I’ve been so into reading online news lately..I wonder why…Anyways, my Honda interests semmed to have kicked in, again!…. Here’s one news that caught my attention.
9 Hondas Stolen in 24 Hours in Yakima
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Yakima police took notice when 11 Hondas were stolen in a two-week period. Now they are investigating nine Honda thefts that occurred in a period of about 24 hours. The cars were taken Monday and Tuesday, and police say most were early to mid-1990s models.
Police Capt. Greg B. Copeland says it’s unusual to have so many vehicles of one type stolen in such a short period.
Investigators believe at least some may be related to the arrest of a 25-year-old man late Monday. Police say numerous Honda parts were found at a home following the arrest, but two of the latest Honda thefts occurred after he was arrested.
According to police there were an average of 2.3 car thefts a day last year in Yakima, population about 83,000.
Can you imagine 9 Honda cars stolen within 24 hours, in one state. Could there be comething wrong with the alarm systems of those cars or the car thieves were just really good in stealing automobiles. Maybe those cars were not yet equipped with anti theft devices.
Here’s another article related to the one above.
YAKIMA – A rash of recent car thefts went into overdrive Monday and Tuesday when nine vehicles were stolen in a roughly 24-hour period in Yakima.
All were Hondas, mostly early to mid-1990s models. Police believe the thefts are linked to up to 11 other Hondas stolen in the past two weeks.
“It’s highly unusual to have this many vehicles of a certain type stolen in such a short amount of time,” said Yakima police Capt. Greg Copeland. “Before this, we had noticed it was increasing a little, but not to the extent that we saw this week.”
Police say some of the thefts could be related to a 25-year-old man whose arrest led them to a home in the 900 block of North Naches Avenue, where they found numerous Honda auto parts.
However, at least two cars were reported stolen after his arrest Monday evening. According to a police affidavit filed in the case, a neighbor told them the suspect had been busy for two weeks pulling engines from vehicles.
Police first became aware of the man when a Yakima patrol sergeant came across a brown 1991 Honda Accord parked on his property Monday night. A check showed the car had been stolen from a Union Gap parking lot Feb. 28 and its license plate had been switched.
According to police records, the suspect said he recently bought the car from an unidentified woman for $200 but had no documents to back up his claim. Police eventually arrested him for possession of stolen property and other offenses.
Family members of the car owner said it had carried only stock equipment, but when police recovered the vehicle, it had been outfitted with custom chrome rims, racing tires and custom taillights.
The car owner’s mother said she remembered her daughter calling her the day it was stolen, hysterical because she could not find it in the parking lot after working her shift at Costco.
“I asked her if she had remembered where she had parked it and she said yes, she was positive, and it wasn’t there,” said the woman, who did not want to be identified. “She’s been crying about it ever since.
“And we still don’t have it; it’s in impound right now as they dust for fingerprints.”
Inside the stolen Honda were a black leather purse, a snow tire and a CD player — all taken from two separate vehicle prowl cases and identified by their owners, according to police.
In the suspect’s front yard, police said they saw a number of car parts, including tires and rims, along with spray paint and tools.
Based on that evidence, police obtained a search warrant for inside the home, where they said they found more rims and tires, six or seven car batteries, and even complete engines.
Copeland described the property as a “holding location for Honda vehicles and parts.” However, he was not certain whether it was responsible for all the recent thefts, because two more cars were stolen later on South 10th and North Seventh streets.
“We were hoping this was a big part of the operation, but that remains to be seen,” he said.
According to the Washington State Patrol, the two top stolen vehicles out of the Yakima area last year were early 1990s model Honda Accords and Civics. A total of 846 cars were stolen in the city last year, which averages to about 2.3 vehicles a day, according to the Yakima Police Department. That number is a 15 percent drop from the year before, when 1,002 vehicles were stolen, or 2.74 vehicles per day.
So that’s what they do to the Honda vehicle. No wonder a lot of them are stolen in a very short period of time. Can you just imagine the money they will get after selling all those auto parts? Poor Honda cars, they met an untimely death… or should I say distortion… They were chopped into several parts…not actually chopped though… more like separated into their different parts. For sure those cars were still in good condition.
