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Loyalty rewards programs offered by certain rental car companies are designed with convenience in mind—in one case, all too convenient for a car thief. By using fake credit cards and stolen drivers' licenses, a woman in Orange County, Calif., engineered the theft of 42 rental vehicles in 2012 from a major rental car company.
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A teenager accused of killing six members of a Hidalgo County family Monday while fleeing from a state trooper in a stolen truck was out on bail for a separate crime at the time of the fatal wreck,.
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The all-wheel Ford F-250 crew cab pickup truck has surpassed the Cadillac Escalade as the most stolen insured vehicle and Modesto, Calif., again became the jurisdiction with the most per-capita auto thefts, according to two insurance associations.
Read More →A man who killed a Houston Police officer 14 years ago received a lethal injection Wednesday evening after his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court failed. Jeffrey Demond Williams fatally shot Houston Police Officer Troy Blando in 1999.
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LAPD officers took a car thief into custody early Sunday, when the suspect struggled to operate the manual transmission on the stolen vehicle.
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The driver of a stolen van was captured by news crews driving on the wrong side of the road, blowing stop signs, and colliding with police cars during a high-speed pursuit Tuesday in South Los Angeles.
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Florida police officers arrested the driver of a stolen U-Haul truck outside Miami Senior High School Friday afternoon after a 45-minute pursuit through residential and commercial areas.
Read More →A 15-year-old Michigan teenager crashed a stolen car after eluding an officer with stop sticks and died at the scene in Niles. One officer reached speeds of 85 mph during a vehicle pursuit.
Read More →Kevon Darnell Neal, 23, of Fort Washington, turned himself into police Thursday night. Police said he was driving the stolen Acura involved in the police chase and crash that killed Officer Adrian Morris on Monday.
Read More →A San Rafael teenager accused of shooting at a couple in Mill Valley and stealing a celebrity chef's Lamborghini was charged as an adult Tuesday as additional details surfaced about his alleged underworld of impersonation, weaponry and high-tech gear.
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