An East LA AutoZone Gets Ransacked During Street Takeover. California’s Looting Law Never Even Applied.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies responded to Olympic and Atlantic twice in about twenty-four hours...
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Canada’s $28 Million Car Theft Bust Has a Twist: Nobody Actually Stole Anything
No smashed window. No screwdriver jammed into a steering column. No key fob relay box...
A Kia Dealer Got Caught Cannibalizing One Customer’s SUV to Fix Someone Else’s. Firing the Manager Doesn’t Fix What’s Actually Broken
The Lake Charles, Louisiana woman dropped her Kia SUV off at Kia of Lake Charles...
Flock’s AI License Plate Readers Are Wrong Most Of The Time, And That’s Somehow Not The Craziest Part
In the summer of 2024, a Roseville, California, police officer called a driver to deliver...
Stolen American Cars Disappear by the Thousands Every Year. Kenya’s Steering Wheel Law Is Why None of Them Show Up There
Somewhere along the Eastern Seaboard tonight, a shipping container is being sealed with paperwork describing...
California Is Bragging About Falling Car Theft Numbers. It’s Suspiciously Quiet About Why
The California Highway Patrol wants you to know that vehicle theft fell 25 percent last...
A Cop Allegedly Ran a Stolen-Car Ring on the Side. Her Badge Wasn’t the Scary Part — Her Database Login Was
Every stolen car eventually needs new paperwork. That’s the part of auto theft nobody thinks...
Philly Recovered 30 Stolen Hondas In A Month. The Arrest Count Is Still Zero, And That’s The Real Story
A stolen car turning up isn’t the same as a case getting solved. Philadelphia just...
A Rental Car Theft Ring Shipped Stolen SUVs to Ghana for a Year. The Weak Link Wasn’t the Car.
Amadou Diol just got five years in federal prison for stealing more than 20 rental...
This Crew Stole Two Dozen Muscle Cars Each for Street Takeover Clout. The Law That Caught Them Predates the Muscle Car Itself.
Nigel Criss and Rafael Otero Nieves weren’t sentenced to federal prison this month because they...
A Stolen Ford Explorer Beat Ontario’s Anti-Theft Tech. A Fast-Food Receipt Still Busted the Teen Inside
A 16-year-old in Hamilton, Ontario didn’t get caught because police cracked his stolen Ford Explorer’s...
Honda CR-Vs Are Getting Gutted in 20 Minutes Flat, and the Real Culprit Is Bolted Under the Dash
This isn’t really a story about stolen Honda CR-Vs. It’s a story about a thirty-year-old...
He Allegedly Stole and Torched a Chevy Suburban. His Loyalty Card Turned Him In First.
Phoenix police say a 31-year-old man stole a Chevrolet Suburban from behind a Safeway, drove...
Your Dealer’s ‘Anti-Theft’ Upsell Turned Out to Be a Skeleton Key for 2.2 Million Cars
Somewhere in Southern California, a Honda, Toyota, Mazda, Ford, or Jeep dealership sold you a...
Melbourne Busted a License Plate Knockoff Factory. America’s Toll Cameras Have the Same Blind Spot
A Melbourne crackdown netted 79 arrests and a guy who allegedly mass-produced 875 sets of cloned plates. The real story…