New York Attorney General Letitia James and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch say five men are facing a slew of charges for allegedly operating a car theft ring across multiple states, including the Bronx, Brooklyn, New Jersey and Westchester. The stolen cars were sold in the Bronx and New Jersey.<\/p>\n
The investigation, led by the AG\u2019s Organized Crime Task Force, recovered over 40 vehicles. totaling over $1 million. Raulin Rodriguez, Jender Santos-Ulloa, Josue Dejesus Gonzalez, Juan Tavarez Cabrera and Jonathan Mercedes Silvestre are charged with 92 crimes.<\/p>\n
Officials say the takedown resulted from a year-long investigation, beginning in February 2025, led by the OCTF and the NYPD\u2019s Bronx Auto Crime Unit.<\/p>\n
The vehicles recovered include Hondas, Toyotas, Acuras and Lexus models.<\/p>\n
“A stolen car can completely upend a family’s life, making it harder to get to school, work, and do essential errands,” said AG James. “This investigation stopped a far-reaching criminal operation that sold dozens of stolen cars across New York and New Jersey. I thank the NYPD and our partners in law enforcement for their work to stop this criminal operation and protect our communities.”<\/p>\n
“To criminals who traffic in stolen vehicles, our message is clear: the NYPD will find you and hold you accountable,” said Commissioner Tisch. “The five individuals charged in this case were part of a crime ring responsible for stealing more than 40 vehicles valued at more than one million dollars. This year-long joint investigation spanned multiple jurisdictions across two states \u2013 and led to the dismantling of this criminal operation and recovery of the stolen vehicles. I applaud our NYPD detectives and the Attorney General’s Office for their tireless efforts on this case.”<\/p>\n
The men each face up to 15 years behind bars if convicted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Attorney General Letitia James and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch say five men are facing a slew…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[393,128,23351,66351,5302,1066,9,24,63,103,2627,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-161117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-attorney-general","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-car-theft","11":"tag-car-thefts","12":"tag-jessica-tisch","13":"tag-new-jersey","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-nypd","18":"tag-stolen-car","19":"tag-the-bronx","20":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","21":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}