An incident involving an 18-year-old man in Florida who made an alleged series of attempted car thefts at a luxury dealership ended with his being tased and arrested. According to reports, the incident happened on the evening of January 14 at a BMW dealership in Daytona Beach. The man allegedly…
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Jeep Test Drive in Ohio Led to Sales Employee Abduction
An incident at a car dealership in central Ohio reportedly began as a routine test drive and allegedly turned into an abduction that left a sales employee fearing for her safety. According to reports, the situation started in mid-December at a luxury car dealership in Marysville. A man allegedly walked…
Drunk Driver Tried to Sell Damaged Car Following Crash
The son of a former major league baseball player was accused of crashing his car while driving with a BAC over three times the legal limit, and immediately attempting to sell the mangled vehicle. 30-year-old Jordon Mattingly is the son of former Yankees first baseman and current Miami Marlins manager,…
Self-Appointed Federal Marshal tried to Steal Audi from Dealership
An Oklahoma man claiming he was a federal marshal allegedly tried to rob an Audi from a dealership using his faux position of power. On the afternoon of April 11, a dealership in Tulsa was visited by a man claiming that he was a federal marshal. The man, identified as…
Man Attempt to Purchase $84k Truck using Fake Identity
A man was arrested when the authorities learned he was allegedly using a stolen ID to try to buy an $84,000 truck at a local dealership. 25-year-old Javan Davenport resides in Columbus, Georgia. It was reported that on December 2, Davenport was approximately 280 miles from his listed home address, and he was visiting…
Masturbating Woman Hijacked and Damaged Dealership Jeep
A Florida woman reportedly visited an auto dealership, climbed into a Jeep parked on the lot, and masturbated in the view of the customers and employees. On September 22, 37-year-old Alexis King reportedly walked onto the lot of Bob Tyler Toyota in Pensacola. The woman reportedly let herself into the…
Drunk Man Stole Motorcycle to Celebrate His Sobriety
The authorities have alleged that a man chose to commemorate his many months of sobriety by binging on alcohol and attempting to steal a motorcycle from a dealership lot. Last Tuesday afternoon, a patron of Kelly’s Kawasaki in Mesa, Arizona flagged down an employee and reported that they spotted someone…
Auto Broker Cheats Car Buyers and Sellers out of Millions
Scott Radtke, owner of California Motoring Company in Clovis, CA works as a broker by matching interested buyers with sellers of automobiles. Court documents allege Radtke conned at least $2.8 million from 17 car dealerships, 11 financial institutions and 48 customers through fraudulent car sales transactions. Beginning in September 2016…