Car Theft In Downtown LA Is Up 300 Percent Over Ten Years
Downtown Los Angeles experienced the highest spike in vehicle theft over the past ten years in comparison to all other bureaus of the city, up more than 300 percent when …
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Don’t Splash Warm Water On Your Frozen Windshield This Winter
Image: Getty Images Rapid change in temperature is just plain bad for glass. Particularly for a large sheet of glass — like a car windshield — pouring warm water on …
Washington DC Cops Hope Apple AirTags Will Solve Car Theft
Police in Washington D.C. are giving away Apple AirTags in an effort to curb car thefts, which have more than doubled in the last year, according to WAMU. The Mayor …
‘Kia Boys’ Theft Crisis Could Have Been Prevented By A Law Canada Passed Years Ago
After a TikTok trend taught teens how to easily break into and steal a car built by Hyundai or Kia between 2011 and 2021, auto thefts have skyrocketed here in …
Man Stole $1M In Luxury Rental Cars, Sold Them Back To Dealers
Photo: Riverside County District Attorney A California man has been charged with 18 felonies after his luxury rental car theft scheme fell apart. Kendall Clark allegedly stole over $1 million …
Insurance Company Drops Woman For Simply Owning A Kia
Insurance companies continue to screw over owners of Hyundai and Kia vehicles; either Kia owners are outright being denied coverage—like myself— or they’re finding themselves suddenly dropped from insurance companies …
These Cars Are Most Likely To Get Stolen
Crime is down nearly across the board in America, but car thefts are not. Nearly three-quarters of a million automobiles were stolen in the U.S. across the 2022 calendar year, …
Drone Captures More Than 3,000 Cars Rusting In Impound Lot
Aerial footage of an impound lot in Baltimore shows thousands of cars rusting away after being taken off the city’s streets by local authorities. 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS 580 4MATIC SUV …
Maybe Don’t Leave Your Wallet In A Car You Stole
Screenshot: WKRN There was a time at some vague point in the past when, if you wanted to commit a crime, you had to be smart about it; make a …
OnStar Helps Cleveland Police Shut Down Stolen Vehicle
Photo: George Kubas/Diamond Images (Getty Images) Police in Cleveland, Ohio, were able to apprehend the suspect in a car theft by slowing down the SUV via OnStar earlier this week. …