One person holds back the door, another person reaches in and unlocks the door, then they push it back as far as possible. Once inside, it's easy to pop an ignition. Officer Keith Winnegar spotted a white Honda, ran it, and found it had been stolen more than a year ago from a naval facility. He found it on a list of stolen vehicles put out by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. So we ran this tag to make sure it came back to a Honda, and when we did it came back with a hit on it, stolen.
Police officers stop a car whose owner is wanted on federal warrants.
This is the grunt work of recovering stolen cars, and it doesn't always pay off. The repair parts did not come from any cars reported stolen, and the car was eventually released, to the guy driving it. Dale Gauding To find out how these young car thieves are being prosecuted, click here to read part 2 of Dale Gauding's report. Please tell us about it.