At round 2:00 AM native time on February 28, thieves managed to steal six Dodge Challenger Hellcats from Don Franklin Chrysler Dodge Jeep in Somerset, Kentucky, in underneath a minute. A just lately launched video from contained in the showroom captured the crooks in motion and revealed how shortly they acquired away with the muscle vehicles.
4 of the Hellcats have been within the showroom. The opposite two have been within the lot outdoors. The digicam’s perspective solely confirmed the theft of three of the autos within the constructing.
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What made the vehicles really easy to steal from the seller was that the keys have been within the autos’ ignition, in keeping with WKYT Information. Plus, the thieves discovered the keys for the 2 Hellcats outdoors within the constructing.
A minimum of for the autos inside, the thieves even thought to place momentary license plates on them to make the vehicles look authorized on the street.
The seller believes that somebody with inside info is perhaps concerned within the crime as a result of the crooks appeared to understand how the safety system labored.
“As soon as they tripped the alarm, it takes 60 seconds earlier than it begins alerting. They have been gone 20 seconds earlier than the alarm began to go off. The response time of the police was like three minutes. It was actually good,” dealership supervisor Adam Bryant advised WKYT.
The theft finally resulted in a high-speed police chase. About an hour after the crime, a Kentucky State Police trooper noticed 4 of the Challengers going west on the state’s Cumberland Parkway. The drivers ran away at speeds as excessive as 180 miles per hour, which was quick sufficient for them to get out of the officer’s visible vary. Cops from one other county deployed spike strips and have been capable of disable one of many vehicles. The 19-year-old driver fled on foot, however the police caught and arrested him.
As of March 1, the police recovered 5 of the six Hellcats. One ran out of gasoline and was by the facet of the street. Authorities discovered two others in Kentucky. A automobile was in Tennessee, and one other was in Alabama. The cops believed the lacking automobile was additionally in Alabama.