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Teenagers in the Metro Detroit area stole $1 million in new Jeep Grand Wagoneers in a high-flying heist that’s left many shocked. The sad truth is this sort of thing has been going on for years, just more people are becoming aware of these crimes more recently.
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The theft happened early on the morning of July 22 as the teens used a Ram truck to crash through the fence at the Warren Stamping Plant to gain access to the storage lot where new cars are kept after they roll off the factory line.
From there, they helped themselves to the flashy three-row luxury SUVs.
While a car heist with a value of $1 million might sound shockingly high, when you’re talking about something like brand new Jeep Grand Wagoneers it’s actually pretty easy to reach that value. After all, the luxury SUVs sell for about $100,000 each, so all it took was these kids stealing ten of them to reach the $1 million mark.
Four of the Grand Wagoneers have been recovered, although at least one caught on camera by Fox 2 Detroit appeared to have quite a bit of front end damage.
According to Warren Police, most of the suspects in the heist were under the age of 18. That detail has left many wondering how kids got caught up in such a scheme. What they don’t understand is organized criminal enterprises are hiring teenagers, sometimes kids as young as eight, to steal cars for them.
These organizations know the kids won’t get hit with many if any consequences for boosting rides. That means they can get right back to stealing and the organizations don’t have to find new thieves. It’s a pretty rotten thing to do, but we do believe communities along with police can fight the problem.
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