IF YOU DRIVE ONE OF THOSE BIG CHEVY OR FORD PICKUP TRUCKS, BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU PARK IT IN ALBUQUERQUE. APD SAYS THE FORD F-250 AND CHEVY SILVERADO ARE AMONG THE MOST FREQUENTLY STOLEN VEHICLES IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. IN FACT, POLICE SAY ANY BIG AMERICAN TRUCK IS A TARGET FOR THIEVES.
APD TELLS EYEWITNESS NEWS 4 THE THIEVES SOMETIMES JUST DRIVE THE TRUCKS AROUND … THEN DUMP THEM. THE VEHICLES, OF COURSE, CAN ALSO END UP IN CHOP SHOPS.
POLICE SAY THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN AUTO THEFTS IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR, WHEN 212 ADDITIONAL VEHICLES WERE STOLEN.
