Final weekend, Metropolis Motors, a used automobile dealership in Hayward, California, was hit by thieves who stole three automobiles, and took the keys to each car within the showroom. However wait, it will get higher. After an look by the police, one among our bold thieves couldn’t resist the temptation and returned to seize a fourth automobile. Now that’s what I name dedication to the craft!

The incident unfolded within the wee hours of the morning on Sunday, November 19. Thieves forcibly entered the dealership, using a pickaxe to breach the lockbox that held the dealership’s car keys and drive it open.

Utilizing this technique, they gained entry to a 2018 Mercedes G-Class, which was then pushed via the dealership’s entrance window. In the meantime, their accomplices within the incident absconded with a BMW X3 and a Honda Civic, unexpectedly making their escape into the evening.

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At round 1:00 a.m., Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies confirmed up on scene to examine the showroom, experiences KTVU. Nevertheless, they decided that the dealership was really within the jurisdiction of the Hayward Police Division, known as the store proprietor, and finally left.

Safety footage exhibits that after the deputies had been gone, and the dealership was empty, one of many thieves returned, and stole one other automobile, this time a Pontiac, utilizing one of many keys they’d taken earlier. Metropolis Motors Common Supervisor Emilio Espinosa was remarkably affected person the following morning, saying he wasn’t upset on the Sheriff’s deputies, simply the state of affairs.

“They in all probability thought they weren’t going to come back again. I imply, I might suppose the identical factor,” he mentioned. “However nonetheless. They did come again and took the opposite automobile.”

Espinosa mentioned that the entire affected locks have been modified for the reason that crime occurred, and the dealership’s doorways had been boarded up as they awaited a extra everlasting resolution. He expects that the harm will value $50,000 to $60,000 to repair, to say nothing of the a whole lot of 1000’s in misplaced automobiles.

Sadly, this isn’t the primary time that the dealership has been the sufferer of thefts. A number of years in the past, the dealership misplaced a number of automobiles, experiences KRON4. Though the thieves had been by no means caught, the automobiles had been returned, which Espinosa says offers him some hope.