Newtown Police are investigating the theft of two cars during the overnight hours Friday into Saturday. The first vehicle was a 2018 Mazda Cx-5 silver and the second one was a 2020 Audi Q3 blue. 

Newtown Police say this is a very common occurrence, especially when the victims leave the keys in the car.  Newtown has not had a reported car theft without the keys being left inside. 

Police say these types of crimes are usually being done by small groups of youths that travel out at night and hit a different town just about every night. They will take whatever valuables they can find in unlocked cars and move to the next until they find a car with the keys in it and take it for a joy ride, which almost always involves a police chase if they are ever located. 

Newtown Police recover these stolen vehicles in about 95% of the cases, but say they are not found in a favorable condition.