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The Auto Theft Task Force - Puget Sound reported that statewide auto thefts are down by nearly 24% so far in 2024 compared to the same time last year.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two men are facing charges after allegedly living at a Frayser house illegally, stealing thousands of dollars in utilities from MLGW and running a chop shop at the house. The property owner of a home in the 2600 block of Windsor Parkway says two men, Jordan Hanson and Johnathan Montgomery, had been […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man was arrested after police say they caught him working on a stolen vehicle at a chop shop in Nutbush. Hugo Alexander Miranda Aviles, 26, is charged with violating chop shop law, theft of property $10,000-$60,000, theft of property $2,500-$10,000, and vandalism $2,500 -$10,000. On April 24, officers responded to the […]

Portland Police Bureau executed a stolen vehicle operation on Saturday where they made multiple arrests and recovered several cars.On Saturday, April 13, offic

Unfortunately, part of what drives the demand for stolen cars is people who buy parts which obviously don’t belong to the sellers. If you’ve wondered who buys stolen parts, well sadly the truth is a lot of people do. But a couple was recently busted by police in Memphis, Tennessee in a Dodge Charger with parts from at least two different stolen Mopars on it. Watch a stolen Dodge Challenger get pitted at 114 mph. Back in early February, police pulled over the Charger with Courtney L...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The 18-year-old suspect killed in a shootout that also killed a Memphis Police officer and wounded three others had been arrested just over a month ago, but was released from jail, records show. A source close to the investigation confirmed the 18-year-old’s name was Jaylen Lobley. Shelby County court records show Lobley […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two people are facing several charges after they were caught riding in a vehicle that had stolen car parts and a fake title. Courtney Latrice Jefferson and Tadarius Guyton have been charged with two counts of theft of property and two counts of vandalism. Jefferson has also been charged with one count […]

Colorado police department combat state's worst auto theft in the U.S. with new device called a Grappler that wraps around a vehicle's tire to stop the car.

WATERBURY — In a significant clampdown on drug and weapons offenses, the Waterbury Police Department, alongside federal agents, arrested three men following a series of search warrants executed on March 22. A joint operation involving the department's Vice and Intelligence Division, Gang Task Force Unit, Auto Theft Task Force, and the US Drug Enforcement Agency

WATERBURY — Investigators from the Waterbury Police Department's Vice and Intelligence Division, Gang Task Force Unit, and Auto Theft Task Force, in coordination with agents from the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), executed multiple search and seizure warrants on March 20, resulting in the arrest of three men and the recovery of firearms and significant