Tow trucks stealing cars on the rise in DC | FOX 5 DC

Car thieves driving tow trucks have stolen at least three cars in D.C. since December and there may be additional cases. FOX 5's Lindsay Watts has spoken to several victims. READ MORE: bit.ly/3QhYp5X
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[@jordanleitson458]

You all shouldn’t be surprised, that city is genuinely like a golden plated toilet.

[@tomwalker8965]

Lmao

[@noneotherthannigel2823]

This is not new, this happened over 10 years ago in DC.

[@tomwalker8965]

Same as Chicago Illinois

[@Mr_Originality]

Yep. I seen a couple happen with my own eyes

[@fortyglock9698]

They was snatching cars on Silver hill rd at the Syvesters in Pg too😳.

[@styledtothetop3579]

Kill switches and gps devices help. Surprised a gps device isn’t in a brand new corvette.

[@dormantmenace]

Any financed car will have a GPS box with a kill switch. That way they can shut it off in a accessible area. When payments are not met.

[@evergreens92]

@@dormantmenace not true. I have a 2020 fully loaded TRD Tacoma I haven't made payments on for 4 years and no one ever disabled my truck or repod it. Eventually they "charge off" on my credit report lol they gave up trying to collect. It's not considered stolen either lmao it's mine.

[@thecontinental8978]

Force painted company names on all tow trucks or the police can seize them.

[@majormanfredrex]

A simple law here would help reduce this problem. All tow trucks should be required to be clearly marked. All markings should be registered with the authorities. A file of "mugshots" of all registered markings should be on all police computers to aid police and witnesses to identify suspect vehicles. All registered tow trucks to have GPS locators tracking their movements. Owners of registered tow trucks must monitor the movements of their vehicles and be held liable for the actions of their employees using those vehicles for nefarious purposes. ANY AND ALL TOW TRUCKS, FOUND BY POLICE, NOT REGISTERED OR MARKED SHOULD BE CONFISCATED, IMPOUNDED AND, IF SUITABLE, BE PUT INTO POLICE SERVICE AND, IF NOT, DESTROYED.

[@majormanfredrex]

@user-zf8ef6ek6y It would not prevent you from owning a tow truck, just from operating surreptitiously. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO HIDE???

[@heinzh5687]

My car was just stolen at my work by a tow truck :(

[@heru-deshet359]

Store your expensive vehicle, drive and park an old wreck instead.

[@tohopes]

yeh never get attached to a vehicle, they get wrecked all the time even if they're not stolen.

[@richford959]

Shoot first ask questions later. Old New York rule #1

[@Redskoolieoffthegrid]

I shot 2 people steeling my neighbors cars in the last 1.5 years

[@dormantmenace]

My buddy's dad did that and got 2 life sentences.. it was his car! One of them was a pro football player. Happened in the mid 80's thoe.. he's dead. Died of hepatitis in the the prison system

[@Redskoolieoffthegrid]

I meant shot them on film lol

[@dw8840]

@@dormantmenace did he kill the two thieves?

[@Mr_Originality]

@@dormantmenaceyou lying

[@GoGoOpie]

Did you get arrested by the grammar police 🚔 yet?

[@mnpd3]

I'm retired now, but this was a huge problem in my city years ago... 1 of every 5 car thefts was the work of bootleg wreckers. We stopped it by requiring company names, addresses, phone numbers and the wrecker's board's registration number to be clearly painted on the wrecker. Even the driver's had to carry an ID card. Any wrecker not in compliance was towed and the driver arrested. Put an end to that shit! If the bootleg wreckers can't drive around on the roads they can't find cars to hookup and steal.

[@robsvtgt500]

My shelby gt500 got stolen by a stolen tow truck,you cant make this shit up

[@freddyv5003]

Dang):

[@sir.confident]

I've gotta admit, this was kinda savage! Impersonating a tow truck driver in order to steal cars? Thieves are becoming smarter over the years. Now I have to look out for odd looking tow trucks. My heart goes out to these people who got their cars stolen!

[@deeward729]

This. Is. Disgraceful.

[@wilburmcbride8096]

Eww, I don't think I would want that new Corvette back with someone murdered inside of it. Creepy!

[@cynthiajames358]

Wow! I was not aware this was happening. A few weeks ago I was sitting in my car in my townhouse parking lot reading mail. A tow truck backed up blocking me in. I beeped the horn. He got out with no paperwork in hand n said , “Ma’am, get what u need. This car is being towed.” I screamed, “What the heck are u talking about?” He looked nervous , jumped in his truck n slowly drove away. Idk what he was up to.

[@TylerDfunk]

It’s got to be local mechanics/body shops.. number 1 for them to have access to a tow truck as well as the experience in how to operate one and how to hook up whichever vehicle…. But also for the purpose of this whole scam which is usually to strip the car and part it out. Mechanics have done this horrible scam for many years now unfortunately and they use it as a means to maximize profits by not having to pay for parts. As well as additional profits made by either selling/scrapping remaining parts or selling the cars if they’re able to. Scary part is, often times no one is calling the police when they see a tow truck towing a car away in the middle of the night, cuz they assume it’s a repo (which is embarrassing for someone as well).

[@jamesdavis9931]

Tow truck drivers everywhere across the country are stealing cars. A lot of these trucks have no signage at all on them. No way to know who they are. They just pull up to any car they want and take off with it.? I have a old work van that I leave out front but my cars are in my garage. No one is safe from this.

[@deeward729]

No. Not surprised. Put up reward money. You will get the .answer you need. ASAP

[@el_deplorablede_tejas1394]

It's gonna get worse. Automakers have discontinued producing spare parts for new car's. They are pushing everyone to buy EV's. #EnoughIsEnough #ShutDownTheLeft #DrainTheSwamp

[@airplayrule]

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[@hmida5737]

Orlando Florida is the worst place. The towed my semi truck for no reason and forced me to pay 875 dollars and no body protect us from those robbers.

[@user-eh5cr4or6k]

Crank your wheels all the way One Direction or the other put your emergency brake on back in if you have rear wheel drive. Just some of the things that will slow down a tow truck

[@scootersonlyrepair6773]

Not at all. You don't know shit about towing OR stealing cars.

[@alexortega714]

@@user-eh5cr4or6k are AWD vehicles safer?

[@dw8840]

Too bad we can't plant bait cars that could stop these theives

[@jlifer7810]

Out of all cars bro chose to steal a Camry

[@marcusmarrow4968]

Someone just stole my navigator Lincoln with a tow truck from 1200 block of Howard Road Southeast 2006 Navigator red flatbed truck black guy light skin brown skin about 5'9 with dreadlocks and a Rasta rag on his head 5:30 in a daytime yesterday is now report stolen

[@jamesdavis9931]

They come in the night take your car or Chuck or whatever they want the police don’t want to talk about it because they know this is out of control

[@mikeyrizzo7606]

Typical DC sh¡t this is pretty genius not gonna lie.

[@paulokrausche7284]

Your honda isn’t beautiful that Corvette is

[@archangelspardathadon9188]

Former to truck driver or a person with money who learned how to tow on youtube

[@courtneyboone9164]

Lindsay watts is smoking hot!!!! 🔥

[@dw8840]

What about Jaclyn Baker?

[@marcelluswiley9032]

hahahahahhaha blacks!!!!!