Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota’s latest sting, aimed at a local car-theft, has led to 22 arrests and has unearthed all sorts of bad business including one suspect, a local mechanic, who allegedly copied customers’ keys so he could steal their cars later.
From the Daily News story:
A Long Island car-theft sting has led to 22 arrests - including a drug addict accused of stealing his grandfather’s car while his grandmother’s wheelchair was still in the trunk.
Another suspect, a mechanic, is accused of copying customers’ keys so he could steal their cars.
Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said Tuesday that 15 more people are still being sought as a result of the 16-month sting.
The suspects also included people trying to make false insurance claims.
The DA said that since August 2006, 92 vehicles worth more than $1.1 million have been recovered.
Eleven defendants have been convicted and sentenced to as much as nine years in prison. The others are still going through the courts.
Way to go Tom! By the way, let’s stop distracting ourselves with these petty crimes, haven’t you heard that Martin Tankleff is freed?
Let’s assemble our team again and get him again before he gets us! I’m sure if we act first, this one will go smoothly just as we did with his parents!
Let’s Go Long Island!
Jerard