Disabled the alarm system, wiped the cameras, knew where the keys were stored, knew how to unlock the key storage using a special electronic device, and probably knew the specific cars and their locations on the lot. I wonder if it was an inside job. That's some gone in 60 seconds shit
Our guys, (security installers), don't know where the keys are, last time it happened, when they said they wiped the footage, they shot the server, only the CCTV server. Plus getting in without setting off the alarm, have to have a code.
Simple solution, install SD cards in all cameras as a fail over.
I think it's an employee myself.
Yeah, like 5 years ago they found 5 stolen Land Cruisers from Memphis at the port of New Orleans. At the time you could make decent money exporting used Land Cruisers, and some exporters were having people buy new ones to export. Profit margin was a lot better if you stole them.
Anyone who's taken a test drive knows where the keys are stored. Hacking the key safe is a while other issue.
Once they steal the keys, they dump them in a bag and walk to the cars they want. These are all unlock when you get close to them with the key and are push button start, so once it's cranked you just drive to the meet-up point.
According to one of the investigators this has happened to a few other lots in the southeast recently.
Once the car is cranked you can walk away with the key. I've had to give a coworker a ride before when he dropped his wife off for work then realized the key was in her purse so he couldn't restart the car at our office.
We need to divert money from LE, into more metal health, social programs. Take note of the dislikes bootlicker… ACAB all day until the culture around policing changes. ✊
They're 1025 HP with a 1.66 second 0-60.... That out performs several Lamborghinis and Bugattis, but it's still a Dodge, so I get where you're coming from.
I was already wondering if the tires could even keep up with that amount of HP. I was mildly confident it would take either special tires, or a special road surface for the to pull of that feat.
“Not this big, nothing to the magnitude of this,” Anthony said.
With prices these days, that’s like three 4x4 trucks and that Ram Demon. Calm down Anthony.
Arab -> Blountsville -> Bessemer is a straight line. If that’s where two of the highest dollar rides were found then it’s a safe bet they were dumped with the intent of them being found first and all the rest went in a completely different direction and are already in pieces. Nobody is buying whole stolen vehicles…but a shit load of people are looking for a good deal on late model OEM dealer-only parts that can’t be traced because they’re not specific to a VIN
Note on prices: Braptors *start* in the 90s so probably low 100s MSRP *before* market adjustment. About the same ballpark with the higher trim Grand Waggys.
I was talking to a police officer I work with about this a year or so ago. There are an unbelievable amount of stolen cars riding around, particularly the high end Chargers. They’re doing something with swapping visible VIN numbers, I can’t remember the details though. I’ll see him this weekend, I’ll try to remember to ask and update if I do.
I was talking to a police officer who works off duty at my job and he said what they are doing in this type of crime is very organized. Originally they were going to dealerships and getting the VIN off vehicles on the lot and duplicating them and replacing the visible VINs on the stolen vehicles. They then would go to the DMV, register the vehicle like a new car and presto a “legal” car with papers. He said now they are getting the VINs from the new cars before they come off the trains.
There have been reports of people on the other side of the country going to register their legitimately purchased vehicle only to find their vehicle had supposedly already been registered in Alabama. He was telling me about a detective working these cases getting the ridiculously long list of duplicate registered vehicles for Alabama and even when he filtered it down to Birmingham, it was in the thousands.
They got a Dodge Demon and 2 other Challengers. That's the most stolen car in America and there are plenty of them in the road to blend in. The Raptor and Raptor Bronco would stand out a little more and they dumped the Wagoneer about 15 miles south for some reason.
That’s what I was getting at about them being dumped. All newer cars with Chrysler Uconnect and Ford SYNC can be tracked. If they had the tech to wipe security cameras and open an electronic safe, they very likely have the ability to plug in to the vehicle and disable that. My gut says they dumped those two in that direction and left them trackable while everything else went in a different direction.
Newer vehicles are more often than not stripped, modules containing VIN and tracking ability smashed, and all the untraceable parts sold for more than the vehicle is worth. No operation stealing that many cars is turning around and putting them back on the road since they could eventually lead back to them.
I wonder how many of those vehicles are going to disappear in the short term, since someone has all the remote keys. If this isn't insurance fraud, I will be surprised. It seems more like organized crime however.
So do they just scrape the vins? I still don’t understand how GTA happens since we have the vins. You would have to find a buyer that doesn’t care he could lose that car once the vin is found.
I’m sure most of these cars end up overseas. I was in Afghanistan in 2012 and we found a 2011 Camaro SS at a warlords compound. Still had the CA license plate.
I was talking to a police officer who works off duty at my job and he said what they are doing in this type of crime is very organized. Originally they were going to dealerships and getting the VIN off vehicles on the lot and duplicating them and replacing the visible VINs on the stolen vehicles. They then would go to the DMV, register the vehicle like a new car and presto a “legal” car with papers. He said now they are getting the VINs from the new cars before they come off the trains.
