DENVER (KDVR) — Two individuals who look like teenagers spent 45 minutes casing and breaking right into a automotive earlier than stealing it Saturday night time.
The proprietor was in disbelief after watching not solely his one automobile being taken, however simply how younger the 2 thieves have been.
“The most important inconvenience is simply financially for us. For younger children to drag one thing like that at another person’s expense, it simply sucks to see,” stated the proprietor of the stolen Hyundai, who didn’t wish to be recognized for his security.
Hyundai theft caught on digicam
Denver Police and that proprietor are asking for the general public’s assist in figuring out the 2 thieves. The pair have been focusing on a 2018 Hyundai Tucson parked close to a house.
The theft was caught on surveillance video. It reveals that after testing the automotive for just a few moments, they smash within the automotive’s rear window and run.
The automotive was locked and had an alarm, however the proprietor stated it didn’t go off. The 2 returned a short time later and stole the automobile.
“As we have been watching the video, as they have been right here for 45 minutes, they type of appeared like amateurs. It took them about 45 minutes. It is sensible that they’re youthful with a Hyundai and perhaps getting a video off TikTok or one thing like that,” the automotive’s proprietor stated.
FOX31 has beforehand reported on a TikTok problem exhibiting folks find out how to steal sure kinds of automobiles. Automobiles like Hyundai and Kia are fashionable amongst thieves.
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The technicians over at AT Audio on South Federal Boulevard advised FOX31 the preferred automobiles to be stolen lack immobilizers.
“The manufacturing unit alarm is simply not that good, to be sincere,” stated Fernando Alba-Torres, an AT Audio technician.
He stated the perfect factor to do is to offer an after-market alarm system, as typically, the manufacturing unit system doesn’t work that nicely. They don’t have a built-in starter kill, Alba-Torres added.
The Insurance coverage Institute for Freeway Security stated that throughout the nation, the theft declare frequency for Hyundai and Kia automobiles was almost 4 occasions as excessive as different makes from July-December 2022.
The Denver Police Division has began the Denver Auto Theft Group which permits folks to register automobiles which can assist them monitor stolen automobiles.
When you acknowledge the 2 who stole the Hyundai right here close to Sloan’s Lake, your requested to name Metro Denver Crime stoppers.
