Yahoo Autos Thieves Steal Classic Cars On Transport In NYC
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Criminals have gotten rather bold these days. While everyone can argue about why that is, we keep seeing car thefts as well as violent carjackings which make us just shake our heads in disbelief. Take, for example, this car transport truck and trailer which thieves just stole lock, stock, and barrel off a street in Brooklyn in the early morning hours of June 25.
A sheriff in California seems to have a speeding problem.
According to New York Daily News, the thieves took a 1968 Chevy Camaro, 1966 Ford Mustang, and 1955 Chrysler (model not specified) which were on the transport trailer. They did that by boosting the 2017 Ram hitched up to it as the transport sat parked overnight.
Not surprisingly, the thieves arrived in a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Many theft rings specialize in certain brands, so the Jeep is almost definitely stolen and they targeted a Ram. Instead of reprogramming the ignition, they reportedly hitched the Ram to the Jeep and just towed everything away.
Both suspects wore all black, including ski masks.
While some are shocked at the brazen nature of this heist, we honestly aren’t. After all, we’ve covered stories where theft rings have stolen multiple cars from dealerships overnight, raided auction lots and factory storage lots, broken hundreds of car windows, and done other things which a few years ago would’ve been almost unthinkable.
Things have changed drastically. Now we’re seeing the kinds of crime we used to marvel at happening in countries like Russia and Brazil. Car theft has become so common, many police departments can’t keep up as insurance rates soar.
The last thing we want is for everyone to accept these types of theft cases as the new normal, like we all just have to accept things are going to be this way moving forward. We need people who will bring an end to this surge in crime so vehicles can be parked overnight and not brazenly towed away like this.
Images via NYPD/New York Daily News
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