At least no Stingers were stolen!

[SomeBlondeGuy]

No Stingers, but they did make off with a rare Kia "Sorteno", according to the article.

Watch Thieves Steal $100,000 Of Kias In Gone In 60 Seconds-Style Heist

The thieves caused between $100,000 and $115,000 worth of damage in the heist.

carbuzz.com

The article's title also contradicts itself.
At first it says cars were stolen and then at the end it says cars were damaged.

 

[MerlintheMad]

No contradiction: both theft and damage happened.

Bottom feeders. Heh!?

 

[WRXtoStingerGT]

Every society has garbage... I just wish certain crimes had harsher punishments to deter such monkey business...

 

[stoopid]

I was wondering about the "not an inside job" but "knew their way around". THAT seems contradictory. Since most customers don't go back into the service area I don't see how anyone other than employees would know.

On the other hand, having done tech support work for a few dealers, the basic layout of each dealership is the same and it wouldn't be difficult to figure things out real quick. The key box is usually hung on a wall somewhere in plain sight (and usually flimsy AF), the garage doors open using standard controls anyone whose worked at a garage would know where and how to operate. The rest is manpower and will.

 

[stoopid]

Every society has garbage... I just wish certain crimes had harsher punishments to deter such monkey business...

Need to catch them first. I think that's the underlying problem. The deterrent is in getting caught, not the punishment (chicken first, not egg ). Insurance will pick up most of the tab and no one was held at gun point, so law enforcement treats this like a blue collar crime/not "urgent". And, well, maybe they shouldn't. The dealership isn't entirely blameless, the keys were probably in a rickety lockbox and may have not even had the lockbox, locked! A basic security system with motion detectors would have alerted police. It's doubtful there was any security system. I guess what I'm saying is - tax payer dollars (in the form of an all out manhunt to retrieve easily stolen large ticket goods) shouldn't subsidize the dealer's budget / cost cutting. While we can say "people shouldn't do these things", and treat every instance of it happening like a surprise, it shouldn't be a surprise. Crime happens everywhere, everyday. The onus for preventing the ease in which this was executed is on the dealership IMHO. They failed.

[/devil's advocate]

 

[WRXtoStingerGT]

I was wondering about the "not an inside job" but "knew their way around". THAT seems contradictory. Since most customers don't go back into the service area I don't see how anyone other than employees would know.

On the other hand, having done tech support work for a few dealers, the basic layout of each dealership is the same and it wouldn't be difficult to figure things out real quick. The key box is usually hung on a wall somewhere in plain sight (and usually flimsy AF), the garage doors open using standard controls anyone whose worked at a garage would know where and how to operate. The rest is manpower and will.

Very interesting points. Plot twist: The one who wrote the article was the ringleader lmfao!

Need to catch them first. I think that's the underlying problem. The deterrent is in getting caught, not the punishment (chicken first, not egg ). Insurance will pick up most of the tab and no one was held at gun point, so law enforcement treats this like a blue collar crime/not "urgent". And, well, maybe they shouldn't. The dealership isn't entirely blameless, the keys were probably in a rickety lockbox and may have not even had the lockbox, locked! A basic security system with motion detectors would have alerted police. It's doubtful there was any security system. I guess what I'm saying is - tax payer dollars (in the form of an all out manhunt to retrieve easily stolen large ticket goods) shouldn't subsidize the dealer's budget / cost cutting. While we can say "people shouldn't do these things", and treat every instance of it happening like a surprise, it shouldn't be a surprise. Crime happens everywhere, everyday. The onus for preventing the ease in which this was executed is on the dealership IMHO. They failed.

[/devil's advocate]

Yeah that's one way to look at things. I guess you're right though; it's not on top of the priority totem pole. At least nobody was shot or hurt or killed.