WARREN, Mich. (FOX 2) – The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Workplace says two suspects have been arrested after dozens of Ram vehicles have had the infotainment screens ripped out in current months.
The Macomb Auto Theft Squad has investigated 87 studies of those crimes in six months – some victims telling police they have been hit greater than as soon as on the identical Ram.
Macomb officers say they caught the 2 accused thieves within the act, breaking into vehicles yesterday throughout a surveillance element and took them into custody, with assist from Detroit police and the Oakland County Sheriff’s Auto Theft Unit.
FOX 2 stopped by Galeana’s Van Dyke Dodge Ram in Warren to see why these infotainment screens are such a goal and how one can defend your self.
“It’s very nice. It’s an actual large display screen, it’s going to carry every little thing. It seems to be like an enormous pill that goes in your display screen,” stated Ledell Griffin, gross sales supervisor at Galeana’s. “But it surely controls the entire automobile, too.
“So not solely does it simply do the radio and do your Bluetooth, nevertheless it additionally controls your heating, it controls your cooling, and it controls generally trailer data and heated seats, heated steering wheel and stuff like that.”
Changing one in every of these gadgets might price about $3,000 to $4,000.
Griffin says that many dealerships are ready with the alternative screens on backorder – which might take three weeks to a month.
The dealership says locking your doorways and parking in properly lit areas is your greatest line of protection.
