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Thief swipes deadbolt, nothing else

Original post made on Jan 4, 2011

Nothing but the electronic deadbolt appears to have been stolen from a bank-owned property located at 177 Fairchild Ave., after someone kicked down the door, sometime between Dec. 11 and Dec. 31.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 10:22 AM

Comments (3)

Posted by Really?
a resident of Willowgate
on Jan 4, 2011 at 3:56 pm

Wow...slow news day. Really?


Posted by In other news
a resident of Willowgate
on Jan 4, 2011 at 4:06 pm

In other news, someone seems to have stolen a pencil from my desk.


Posted by Gosh!
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jan 4, 2011 at 11:05 pm

Maybe somebody wanted it to figure out how such locks work, learn and share their capabilities and weaknesses, and figure subtle, stealthy ways to defeat them. What sort of remote device or card unlocks or locks these things? Search for "how electronic deadbolt locks work" (without the quotes), it you're curious.

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