Tag: grand theft auto
This Makes Perfect Sense
VALLEJO, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol say a man stole a car to make a court appearance on a previous auto theft charge.
Patrol investigator Chris Linehan says he arrested Samuel Botchvaroff Tuesday as he sat inside a stolen 2000 Range Rover at the Vallejo courthouse. The 24-year-old Botchvaroff had just left his arraignment on [...]
Posted: November 9th, 2009 under Crime.
Tags: car, car theft, court, grand theft auto, theft, thief
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Crime Down Under
An Australian car thief was busted for grand theft auto when he was discovered napping in a local car wash. He drove his stolen Audi into the automatic car wash, and after an hour of zero movement a suspicious service station attendant called the police. I suppose there might be something strange about a car [...]
Posted: August 3rd, 2009 under Crime.
Tags: car, car theft, car wash, grand theft auto, thief
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Next I might try drama…
Chicago police had egg on their face after being thoroughly duped by a 14 year-old. In what is technically termed a “ballsy move”, the kid acquired a police uniform, then walked into the station and reported for duty. Right there is where most of us would have chickened out or gotten busted. But not our [...]
Posted: July 22nd, 2009 under Law Enforcement, Wacky news.
Tags: grand theft auto, impersonation, police, underage
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Arriving in Style
A 37 year-old California man drove to court to face charges of stealing a $125,000 Porsche Carrera. What did this man drive, you might ask? The answer: a stolen Lexus SUV.
Maybe he thought they wouldn’t notice. However, in addition to a Lexus not being a low profile kind of vehicle, this particular one had a [...]
Posted: July 8th, 2009 under Crime.
Tags: car theft, court, grand theft auto, terriers
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