sl8rfan2 t1_j64hn1k wrote on January 27, 2023 at 5:29 PM

Reply to comment by BoozAlien in Carjacking at Union Station this Morning. Victims chased suspect to 7th and H NE and suspect bailed. by Swampoodle1984

I chased a couple of young males away from the cars in our parking lot two years ago. they were unbolting the wheels from a new Honda Accord. They ran across the street to their piece of shit white 90s honda accord and took off. The cameras in the shopping center picked up their picture, the car, the plates.

I was contacted by the police to ID these guys and was able to easily based on the fact that they were photographed doing the exact same thing a few days earlier. I followed up several weeks later and was told that no arrests have been made.

The police know who is doing this...they aren't doing anything about it.

Also, can we find out which auto body shop or supplier is buying these wheels and bring down the hammer on them as well?

I dunno..this shit is exhausting.

acdha t1_j64ztqv wrote on January 27, 2023 at 7:22 PM

> Also, can we find out which auto body shop or supplier is buying these wheels and bring down the hammer on them as well?

This is a very good question: going after the money is effective and it’s not especially hard because the seller has to have some level of public presence. I know MPD did this with bike thefts during the Lanier era because they busted some shops buying bait bikes and it seems like a similar approach would work here — or doing something like having an undercover officer buy the fake tags being sold on Facebook.