Edit Transcript

Language

Format

Source

Auto-generated

Yes

Confidence

Content

15 my heart. Oh my god. >> In Bington, Illinois, a small town northwest of Chicago, [music] officers were dispatched to a car dealership when a security camera monitoring service discovered three to four suspicious people on the property. When [music] officers arrived, they had no idea one of the stolen cars would be their own. >> 198 uh youth could come in off the Dy Road. They're coming out with a Porsche. at very high rate of speed. Very high speeding with a high rate of speed. They just rammed me. They're raming the gate. Get on the ground. Get on the ground. Get on the ground. Get on the ground. Get on the ground, mother. 190. More more courses are being stolen. 138 on 1060. We're getting respond as well. >> [music] >> 190 uh black SUV Porsche headed eastbound on Dundee Road. And uh there was also another Porsche that [music] left southbound. >> Are you hurt? >> No, I'm okay. >> Is he in the car? >> Are you You're hurt. Huh? >> 136. Hold the air. >> Be careful. 190. We just got a passer by the white Porsche. 10 southbound 138. I'm eastbound car. Uh that black is far ahead of me. Black horse behind you. Far ahead of you. Hey, I got another unit, another Mercedes coming out at a high rate of speed. They're going to ram the gate. Uh headed westbound on Dundee Road. They went through the gate, hit my car again, and uh they're going to go southbound on Bington Road. White Mercedes. I know. I know. Just get in your car. 160. I got 27. Stop the car. Get off the car. >> Get up. Get up. >> 168 ID. Know the units have got people running at 68. >> Get on the ground. on the ground hard. My god. Okay. >> Yeah. Heat up here. Once again, he just stole my squad car. He's going to get rid of 6. We have two cars broken down here. I might need lagoons out here. There's the motor works out. >> I just got t-boned. They rammed me. I blocked the gate and of course hit me. Central 138 following behind squad car now. South 14 on El 1050. Hey, let me see your hands. We're at Dundian. We need units here. Another vehicle. We got somebody in the woods. Something in the woods. We need our unit here. Another vehicle. We got somebody in the woods. Somebody subject to the Hey, let me see your hands. Get on the ground, mother. Let me see your hands. >> Are they okay over here? >> I know. The enemy is a stolen car. Just stay here. Stay back. I know they're all right. So, they've all pretty much wrecked right now. So, we're chasing them all. I'll keep you updated. >> Don'ting move. You hear me? Don't you [ __ ] move. Don't move. Don'ting move. You move your gun. Stop. >> Listen to me. Roll onto your stomach. >> Roll onto your stomach. Hey, keep youring hands up. Don'ting move. You understand? Don'ting move. 38. We got one at gunpoint. Don't move. >> Why are you moving, dude? Yeah, this guy. You're going to need a face. >> Don't move. >> You okay? >> Yep. >> Okay. Thank you, guys. >> Yeah. This I'm not sure if you saw him. There was another guy that took off through the forest. >> He did? >> Yeah. >> That person stole my squawker. >> The one that took your car? Yeah. There was a second one that went right before that. Right now, the car ran northbound on 68. 136 now in custody. >> Somebody entrament. >> Central 136, can you please send a paramedic to our location? We have one subject entrapped in the vehicle. One subject to the vehicle. Oh, >> this is a victim. >> Yeah. There we go. >> Dude, I have no clue. >> No one right now. Our supervisor is at Motorworks. >> Okay. >> That's cool. Where are you from? >> Where I used to be the police. Where the police? >> Oh, who's missing? Are we missing a bad guy with them? >> No. No. We got him. >> Central 136. The subject is out out of the vehicle. >> Subject out of the vehicle that far. >> All right. >> All right. Hold on just one sec. So, just to be clear, we got one offender in the sto in custody, >> right? One victim >> and one victim. >> And then everybody else at Motor Works. >> Who else? Was anyone else with you in the squad? >> Yes. >> Someone was in the squad with you? >> Yes. >> Isn't the weather started up now? >> Yeah. Any other? >> We got one one still a large sounds like. In other words, what the woods that way behind real back. >> We got one at large >> here. Sit up so you can breathe, man. Just sit up like this. >> We're at large. Westbound, black hoodie, blue pants. Central 173. Correction. >> 173. He went this way. >> Yeah. >> He been at the at the woods. Who was he driving or were you driving? >> He was driving. >> He been at the car. He crashed. >> All right. What's wrong? >> All right. All right, we're going to stand up. All right, here we're going to kind of roll to the side. Get your knees onto you. Get Hold on. Get your feet onto you. All right, now come back up. Ready? There you go. >> All right, we're going to Yeah, we're going to grab it. Just hold on. I'm going to search you one more time while you're