The Pratt County Sheriff’s Department reported that thieves are targeting rural properties. Over the weekend four new property break-in cases have been reported in rural Pratt County. Thieves have helped themselves to unsecured tools and farm machinery; many of the times with keys left in the ignition. Police attribute the increase in crime to lack of security and ease of theft and encourage rural residents to secure property, lock doors and not to keep keys in cars or machinery.
