Despite a 28% reduction in auto thefts over a two-year period, the Albuquerque, New Mexico area still had the nation’s highest vehicle theft rate in 2018, the National Insurance Crime Bureau said a report released today. The Anchorage, Alaska metropolitan …
U.S. motorists appear to forgetting one of the earliest lessons of car ownership: Don’t leave your keys in the car. The National Insurance Crime Bureau reported on Monday that the number of vehicles that were stolen because drivers left their …
Authorities say an 18-year-old from St. Louis, Mo., is facing 15 felonies in a string of car thefts that began in October. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Thomas Jackson was charged Monday in St. Louis Circuit Court following accusations that …
A Colorado man suspected of leading a ring of thieves who broke into cars at funerals, churches, schools and other places in Weld County has been sentenced to 36 years in prison. The district attorney says 31-year-old Ernesto Castanuela Jr. …
The Toyota Prius is the top selling hybrid electric vehicle in the U.S. With over 1.2 million sold in the U.S. as of April 2012, it makes up half of all the hybrids on the road. Yet, despite its growing …
San Diego police say a multi-pronged enforcement approach has led to a 65 percent decrease in auto thefts over the past five years in neighborhoods near the U.S.-Mexico border. The San Diego Union-Tribune says police identified known car thieves in …
Three siblings arrested in Colorado following a nationwide crime spree are being identified as the primary suspects in the thefts of two cars in Utah. The Daily Herald of Provo reports 29-year-old Lee Grace Dougherty, 26-year-old Dylan Dougherty Stanley and …