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Borough police are trying to get residents to lock up their cars and remove their valuables.

But not everyone is listening.

Police have been responding to a rash of thefts from vehicles parked throughout the borough, according to Chief John Sabol.

In fact, the cars aren't being broken into. Thieves are gaining entry by opening the doors of unlocked vehicles and taking valuables.

Thieves have hit more than a dozen unlocked cars in the last month, according to Sabol.

And the thieves are finding a number of valuables in unlocked cars, including cash, wallets, identification documents, jewelry, GPS units and CDs, Sabol said.

The police have issued a number of warnings on the borough's reverse 911 system.

"We are asking residents to remove valuable contents from their vehicles and keep them locked," he said.

Police nabbed a suspect seen in a silver Toyota on First Street at 3:30 a.m. Aug. 24.

After receiving a call about a possible car break-in by a young man in black clothing, police pursued the suspect, lost him and set up a perimeter with help from police departments from Sharpsburg, O'Hara, Indiana Township, Blawnox, Fox Chapel and Pittsburgh as well as a police dog from Ross.

They found the suspect, David A. Wilson, 18, of Highland Park sitting outside the House of Hockey at 407 Freeport Road.

Wilson was charged with multiple counts of theft and loitering and prowling at night. He was placed in the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh in lieu of $20,000 straight bond, according to Sabol.

Police are continuing to investigate the thefts.

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