At around 2:00 AM local time on February 28, thieves managed to steal six Dodge Challenger Hellcats from Don Franklin Chrysler Dodge Jeep in Somerset, Kentucky, USA in under a minute. A recently released video from inside the showroom captured the crooks in action and revealed how quickly they got away with the muscle cars. Four of the Hellcats were in the showroom. The other two were in the car park outside. The camera’s perspective only showed the theft of three of the vehicles in the building. What made the cars so easy to steal from the dealer was that the keys were in the vehicles’ ignition, according to WKYT News. Plus, the thieves found the keys for the two Hellcats outside in the building. Read original article here.
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