Some wise guy swiped a marked NY State Police car from a repair shop in Oneonta, joyriding the damn thing nearly 100 miles down the road before cops cornered it in Rensselaer County. Talk about brass ones—stealing a cop car? Even the investigators were scratching their heads, though they’re just relieved nobody got hurt.
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Turns out, the rig was in for routine work when some clown busted into the shop, scrambled for the keys, and took off on a midnight tour through two whole counties. Two hours later, bam: troopers nailed the cruiser near Albany with some joker still behind the wheel. Who even does that?
No word yet on who the genius is or what charges they’ll face, but let’s be real—this fool never stood a chance. Every state police cruiser since 2009’s got GPS wired in, making escape about as likely as a snowball’s survival in July. The system pinged the SUV’s location the whole time, so whether the thief was speeding or just cruising, they were screwed from minute one.
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Cops aren’t saying if the suspect tried to ditch ‘em or just parked the thing when the adrenaline wore off. Either way, the cruiser looked untouched—not that it mattered, since the whole caper was doomed from the jump.
Moral of the story? Even cop cars aren’t safe when they’re in the shop, but tech’s got the upper hand these days. This might just be New York’s weirdest joyride yet—what a waste of gas.
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