Thieves target homes with closed garage doors in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. – Well-maintained streets are the perfect hunting grounds for bad guys.  The Birmingham Estates homeowners association found out the hard way.

Police and homeowners associations are on alert and are reminding everybody that just because the garage door is closed, doesn't mean it can't be opened.

Police said that someone could be driving around with a scanner looking for entry codes or could be using something a lot cheaper, a wire hanger.

"I never would have thought a coat hanger was going to be able to open my garage door," said Greg Appel of Birmingham.

Thieves can use a wire hanger to fish underneath the top of the garage and pull it open.

There is an easy and cheap fix. Disable the manual release.


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