One other day, one other tried theft of Ram pickups: Police in Sterling Heights, Michigan, nabbed 9 suspects Tuesday morning whereas the 9, in keeping with arresting officers, have been making an attempt to steal various Ram 1500 pickup vehicles stockpiled in a delivery yard on the Sterling Heights Meeting Plant the place the vehicles are constructed.
The heist was foiled after one of many suspects struck a police automobile and one other rammed an exit gate as they tried to flee the secured lot on 17 Mile Highway in Sterling Heights, police stated. No accidents have been reported.
Detectives are investigating whether or not the group could have been been concerned in different related car thefts, Sterling Heights Police Lt. Mario Bastianelli instructed the Detroit Free Press.
Stellantis, the corporate that owns the Ram Vehicles model, together with Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge, stated that safety on the delivery yard is managed by a 3rd occasion.
Just a few years in the past, thieves entered a Fiat Chrysler storage lot in Warren, Michigan, stole “10 or 11” 2018 Ram vehicles, and crashed by means of a gate. The “convoy” received away, police stated. They stated that the thieves got here to the plant in one other Ram — a 2003 pickup stolen from a Warren dwelling.
A few yr in the past, we reported on various such heists in and across the Detroit space. Stealing a brand new car from a storage lot is reportedly simpler than it would sound, the story stated: Keys are usually left inside the autos on tons whereas they’re ready to be dispatched to sellers.
