Colton Police Recover 350 Boxes of Hot Wheels, Worth $54,000, After 3 A.M. Call About Trains Being Robbed
Colton police say a 3 a.m. call about trains being robbed ended with 350 boxes of Hot Wheels, valued at…
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Wow, That Happened? A Ford Worker Allegedly Walked Millions in Parts Off the Line
Most people take home a lunchbox from work. Police say one Ford worker in Michigan...
He Had Both Escalade Keys at Home When It Vanished. Deputies Say Thieves Used a Computer to Make a Third
A Kendall Escalade owner woke up to an empty driveway and both keys still in the house. Miami-Dade deputies say…
Houston Police Say a Theft Ring Had $3 Million in Luxury Cars Delivered to It. Some Turned Up in New Jersey Labeled as Rebar
Houston police say a ring rerouted luxury cars already on car carriers, then shipped some out of New Jersey in…
Cartels Love U.S. Rental Trucks for One Reason: The Theft Paperwork Is Slower Than the Drive to Mexico
Cartels rent pickups and SUVs in the U.S. and drive them into Mexico while theft-reporting rules run days behind. California…
Watch: A Sacramento Garage Camera Caught a 1970 Chevelle Leaving in About 2½ Minutes, Then a Retired CHP Investigator Spotted a “Dad” Shirt
A stolen 1970 Chevelle left a South Sacramento garage in about 2½ minutes on camera. What California law says about…
Cartel Recruits Buy the Damage Waiver, Then Leave the Key. California Lets Rental Fleets Void It, and They Still Eat the Loss
Straw renters recruited online buy the damage waiver and leave the key for a driver headed to Mexico. California lets…
An Unreturned Rental Ram Can Be in Mexico by Dinner. California Takes More Than a Week to Call It Stolen
California law calls an unreturned rental embezzlement, not theft. That label slows the police report and, under a 1981 U.S.-Mexico…
Denver Prosecutors Say Two Tow Owners Asked Crash Victims for Up to $8,000 and Forged Titles on Stolen Cars — Now 12 Face 187 Counts
The Denver tow truck indictment announced Oct. 8 charges 12 people, all between 23 and...
A Heathrow Parking Firm Promised a Covered Compound. Customers’ Cars Got a Field.
A Heathrow meet-and-greet firm left customers' cars in a field, on roadsides and in the airport's own short-stay lot. The…
L.A.’s Kia and Hyundai Theft Wave Will Last Until at Least 2042, UCLA Says, and It’s Headed for Poorer Neighborhoods
A UCLA study using LAPD data says immobilizer-free Kias and Hyundais will be stolen in Los Angeles until at least…
Tow Yard Wanted $960 to Hand Back a Petersburg Woman’s Stolen SUV, She Says. A Police Report Made It Free.
A Petersburg, Virginia, woman’s 2008 Volkswagen Tiguan was stolen from in front of her house...
Massachusetts Cop Let Two Stolen Challengers Go at 100+ MPH. One Came Back and Found the Stop Sticks, Police Say.
Auburn, Massachusetts, police say an officer let two stolen Dodge Challengers go at more than 100 mph rather than chase.…
Thieves Took an Arizona Family’s Kia From the Driveway and Ditched It at a Church. A $4.5 Million Fund Could Pay Them Up to $2,250.
A Kia Sorento disappeared overnight from a family’s driveway in the Mountain Vista Ranch neighborhood...
Atlanta Cops Were Hunting a ‘Top 5 Most Wanted’ Car Break-In Suspect. He Was Walking Down the Middle of the Road.
Atlanta police say a 20-year-old on the Auto Crimes Unit's Top 5 Most Wanted list was arrested after officers saw…