[LOCAL10] Car thieves have zeroed in on a particular subset of high-performance models popular among enthusiasts. Their targets? All-American muscle. Specifically, Dodge Charger and Challenger Hellcat and Scat Pack models. The engines alone are worth big bucks on the black market. “It’s extremely frustrating,” Emma Archer said.
[WJBK] Detroit Police on Monday told FOX 2 that three children, between the ages of 11 and 14, were the most recent arrests in rising cases of carjackings throughout the city. On Monday, the trio of kids – ages 11, 12, and 14 – were arrested in the storage lot of the Jefferson North Plant while trying to carjack the new Dodge Hellcat Chargers and Challengers. Detroit Police Lt. Clive Stewart is the head of the Detroit Police Commercial Auto Theft Unit and said he’s never seen anything like this before. “They think it’s fun and there is no penalty to it,” Stewart said. “Doing this as long as I’ve been doing this, 11 is the youngest.”
[FOX2] A police pursuit of a suspected carjacking of a Dodge Hellcat ended with four people arrested Monday in Sterling Heights. Three adults and one juvenile were arrested at an apartment on Martin at Van Dyke by Warren police special operations. They were turned over to Sterling Heights police, according to WPD Chief Bill Dwyer. Sterling Heights police say that about 4:20 p.m they got a 911 call from a resident that he had been carjacked by men with guns on Seaglass Drive near 15 Mile and Van Dyke. The suspects had guns with one taking off in the Hellcat and three others took off in a white car. Officers responding to the scene saw the Hellcat and a pursuit started.
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