Posted on 05/02/2020 10:29:25 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Police are investigating a series of break-ins at local auto dealerships in or near Winston-Salem, North Carolina, after a group of 19 juveniles ranging in age between six and 16 allegedly stole nearly 50 cars worth more than a million dollars over the past two months.
The car thefts began on March 17, 2020, when 18 break-ins occurred at auto dealers in Winston-Salem, according to a release from Crime Stoppers of Winston Salem Forsyth County.
An additional two auto dealers were targeted 15 minutes away in Kernersville.
The stolen vehicles came from at least eight dealerships, including Audi, Ford, Lexus, Volvo, Honda, Subaru, Chevrolet, and Toyota.
For the majority of the thefts, the suspects allegedly swiped keys for new cars or cars that were in the process of being serviced at one of the dealerships.
Many of the dealerships were stolen from multiple times.
Authorities said they have unsuccessfully tried to secure custody of many of the juvenile suspects.
The reason why authorities have been unsuccessful is unclear, but the North Carolina Department of Public Safety announced that it was trying to lower the amount of detained minors due to the coronavirus pandemic.
All but six of the vehicles were recovered in the $1,138,718 heists, WFMY reported.
Police took Stewart Binns, 19, into custody in connection with the crimes on March 25 and charged him with possession of a stolen motor vehicle. He is currently being held at the Forsyth County Detention Center.
Four of the children were arrested, and three had minor charges that did not warrant an arrest. The children who avoided arrest will still likely face some form of penalty, or their parents could face penalties for their children’s actions, including fines, civil penalties, or jail.
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No pictures or names provides the perfect description. Those dang 6 yr old Amish thugs out roaming the streets again!!
Amish ‘utes?
Put a lien on their parents assets and let the IRS collect it from their welfare and food stamp accounts till its paid off.
I like that or the alternate is prison.
6 year olds? GTA? Why am I having a hard time with that? :)
That’s it?
Kids these days just don’t
know what real work is.
I would like to know how they stole the cars?
Boy you could steal cars in 4 minutes back in the 80s with a screwdriver and a hammer :)
#11 My GM car certainly was back in 1988. They whacked the steering column which was made from pot metal. It shattered then a screwdriver was used to pull up the rod that the ignition was connected to. Bought steering column from junk yard to replace. Fixed at Montgomery wards!
Today my car has a anti theft device I know works as it stopped my car running the 1st day I had it. It was towed back to the dealer which fixed it.
Many of these cars will have Onstar or equivalent. Very easy to find that way. Not smart to steal.
You must have seen the Geico commercial.
My daily driver is a manual.
That will deter many since shifting gears is an uncommon ability.
This has been going on for some time and none of these dealerships beefed up their security? Something very fishy about this.
Oops, I forgot Parenting... what's that in the inner cities?
Wow times really change :)
They’ve got the same problem here in the DC metro. There have been a series of car thefts from high-end used car dealers. In all the cases, a group breaks into the office, finds the keys, which are usually hung up in a simple lock box, not kept in a safe (which makes that a little suspicious to me), and drive off the most expensive ones.
This news story “forgot” to print Binn’s first name...Mekeal.
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