{"id":125890,"date":"2018-05-04T14:44:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T18:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=125890"},"modified":"2018-05-04T14:53:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T18:53:34","slug":"car-thieves-nab-eight-ram-1500s-from-michigan-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2018\/05\/car-thieves-nab-eight-ram-1500s-from-michigan-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Thieves Nab Eight Ram 1500s from Michigan Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police recovered one of the eight Ram 1500 pickups stolen from the Warren Truck Plant. (Photo credit: Warren Police Dept.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s not unusual for new truck buyers to want to get their hands on their new purchase as soon as possible, however, it was thieves, not overzealous truck aficionados, that snuck into Fiat Chrysler\u2019s plant in Warren, Michigan, took eight trucks right off the end of the assembly line.<\/p>\n

The group stole a 2003 Ram from a home in Warren and rolled into the facility through a hole cut in the fence before dawn, to grab the trucks, roar out of the site crashing through the gate like something straight out of a movie.<\/p>\n

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The Last Word!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since the theft, which took place at 3:55 a.m., one of the trucks has been recovered, but the Warren Police Department and surrounding cities, including Detroit, are on the lookout for these full-size pickups. The truck that was recovered was found in Detroit.<\/p>\n

“This was well planned,” said Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer told the Detroit Free Press. “They were able to take at least 10 or 11 Ram trucks out on a convoy.\u201d He added that they probably had 10 people in the bed of the 2003 Ram.<\/p>\n

(FCA halts production in Brampton due to supplier strike. <\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for the story.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the eight Ram pickups thieves stole in Warren, Michigan. (Photo credit: Warren Police Dept.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The investigation has been slowed because Fiat Chrysler had to inventory its vehicles to determine the vehicle identification numbers so the trucks could be identified.<\/p>\n

“They couldn’t tell us for sure,” Dwyer said to the Free Press. “They’re conducting an audit to determine how many. They have their own surveillance team. We’re waiting for them to report back to us.”<\/p>\n

The burning question is how was it so easy to steal eight trucks? It\u2019s rumored that the keys are kept in the vehicles, although Fiat Chrysler declined to confirm it.<\/p>\n

(<\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for more about FCA recalling 300K Rams for gas tank leak.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“FCA US is working with the Warren Police Department regarding the theft of several Ram Trucks,\u201d FCA said in a statement. \u201cThe company will be assessing security measures at the location and implementing any necessary changes to prevent future incidents.”<\/p>\n

The plant, just north of Detroit, produces as many as 600 trucks per shift. It\u2019s the third best-selling truck annually behind the Ford F-Series and Chevy Silverado.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement teams are scanning surveillance video along the escape route and throughout the area.\u00a0The theft was likely the effort of car theft rings to secure parts or entire trucks.<\/p>\n

(To see more about FCA’s record Q1 results,\u00a0<\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“We’re calling it the mass-order business,” said Mark Wagenschutz, executive director of HEAT, an independent Michigan agency funded by the insurance companies to help eliminate auto theft told the Free Press. “Several parts of the Ram are in high demand. You don’t know if they wanted the Ram or pieces. They’ll have to get off site before they can lift the hood and take things out.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a scene out of a Hollywood thriller, a band of thieves broke into a Fiat Chrysler plant north of Detroit and drove off in eight new Ram 1500 trucks, crashing through a gate as they exited the lot. Local law enforcement has recovered one of the trucks, but the theft raised long-held concerns about the security of the vehicles. For details, go to TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4389,"featured_media":125891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,5],"tags":[],"make":[51,98],"post-state":[],"category_old":[150,151,191,132,124,217,139,288],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125890"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=125890"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=125890"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=125890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}