Thieves target Prince George’s auto dealerships in attempted heist

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. – Car dealerships throughout Maryland are on superior notify after various crack-ins.  

Just one dealership states they had been hit in the wee hours of the early morning on Monday and the tried heist was all caught on digital camera.

Safety cameras demonstrate the crooks employing a bolt cutter and crowbars to get in moreover shattering windows and attempting to steal a harmless and keys to vehicles.

Fox 5’s Tisha Lewis reports all this took place all around 6:00 a.m. Monday, just 10 minutes soon after an overnight protection guard left the business enterprise.

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Personnel say the risk-free the intruders were immediately after experienced about $30,000 in it additionally titles locked absent, and they were reportedly also attempting to steal more than 70 car keys.

All of this going on at the World-wide Car Outlet on Saint Barnabas Highway in Temple Hills.

FOX 5 spoke with the standard manager who claims this is the third time the loved ones-owned dealership has been hit this year.

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In August, burglars took off with seven superior-end autos reportedly valued at much more than a million bucks. And six months back, there was reportedly one more crack-in.

Whilst Prince George’s county police say they are looking into the incidents, staff at the World wide Car Outlet say law enforcement are not investigating — which they obtain irritating.  

They say they were explained to by investigators that police really don’t have the manpower to investigate these crimes.