up. Okay. >> Got nothing on you, right? >> Got keys down there, too. >> One last time. We got enough keys at uh Where you guys at? If they call, I know they don't want to go. >> What is that? >> All right. You got a taser probe in here. Just FYI. So, we got to go that way. That way. It's such a big slope right there. All right. Here. You got him for a second. Hold on. The guy says >> what the guy >> no jail was that >> you going to cook county There he is. >> He cries in my head. >> All right, we're going to get you an ambulance. So, we got to get you up here, man. We called an ambulance already. Okay. >> Okay. >> Can you get your legs on you so we can get up? >> Okay. >> We're like literally almost there. Look at this. Look. >> Okay. Oh, you're good. You're good. Almost there, bro. >> Let me grab my Let me grab my sweat. >> He's going to need an ambulance, too. But >> you don't need an ambulance. We're going to be checked out irregardless. Hello. >> Have they called you yet? >> Yeah. So, I'm not going to do anything. >> We got a major show. You got to come in. >> We got one squad crash. We got one guy in custody at least multiple car uh one civilian that was involved in the crash. >> Looking for two more guys running around town. >> Hey, can you guys shut this down? and >> Hey, are you okay? Wake up, bro. >> What's your name? >> According to the [music] police report, a review of Motorworks' surveillance footage revealed that five to seven offenders stole many key fobs and [music] began stealing luxury vehicles at 6:00 in the morning. They were in the middle of stealing their second round of cars when police arrived. 27-year-old Tavarius Jackson was charged [music] with two counts of aggravated possession of a stolen vehicle, criminal damage to property, aggravated battery to a peace officer, and aggravated fleeing and [music] eluding. A second suspect, 23-year-old Lamont Jackson, was arrested 2 mi south of Motorworks [music] after crashing the second Mercedes that fled the lot. He was charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding and possession [music] of a stolen motor vehicle. Both suspects were held on a $100,000 bond and both suspects were [music] on parole for prior felony convictions. According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, Tavarius received a 4-year prison sentence for two counts of burglary and three counts of possessing a stolen vehicle. He was released April 2025 and is on parole through spring of [music] 2026. Lamont received 5 years for burglary, aggravated reckless driving, and possession of a stolen vehicle, and is currently serving his time at Pinkneyville Correctional [music] Center. According to the police report, the black Porsche was never located. In all, five people sustained injuries in four separate crashes caused by the group of thieves, and all involved have made a full recovery. They didn't just steal once that came back for seconds. Same lies, [music] same plan, and same arrogance. But that's not a random crime. That's a system. And when you see it play out in broad daylight, it's hard not to wonder how deep this [music] network really goes. When a crew walks into a car dealership during the daylight, they're sending a message. We're not hiding. And that kind of boldness doesn't just shock people, it shakes the foundation of what safe even means. You can't script stuff like this because one minute officers are responding to suspicious activity at a dealership. The next a Porsche is ramming a squad [music] car with the cops still inside. And that's not just a felony, it's a message. And that's I don't care about getting caught and I dare you to try and stop me. Timing is everything because early morning thefts mean low patrol presence, lower dispatch response, and open highways for quick transport. Crews like this do not operate solo. The answer to a bitter boss, sometimes even interstate syndicates that move stolen luxury cars probably faster than banks move money. Now, federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Missouri, working with the Justice Department's violent crime and racketeering section, recently indicted 10 members of an organized theft ring called the Strikers. And this crew hit more than 20 dealerships across eastern Missouri and southern Illinois, selling around 50 [music] high-end cars. Hellcats, Trackhawks, BMWs, Audi's, Mercedes worth $3 million. And they didn't just take the cars. as they stole key fobs, plates, and caused major property damage, later flipping the stolen vehicles on social media for as little as $500 to $10,000. These [music] thefts aren't isolated incidents. They're symptoms of a large, well-coordinated criminal economy stretching across state lines. I don't believe this was three random criminals. It was a test run from a machine bigger than them. Barington was just a dot on the map that morning. But make no mistake, someone higher up is counting the profits while police deal with the madness.

Cancel