Car thefts linked to fitness facility locker rooms in Kitchener-Waterloo: police

Waterloo Regional Police say officers are continuing to investigate as several vehicles were stolen after keys were taken from locker rooms at local fitness facilities earlier this month.

Police say the first incident occurred shortly after midnight on Feb. 9 at a gym near Strasburg and Block Line roads. Someone reported that a vehicle was missing and police say it has not been found.

Two days later, police say a second vehicle was reported stolen from a home near Mountain Laurel Crescent and Bridlewreath Street in Kitchener at around 5:40 a.m.

The keys had gone missing from the same gym as the first, police said. The second vehicle has yet to be recovered.

Police were another vehicle was reported stolen from a gym in Waterloo near Ira Needles Boulevard and University Avenue on Feb. 17 at around 8:40 p.m. Officers did manage to recover that vehicle.