Persistant Thief in California

[saulsse]

A persistant thief in California, did his best aparently to steal a 2005 Mustang. What was left of the vehicle appears to be a V-6 unit.

The thief first used a Ford Ranger to bash down a reinforced steel gate.

The Ranger was not big enough.

So he used a Ford Expedition to finish the job. Not much left of the Expedition either.

Subject gets his hands on the Mustang... (I would love to know how he got the keys for it.)

After stealing the vehicle from the dealer ship, he ends up leading police on high speed chase.

Obviously not a very bright thief nor a good driver.

Sadly the 2005 V-6 Mustang is heavily damaged after thief bails out and leaves car to continue on its own till it wrecked.

Police in California are still looking for subject as of this morning.

Stephen from Atlanta

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I'd like to know how he got keys for any of the vehicles.
I must say though, it does not surprise me, as all of the dealers I have worked for have had vehicles stolen.
The latest was an F-350 w/ a plow and sander. The vehicle was recovered w/ no damage,running[6.0 diesel] 40 miles away, sans plow and sander! Go figure.:confused:

[saulsse]

I guess the thief wanted just the sander and the plow.

Being a Police Dispatcher, I have to enter stolen vehicles on NCIC (National Crime Information Center) Computer Network.

We had a local Nissan dealer, who had a salesman misplace a set of keys for a 2005 Z Car after a individual managed to pocket them.

The next day the guy came back, when the salesman was gone and drove the Z-Car off the lot in full view of the other salesmen.

When someone else came to look at the car that was when the dealer found out the car had been taken. That was two days after it was driven off the lot.

It still has not been recovered.

You gotta figure that you can't sell the car, unless you have someone who is really dumb and thinks they are getting a good deal.

It can not be registered anywhere in the U.S. or titled because it is stolen.

We figure the car went to a chop shop or has been smuggled out of the states, but no matter where it goes it eventually will have to be serviced. The manufacture automaticly lists the car stolen with thier dealership network worldwide so eventually somebody will recover it.

Stephen from Atlanta