“it was a new method that stunned the police – Breaking and entering units in a multi-family building”

Update from OP:

“I spoke with our building manager. I received more clarity – the term “master keys” were used generally at the time of the theft. Specifically, what was stolen were the “Staff master keys” that allow access through the front door (which is a fobbed entry) and access to our package room. This also does provide full access to all the floors of our 9 story building, as well as the parking garage.

This does not 100% rule out the possibility that the individual keys to each unit were accessed, but makes it more unlikely. Therefore, it is unclear how he got inside my unit and still it is unclear how he stole the “staff master keys”.”

“Dear PoPville,

This is a long one but I hope you’ll share with the community, because it is particularly brazen and concerning if you live in a large multi-family building like I do. How they did it was a new method that stunned the police. On Thursday morning, my car was stolen out of the parking garage of my condo building.

It appears that the criminal(s) broke into the building office where the master key to the lock box is located, potentially found the key to my unit, entered my unit while my friend and I were sleeping, and stole my bag with my laptop and my car keys.

When we went downstairs to search for my car, we noticed several empty packages strewn about – as it turns out, they looted the package room and used my car to get away with the stolen packages.

I searched the neighborhood and found this man. He has packages and a book bag with my laptop inside (confirmed upon arrest; the gps tracker on my laptop is how we located him).

Our condo has cameras throughout and a concierge, but no locked elevator. When I showed the photo of the culprit to the concierge, they immediately recognized him as a food delivery person so we presume that’s how he cashed out the building. Anyway, I know this is a long story that I hope you’ll share – while we found this guy, my car is still out there and the cops are struggling to track it and make an arrest because of jurisdictional red tape.

Below is a picture of my stolen, still missing car if the community can keep their eyes out for it.”

Update: Car has been recovered!