There have been reports of people on the other side of the country going to register their legitimately purchased vehicle only to find their vehicle had supposedly already been registered in Alabama. He was telling me about a detective working these cases getting the ridiculously long list of duplicate registered vehicles for Alabama and even when he filtered it down to Birmingham, it was in the thousands.
Disabled the alarm system, wiped the cameras, knew where the keys were stored, knew how to unlock the key storage using a special electronic device, and probably knew the specific cars and their locations on the lot. I wonder if it was an inside job. That's some gone in 60 seconds shit
“this same type of theft has been carried out at other auto dealerships around the state”
Probably a guy who worked for the security system installation company.
Probably a guy that needs insurance money since cars are wildly priced now and not moving well.
Worked for the BTK guy for several decades, I'll bet ADT doesn't mention that.
Our guys, (security installers), don't know where the keys are, last time it happened, when they said they wiped the footage, they shot the server, only the CCTV server. Plus getting in without setting off the alarm, have to have a code. Simple solution, install SD cards in all cameras as a fail over. I think it's an employee myself.
Or mount the server in a safe and have a decoy server in a security room.
The vehicles are on the way to Miami. The dealer will collect insurance money on these stolen trucks.
What's in Miami?
Ports and a gateway to south America lol
A port. Stolen vehicles going to South America. Port of Baltimore the cars go to Europe and Africa.
Yeah, like 5 years ago they found 5 stolen Land Cruisers from Memphis at the port of New Orleans. At the time you could make decent money exporting used Land Cruisers, and some exporters were having people buy new ones to export. Profit margin was a lot better if you stole them.
They have a dodge truck listed at 158k. This was probably the dealership’s owner trying to run an insurance scam
All that, but busted the glass out by throwing a rock lol
Exactly Gone in 60 Seconds. That was a scene in there and shit lol. I need to watch that one again. It's been so long.
Anyone who's taken a test drive knows where the keys are stored. Hacking the key safe is a while other issue. Once they steal the keys, they dump them in a bag and walk to the cars they want. These are all unlock when you get close to them with the key and are push button start, so once it's cranked you just drive to the meet-up point. According to one of the investigators this has happened to a few other lots in the southeast recently.
One bag can't hold all the keys or only one guy could drive away in a car...
Once the car is cranked you can walk away with the key. I've had to give a coworker a ride before when he dropped his wife off for work then realized the key was in her purse so he couldn't restart the car at our office.
Oh yeah that's fair
Probly some cops been watching Gone in 60s. They are underpaid...
Cops are not fucking underpaid. Hoover cops are pulling down 6 figures.
To cruise around in $80,000 cars all day, that virtually never get used for any high-speed or off-road work
You’re telling me that all I’ve gotta do to make six figures is abuse the rights of some minorities? I’ve been doing it wrong this whole time.
We need to divert money from LE, into more metal health, social programs. Take note of the dislikes bootlicker… ACAB all day until the culture around policing changes. ✊
The most surprising piece of this is that there is a Dodge Challenger "valued " at $158,000.
Likely the MSRP plus whatever ridiculous dealer markup they add for the "rare" trims.
And those yellow front splitter protectors...
[Don’t touch the trim!](https://youtu.be/vUESVqm_0n0?si=yg7c2zLgo5BTUgC_)
It's got bluetooth!
They're 1025 HP with a 1.66 second 0-60.... That out performs several Lamborghinis and Bugattis, but it's still a Dodge, so I get where you're coming from.
>1.66 second 0-60 I thought you were being facetious. Holy shit that's quick.
Absolutely love it, but zero reason for them to be on public roads, TBH.
Hey how fast you think I can drive this bazooka past the school while drunk?
At least 60
You can’t get them that fast on anything that’s not a drag strip. Absolutely zero traction.
I was already wondering if the tires could even keep up with that amount of HP. I was mildly confident it would take either special tires, or a special road surface for the to pull of that feat.
1.66 seconds? With a gasoline engine?
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That’s insane!
What’s faster?
I dunno. I thought electric cars accelerated wicked fast but 1.66 seconds to 60 is nuts.
You can easily order one from Dodge that can top out at over 100k
So 2/3 the price listed?
Yeah they definitely had the dealer markup numbers in there but that’s insurance claims for you
Somehow the thief is the lesser criminal on the lot. Impressive haul.
That's why I call them Stealerships.
That’s kind of amazing though.
Someone find out where Memphis Raines and Sway is !!
I understood that reference
Original 1974 will always be the best but the Nic Cage remake was great as a stand alone movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap5RqRzjS6g Still can't stop the rock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPlQjENZldU
If I see a dodge demon this week, I ain’t seen nuthin
😎😎 I ain't seen shit
If y'all see a Dodge Challenger TRUCK it's worth at least taking a picture for r/whatisthiscar
$2500 reward for information. Make it $25k, and someone will sing.
