Outside the Baltimore area, auto thefts are up most in Prince George’s County

Silence. This is what Sean Rose, 33, heard when he clicked his car’s electronic key in his apartment’s garage in Adelphi, Maryland, one morning in early August 2023. He was met with an empty parking spot where his car should have been. He later found out through a security video camera that his 2020 Kia Rio had been stolen.