in August 2026. There is rust at the base of the doors. She hopes that someone may well have experienced a doorbell that picked up some activity or an individual noticed anything. Speak to Gladwin County Sheriff’s Business at (989) 426-9284.