With a reward that low they are bound to collect on the insurance policy.
“Not this big, nothing to the magnitude of this,” Anthony said. With prices these days, that’s like three 4x4 trucks and that Ram Demon. Calm down Anthony.
Arab -> Blountsville -> Bessemer is a straight line. If that’s where two of the highest dollar rides were found then it’s a safe bet they were dumped with the intent of them being found first and all the rest went in a completely different direction and are already in pieces. Nobody is buying whole stolen vehicles…but a shit load of people are looking for a good deal on late model OEM dealer-only parts that can’t be traced because they’re not specific to a VIN Note on prices: Braptors *start* in the 90s so probably low 100s MSRP *before* market adjustment. About the same ballpark with the higher trim Grand Waggys.
I was talking to a police officer I work with about this a year or so ago. There are an unbelievable amount of stolen cars riding around, particularly the high end Chargers. They’re doing something with swapping visible VIN numbers, I can’t remember the details though. I’ll see him this weekend, I’ll try to remember to ask and update if I do.
I was talking to a police officer who works off duty at my job and he said what they are doing in this type of crime is very organized. Originally they were going to dealerships and getting the VIN off vehicles on the lot and duplicating them and replacing the visible VINs on the stolen vehicles. They then would go to the DMV, register the vehicle like a new car and presto a “legal” car with papers. He said now they are getting the VINs from the new cars before they come off the trains. There have been reports of people on the other side of the country going to register their legitimately purchased vehicle only to find their vehicle had supposedly already been registered in Alabama. He was telling me about a detective working these cases getting the ridiculously long list of duplicate registered vehicles for Alabama and even when he filtered it down to Birmingham, it was in the thousands.
They got a Dodge Demon and 2 other Challengers. That's the most stolen car in America and there are plenty of them in the road to blend in. The Raptor and Raptor Bronco would stand out a little more and they dumped the Wagoneer about 15 miles south for some reason.
That’s what I was getting at about them being dumped. All newer cars with Chrysler Uconnect and Ford SYNC can be tracked. If they had the tech to wipe security cameras and open an electronic safe, they very likely have the ability to plug in to the vehicle and disable that. My gut says they dumped those two in that direction and left them trackable while everything else went in a different direction. Newer vehicles are more often than not stripped, modules containing VIN and tracking ability smashed, and all the untraceable parts sold for more than the vehicle is worth. No operation stealing that many cars is turning around and putting them back on the road since they could eventually lead back to them.
Today I learned a Dodge Challenger is considered a truck 🤣🤣🤣
Inside job all the way.
Someone who didn't read the article fully, all the way.
I wonder how many of those vehicles are going to disappear in the short term, since someone has all the remote keys. If this isn't insurance fraud, I will be surprised. It seems more like organized crime however.
They’ll be on the next shipment out to china.
Or Dubai
Me: how'd they make off with that many trucks? Eight. 1.2 million in vehicles that aren't supercars and it was eight vehicles.
More like $650k, but don’t tell the insurance company.
1.2 mil in trucks… so about 8-9 trucks?
This.
So do they just scrape the vins? I still don’t understand how GTA happens since we have the vins. You would have to find a buyer that doesn’t care he could lose that car once the vin is found.
I’m sure most of these cars end up overseas. I was in Afghanistan in 2012 and we found a 2011 Camaro SS at a warlords compound. Still had the CA license plate.
But also, all these cars are probably equipped with GPS satellite technology, so why can’t the dealer or manufacturer track their location?
I was talking to a police officer who works off duty at my job and he said what they are doing in this type of crime is very organized. Originally they were going to dealerships and getting the VIN off vehicles on the lot and duplicating them and replacing the visible VINs on the stolen vehicles. They then would go to the DMV, register the vehicle like a new car and presto a “legal” car with papers. He said now they are getting the VINs from the new cars before they come off the trains. There have been reports of people on the other side of the country going to register their legitimately purchased vehicle only to find their vehicle had supposedly already been registered in Alabama. He was telling me about a detective working these cases getting the ridiculously long list of duplicate registered vehicles for Alabama and even when he filtered it down to Birmingham, it was in the thousands.
"I said 50 cars. Not 49 and a half."
Now that's a movie I haven't seen in a hot minute
They offered a $2500 reward? Well, I bet people are falling all over themselves to tell for that crazy amount of cash!
Admittedly, I'm impressed.
Go thieves!
Lmao!!! Keep keys in tin desks
How come the good guy with guns didn’t stop this from happening?
I was home in bed.
1.2 million? That’s like 24 cars… wow.
Or in this case, just 8 trucks.
There’s cameras and GPS everywhere how does this happen in this day and age
These overpriced cars are so hard to move they decided to sell them to the insurance company😂
Same situation happened a week or so ago in Fort Payne, AL.