Tag: Police

British Thieves Used A $27,000 Device Disguised As A Nintendo Game Boy To Steal Cars In Seconds

Three car thieves have been arrested in the UK after stealing five Mitsubishi Outlanders with a device disguised as a Nintendo Game Boy.

Authorities arrested 29-year-old Dylan Armer, 33-year-old Christopher Bowes, and 31-year-old Thomas Poulson after they were caught on a security camera stealing a Mitsubishi Outlander from a driveway in Scholes on July 20.

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The video shared online by the BBC shows the men using the device to unlock the Outlander before reversing out of the driveway with it. Local police were able to use the video to identify the men and tracked them down.

While searching one of the cars owned by a thief, the police discovered the fake Nintendo Game Boy, complete with a fake Supreme case. The device was apparently stored in a secret compartment in the car and is allegedly worth around £20,000 ($27,000). It allows users to unlock cars and then start them and had been specifically coded to crack into Mitsubishi Outlanders. Police also discovered a video that showed one of the men demonstrating how the device works.

“The utter disregard they had for the victims, whose hard-earned vehicles were whisked away in seconds, is totally apparent from the flippant tone heard on the video footage we recovered from one of their phones.”

Armer has been sentenced to 30 months prison while both Bowes and Poulson were handed 22 month prison sentences, suspended for two years, for their involvement in the thefts.

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Wise Guys Trying To Skip Traffic Jam Using The Emergency Lane Meet Officer Karma

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A handful of motorists in King City, California thought they were outsmarting other drivers during a recent traffic jam but local police had actually outsmarted them.

This video was recently posted to YouTube by ViralHog and shows the cammer sitting in a traffic jam when all of a sudden, a white GMC pickup skips the line of traffic by driving down the emergency lane. Closely following it down the emergency lane are a number of other vehicles, including another pickup truck, a Tesla Model X, a Honda Accord, a Chevrolet Camaro, and a Dodge Durango.

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As traffic begins to slowly move forward, the cars that skipped traffic come into view and can be seen parked on the grass shoulder of the road. As it turns out, police officers were waiting at the end of the emergency lane and promptly pulled over all of the offending motorists. One of them can be seen speaking with a couple of drivers as the cammer drives past.

A number of other vehicles also sped down the emergency lane to avoid traffic, including two white Audi Q7s and a BMW 5-Series. However, these drivers managed to merge back into traffic before they too were stopped by the authorities.

It is unclear if the offending drivers were slapped with fines or simply given warnings but whatever happened, we hope this will serve as a wakeup call and discourage them from using the emergency lane again.

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Scooter Rider Leads Police Chase Down Wrong Way Of Interstate Highway

A police chase ended miraculously well after a scooter rider behaving erratically led police on a multi-city chase starting in Danvers, Massachusetts, and ending in Medford just north of Boston.

CBS News followed the chase from its helicopter as the scooter was ridden down Insterstate 93 going the wrong way and weaving through oncoming traffic.

What started the chase is unclear, but the police say they chose to follow the scooter rider from afar in an attempt not to escalate the situation with the rider, who they believed to be suicidal.

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Police apprehended the rider on Mystic Avenue in Medford and CBS reports that EMS was there to attend to him shortly after the chase ended.

Of course, not only is the rider lucky to be alive, but everyone driving down the highway this morning was lucky, too as the rider’s erratic driving could easily have triggered an accident that could have been very dangerous for other motorists.

The chase ended at 11:00 am local time and the suspect is now in police custody.

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