A 13-year-old boy who was previously arrested twice in connection with a string of car thefts targeting Oakland County businesses has been arrested again for the same crime.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office began investigating a series of vehicle thefts, attempted auto thefts and business break-ins in Pontiac and Waterford Township over the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Sunday, deputies responded to Friday’s Auto Sales on Cesar Chavez Avenue in Pontiac, where they found forced entry to the dealership, a heavily damaged Dodge Charger and a stolen Dodge Dart. Detectives connected the incident to a Chevrolet pickup truck and a Dodge Ram that had been stolen from a Pontiac landscaping business two days earlier.<\/p>\n
According to authorities, the Chevrolet truck was stolen from the business on Sept. 19 and used to ram through a fenced parking lot before leaving the area. The following day, a Ram was stolen from the same Waterford Township business and driven to Friday’s Auto Sales.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dealership surveillance video showed a person climbing over a fence and using a rock to break a window before entering a building, where keys to several vehicles were stolen. Deputies say the person was seen getting into a Dodge Charger and attempting to ram through a gate before the Charger became disabled and abandoned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“He caused a lot of damage; he caused damage to the front glass and to the gate in the back. He ran a car right through that gate, and he stole two vehicles from this lot,” said Tony Jumma, owner of Friday’s Auto Sales.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Deputies say a Dodge Dart was also stolen from the Pontiac dealership and driven to a Waterford Township dealership, where it was used to ram a gate. Detectives found a broken window at the Waterford Township dealership, but found no one inside the building.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Detectives say retail fraud was also committed at a nearby dollar store, where two other vehicles in the parking lot were damaged after unsuccessful attempts to steal them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Detectives identified the 13-year-old boy as the suspect and arrested him within 24 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In 2025, the boy, then 12, was accused of stealing three Chevrolet Silverado trucks and two trailers from a Waterford Township lawn care business<\/a> on July 27, 2025. The stolen trucks and trailers<\/a>, valued at $90,000, were recovered.\u00a0 <\/p>\n