On February 28, around 2:00 a.m., some thieves managed to gain access to the interior of the Don Franklin Chrysler Dodge Jeep dealership in Somerset, Kentucky, and six Dodge Challenger Hellcats were stolen in less than 1 minute. The video captured inside the exhibition has just been published, showing the ease and speed with which the intruders take over the cars.
four out of six Hellcat they were parked in the showroom and the other two were in the outdoor parking lot. The perspective of the camera that captured the sequence only shows the theft of three of the vehicles, although it is still really impressive how simple the operation is for them.
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This is how six Dodge Challenger Hellcats were stolen in less than 1 minute
Apparently, the keys to the cars on display were in the vehicles, while the keys to those parked outside were relatively easy to find. This has led to Police to believe that the thieves had help from someone at the dealership, since they seemed to know how the building’s security system worked.
“Once they triggered the alarm, it takes 60 seconds before it starts alerting. They were gone 20 seconds before the alarm started to go off. Police response time was about three minutes. It was really good,” Adam Bryant, dealership manager, told WKYT News.
The theft of all six Dodge Challenger Hellcats turned into a high-speed police chase. About an hour after the assault, a police officer Kentucky State Police he saw four of the cars heading west. The drivers managed to escape at speeds over 300 km/h.
However, police from other counties placed nail bands and they were able to disable one of the cars. The 19-year-old driver tried to flee on foot but was eventually arrested.
The next day, the authorities had already recovered five of the six Hellcat. One ran out of gasoline and appeared in one of the forks of the road. Police found two others in Kentucky, another in Tennessee and another in Alabama. It is believed that the sixth stolen car was also in Alabama.
Fuente: Motor1.com
