2 Audi Q7's Stolen From YBH

[Nors]

EDGMONT — State police are looking for the person or persons responsible for stealing two luxury sport utility vehicles from YBH Audi on West Chester Pike during business hours Friday.

Two new Audi Q7s parked directly in front of the dealership were stolen sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., according to Trooper Matthew J. Klein, who is handling the investigation.

The keys and remote access devices for the vehicles were removed from a storage cabinet inside the dealership. Police are not sure whether the same person made off with both cars.

The Audi Q7 is a seven-passenger crossover sport utility.

Police placed the combined value of the vehicles at $109,119. Anyone with information on the crime is asked to contact state police at 484-840-1000.

Link: http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2...a102871472.txt


Wowww, pretty ballsy.

[smelly240]

wow... i didnt even know about it - and i work here.

i was wondering why there was a locksmith here putting new locks on everything yesterday.

someone made off with a a8 last year... friggin ridiculous.

[Nors]

Originally Posted by smelly240

wow... i didnt even know about it - and i work here.

i was wondering why there was a locksmith here putting new locks on everything yesterday.

someone made off with a a8 last year... friggin ridiculous.

Are you the parts dude, I think I may have met you before.. Or are you the tech that knows Greek?

[smelly240]

im the really tall guy - with the third nostril...


or the really not tall guy from parts.

NO THERE ISNT REALLY ANYONE HERE WITH A THIRD NOSTRIL!

[OMGz Turbo]

lolz them Q7's are baller though

[Slick 87]

sounds like a definate inside job

[underpressure02]

I bought my S4 from You Been Had (YBH) I guess they YBHed themselves. HAHA

[2drStunner]

During the day......thats awesome.

[olmytsi]

I need an R8...

[smelly240]

me too.

this ****s ****ing crazy

no one here is even talking about it. I'm like WTF.

HOW THE EFF DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN?


edit: if its someone that works here i hope they get caught

[RWDTurbo149]

Originally Posted by 4drstunner

During the day......thats awesome.

nice car!!!! and color!!!! =]

[gtsiawd96]

Holy S. LOL,

We had a customers A5 go missing out of are parking lot about 6 months ago. Someone flatbeded the thing the away. It just so happend the car was payed off and the title was in the glovebox.....

One car is crazy, but two in the same day, during the day.

[96zenki]

i think it's an inside job as wel......
hmm i think i know someone that works there too.
*shrugs*

[phillycivicsi]

Wow i bought my vw at ybh lol thats crazy definately a inside job dont u guys have any type of tracking devices on the car?

[gtsiawd96]

Most likely not

Audi's aren't equipped with any type of low-jack from the factory.

[ThePrimerSuspect]

we had a car stolen from a dealer i used to work at. they came in and test drove it, gave the salesman back a set of dummy keys, ran a truck through the gate in the middle of the night and took the car. 3 weeks later a cop friend of mine pulls them over and they have a fake pink slip for the car saying the sale price was 10k on a brand new mercury. i go in the next day and ask about it and no one even knew the car was gone!

[Nors]

Found this article

Four Indicted in Auto Theft Network that Stole Cars from Dealership Lots and Shipped them to Africa
Five defendants previously indicted in multi-state investigation




TRENTON – Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Deborah L. Gramiccionni announced that four defendants were indicted today in connection with a multi-million dollar car theft network that stole cars from dealerships in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and shipped them overseas.

The four defendants were charged with receiving stolen cars and loading them into shipping containers at sites in North Brunswick and Glassboro for delivery to Port Newark. The network was shipping cars from Port Newark to Sierra Leone in West Africa for resale.

The state grand jury indictment was obtained by the Division of Criminal Justice Major Crimes Bureau. The bureau previously obtained an indictment against five men who allegedly stole high-end cars from dealerships in southern and central New Jersey to supply to the network.

The ongoing investigation has linked the criminal network to more than 150 vehicle thefts from dealerships in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. Additional charges are expected.

“This was a major criminal enterprise, not just thieves stealing cars from the street and chopping them for parts,” said Attorney General Milgram. “Defendants were stealing high-end cars from dealership lots and fencing them to other defendants, who shipped them overseas for resale.”

The indictments resulted from Operation CarGo, a multi-state investigation led in New Jersey by Detective Sgt. Michael Lake of the New Jersey State Police Auto Unit and Detective Deborah Kappler of the Cherry Hill Police Department, working with attorneys from the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. They worked in concert with the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, the Office of Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett, the Pennsylvania State Police, North Brunswick Police Department, Philadelphia Police Department, Plymouth Township (Pa.) Police Department, the FBI in Philadelphia, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

According to Director Gramiccioni, the Division of Criminal Justice today obtained two state grand jury indictments charging each of the following defendants with receiving stolen property and theft, both in the second degree:

Chernor Bah, 40, of Old Bridge
Fatmata Barrie, 35, of Sharon Hill, Pa.
Abu Bakarr Kamara, 42, of Chester, Pa.
Alhaji Umaru Diallo, 30, of Hyattsville, Md.
Bah and Barrie allegedly arranged for stolen vehicles to be brought to Glassboro Auto Salvage and Storage at 416 East High Street in Glassboro, where they were loaded into shipping containers for shipment to Port Newark and ultimately Africa. They were charged in connection with five stolen cars, including a 2008 Jaguar XJ8 worth $37,000.

