Wife told him so: Island man regrets leaving keys in stolen car

An Island man says he'll listen to his wife and not leave the keys in his car anymore, even though he lives out in the country, "where we trust anyone and everyone."

Allan Gallant's 2002 brown Honda Civic and his wife's 2011 Hyundai Elantra were stolen from his home in Ten Mile House, P.E.I., while he was in bed asleep Thursday night.

His car has not been found, but his wife's car and two others were recovered by police early Friday morning at a vacant property in Mount Herbert, P.E.I.

Gallant said he leaves the keys in the car because he only has one set and the keys "have a tendency of disappearing around here."

'I got a chat from my wife'

He said wife Darlene has told him in the past not to leave the keys in the car, and reminded him again when he called her in Nunavut to tell her the cars were stolen.

"I got a chat from my wife there earlier today," he said. "She mentioned it to me before and that, but anyways."

Gallant said he'd now like to have a "chat" with "whoever might have borrowed" his car.

'We trust anyone and everyone'

Just the thought of someone taking something out of his yard — or his neighbours' — is disappointing, he said.

"I live out in the country, you know, where we trust anyone and everyone," he said. "But I was down at my neighbour's and you could see footprints going into the other neighbours' vehicles trying to unlatch the doors."

He is asking anyone who sees his brown Honda Civic — licence plate 514 KP — to contact RCMP or Crimestoppers.

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