car theft

Authorities Tuesday urged people to call them if they were victimized by a suspect who allegedly stole at least 11 vehicles during a zero-bail policy designed to limit jail overcrowding during the pandemic. Jose Enrique Esquivel, 24, is “a prolific car thief who victimized vehicle owners with modest incomes,” Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Trina Schrader said. Esquivel has been…

Three burglary suspects arrested by Manhattan Beach police, but then released without bail under a county policy designed to prevent jail overcrowding during the coronavirus pandemic, were back in custody within hours on suspicion of committing similar crimes, police reported Monday. Police first arrested Jonathan Ramirez, 20, and Josue Chavez, 18, both of Los Angeles; and Franklin Villalta, 23, of…

Two men were due in court on Monday for 40 felony grand theft auto charges stemming from an alleged San Fernando Valley-centered scam targeting buyers of high-end cars like Bentleys and Maseratis that robbed victims of nearly $4 million.

A 53-year-old man pleaded guilty and was immediately sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in prison for an identity-theft scam to steal multiple cars in Orange County dating back to 2014.

A car thief who stole a Ferrari from a service center in Costa Mesa was arrested Nov. 1 at a Mobil gas station in Santa Ana after the vehicle ran out of gas.

A car thief who stole a Ferrari from a Costa Mesa car garage took it on a joyride for two weeks and was arrested at a gas station after he ran out of gas. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 11 on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017.

Antonio Moore could not take his eyes off the TV when he realized police were chasing a suspected car thief from Colton to Long Beach in his car. NBC4 has found that more than a third of pursuits involve stolen cars.

Some of the most popular cars in California are also the most frequently stolen, and the Los Angeles Police Department is taking steps to help people keep their vehicles safe. John Cádiz Klemack reports live for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 12, 2017.

Starting Tuesday, drivers of certain older Honda models in Santa Clarita can pick up a free steering wheel-locking club from the sheriff’s Santa Clarita Valley Station.

On what’s expected to be a busy Fourth of July weekend at the beach, police are warning visitors to hold on to their car keys.

A former NBA player pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge that he took off in a Mercedes-Benz from a hotel valet earlier this month, Los Angeles County prosecutors said.

Two children found themselves caught in the middle of a high-speed theft in South Jersey late Saturday night after police say a man stole a Chevy SUV while they sat in the backseat, and sped five miles before flipping the vehicle.