Kamara and Diallo allegedly had stolen vehicles brought to North Brunswick, where they were loaded into shipping containers at 600 Jersey Avenue for delivery to Port Newark. They were charged in connection with five stolen cars, including two 2007 Audi Q7’s, each worth $46,500, which were stolen from a dealership in Plymouth Township, Pa.

Since October, the Division of Criminal Justice has obtained five separate indictments charging these five defendants with the following charges:

Robert E. Jordan, 31, of Philadelphia. Conspiracy (2nd degree), Theft (2nd degree), Attempted Theft (2nd degree).
Anwar J. Carter, 28, of Philadelphia. Conspiracy (2nd degree), Theft (2nd degree).
Roderick Kent McCoombs Jr., 24, of Philadelphia. Theft (2nd degree).
Charles E. Wallace, 24, of Philadelphia. Conspiracy (2nd degree), Attempted Theft (2nd degree), Receiving Stolen Property (3rd degree), Theft (Two counts, both 3rd degree), Eluding (2nd degree).
Earl A. Rouse, 21, of Philadelphia. Theft (Two counts, both 3rd degree), Attempted Theft (3rd degree).
Those five defendants were charged in connection with thefts or attempted thefts involving 29 cars. Eighteen were high-end cars, including Porsches, Mercedes, BMWs, Jaguars, Audis and Land Rovers. The cars were stolen from dealerships in Cherry Hill, Princeton Township, Lawrence Township (Mercer County), Maple Shade, Westville, Woodbury, Turnersville, Pleasantville, Philadelphia and Springfield, Pa. In most instances, keys to the cars were stolen from the dealership and later used to locate and steal the cars from the dealership lots.

“Through this highly effective multi-jurisdictional investigation, we dismantled a major auto theft ring and are bringing those responsible to justice,” said Director Gramiccioni. “The investigating agencies in New Jersey worked closely with law enforcement in Pennsylvania, under the leadership of Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett.”

Supervising Deputy Attorney General Edward R. Bonanno presented today’s indictments to the grand jury. Deputy Attorney General Christine A. Hoffman presented the prior indictments. Attorney General Milgram thanked all of the participating law enforcement agencies.

Second-degree crimes carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $150,000 fine, while third-degree crimes carry a maximum sentence of five years in state prison and a $15,000 fine. The indictments are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Sounds like these guys were probably involved, although this article is from March 2009, so maybe they didn't dismantle the ring as much as they thought.

Also found another article, couldn't find a date though

The influx of expensive used cars from abroad- US in particular- has raised eyebrows in some quarters as to how they are being purchased. As investigations unfold it is now clear that most of these vehicles are stolen.
Currently in the United States eight Sierra Leoneans are facing federal conspiracy charges for trying to smuggle 21 cars stolen from several states, including a BMW dealership in Morristown, to Sierra Leone.
They are; Sahid Kabia, 35, of Morristown, Mohamed Fornah, 22, of Springfield, Pa., Muhammad Mustapha, 37, and Melvin Lewis, 52, of Philadelphia, Pa. Chernor Bah, 40, of Glenolden, Pa., Fatmata Barrie, 34, of Glenolden, Pa., Eric Haynes, 31, of Darby, Pa., and Umu Kamara, 38, of Newark, Del.
The indictment charges that the eight conspired since April to steal the cars and ship them to Sierra Leone using an unidentified shipping company in Sayreville.
One vehicle was allegedly taken at gunpoint in Washington D.C., while others were stolen from car dealerships.
The defendants presented the shipping company with false title documents to conceal the fact that the cars were stolen, according to the indictment.
The cars included two Nissan Infinitis, two BMWs, a Jaguar, a Subaru, several trucks, a Chevy Tahoe, and a Cadillac Escalade, according to the indictment.
All are charged with conspiracy to receive and transport stolen cars in interstate and foreign commerce.
Fornah, Kabia, Kamara, Lewis, Bah, and Haynes are also charged with transporting stolen cars in interstate and foreign commerce.
The defendants face five years in federal prison on the conspiracy count if convicted and the counts of transporting stolen cars bring 10 years in a federal prison each if convicted.

Alot of local places listed on there.. Philly, Darby, Springfield, Morristown, Glenolden.