Local dealer has 88 wheels stolen off cars. 88!

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Old 02-10-2014, 05:14 PM
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Police are looking for the suspects who stole wheels from nearly two dozen vehicles at the DeMontrond Chevrolet dealership in Texas City this weekend. In all, 88 wheels were stolen.
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A few years ago there was a similar incident somewhere in VA, or something, where they stole the wheels off similar number of new Escalades.

Kind of interesting how somebody can pull something like this off... Inside job, maybe...?
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Maybe but also it was a foggy night and they cut the lights. So it was almost impossible for anyone to see from the road as this was in the back.
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Man that had to be an inside jod. Just when you thought your stock wheels went worth ****!
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probably end up here in canada, few guys here sell american "dealer take off's"
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I buy take offs for my daily almost exclusively. I guess I better be careful the next time I pick up a set, or mayne wear some gloves so I don't get burned.LOL
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I know of a dealership here in Dallas that lost just under 50 sets of 20" wheels off of silverados.

Security company was immediately fired and replaced. Not much else can be done unless the cops find the cache of stolen wheels and work backwards.
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Look around airline drive? Maybe they will be dumb enough to post "88 stock wheels FS" on Craig's list.... Lol
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Didn't this happen a while ago to a different dealer? Pretty shitty.
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I can believe it in TX City...
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Bet they voted for Obama
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That happened to a Chevy dealership in Rockwall a few years ago too. I also remember a some thieves cut off every single platinum load cat from Cummins trucks at a Dodge dealership in the DFW. I think it was a 200k dollar loss.
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I used to work for Frisco Dodge back in 02, and they had 15-20 sets of 20" wheels stolen from all their Dodge Rams



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