The unidentified thieves used the… superior strategy of slicing a giant gap within the fence, to steal 14 model new vehicles from the Ford Oakville plant in Canada
January 24, 2024 at 18:33
Hardly every week glided by final 12 months by which we didn’t hear a few assortment of Mustangs or Ford F-150 Raptors being stolen from Ford’s Flat Rock Meeting plant in Michigan. North of the border, Canadian automobile thieves wished to show they may get in on the motion, although the goal of their heist was significantly much less thrilling and precious.
As an alternative of a high-power pony automobile or a dune-raiding pickup, the thieves concentrating on Ford’s plant in Oakville, Ontario, made off with… Ford Edges. Possibly they had been the ST mannequin. Though that’s a fairly uninteresting car, the police say they managed to make off with 14 of them, giving their haul a complete estimated worth of CA$630,000 (round US$465,800 at present trade charges). Not unhealthy for an evening’s work.
The Halton Regional Police Service (which, sadly for them, is shortened to HRPS) studies that the theft occurred on the night time of January 7-8, and that the thieves managed their mischief due to the superior strategy of slicing a big gap within the fence of Ford’s car lot.
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The crime seems to have been good in its simplicity, as a result of the HRPS says it has but to arrest anyone in reference to the precise break-in. Nonetheless, it has made a number of arrests of individuals in possession of the autos.
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Authorities reported that on January 9, they arrested Tom Thibault-Levesque (35) and Barbara Veronica Rachwal (46) in Mississauga. The next day, two extra people had been arrested in close by Scarborough: James Park (34) and Kamorey Mitchell (33). All 4 people are dealing with prices of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.
Nonetheless, the HRPS says that its investigation is ongoing, and that different arrests have been made by neighboring police departments, regardless of it not having recognized suspects for the preliminary theft.