Auto theft on the rise...

[Martinjmpr]

Seems like every other day or so we see stories about auto theft becoming more and more of a problem in the Front Range area.

But what I'm wondering is - what are the thieves DOING with these stolen cars?

I mean, if someone steals a bicycle or wheelbarrow, they can just sell it to someone else on CL or FB marketplace or something like that.

But you can't sell a complete car to someone without some kind of ownership paperwork.

So are these stolen cars being chopped up and the parts sold off? Or are there people doctoring up titles or altering VINs to "legitimize" these cars?

Or are they being shipped out of the country to places where a stolen VIN wouldn't matter?

Just curious more than anything else.

[BushMasterBoy]

My theory is they go south of the border. I see these cars being towed by other cars. They are always headed south. Sometimes there are convoys of them. The go slow and it is usually at night. They use tow bars and magnetic lights.

[Fentonite]

Many are being used in the commission of other crimes. Most every porch pirate that been caught in my neighborhood had a getaway driver in a stolen car. Once they blow the motor or crash it, they abandon it and the owner gets it back, freshly stocked with used syringes and the like.

[BushMasterBoy]

I can bet this one was stolen. Rammed a business in Pueblo West. So many cars around Pueblo with no tags. Reminds me of Juarez 3 years ago. Anybody been to Juarez lately?


https://www.kktv.com/2021/10/13/car-...lic-help-case/

[Scanker19]

Many are being used in the commission of other crimes. Most every porch pirate that been caught in my neighborhood had a getaway driver in a stolen car. Once they blow the motor or crash it, they abandon it and the owner gets it back, freshly stocked with used syringes and the like.

This. My truck was stolen a few years ago. Got it back with the bed and inside filled with stolen goods and a stack of IDs about 6 inches high.

[BushMasterBoy]

You have to have cars to move the drugs. Those addicted have to have cars to commit the crimes to get the drugs. I think this is big problem in Colorado. It is a 12 hour drive to the border. The illicit narcotics comes from the border, through Pueblo to the Springs. Then to the metro area. It is a billion dollar industry.


https://www.borderreport.com/regions...d-safe-houses/

[ray1970]

You have to have cars to move the drugs.

Are you sure? Every time I watch one of those cartel movies they always talk about using mules.

[clodhopper]

The US is struggling with insufficient car manufacturing. You can be damned sure the rest of the world is experiencing the same problems if not worse. While some of the pressures listed above may be contributing to the problem, I have no doubt that a large number are disappearing across the south border or leave in "empty" shipping containers to other countries that dont track VINs.

[buffalobo]

Stolen cars and huge influx of illegal aliens. They go together like biscuits and gravy.

[buffalobo]

BMB is correct, many stolen cars go south of the border.