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More than a dozen thieves stole more than 250 cars and a million dollars\u2019 worth of auto parts throughout the Bronx, according to the NYPD and the Bronx district attorney\u2019s office. (Bronx DA\/NYPD)<\/p>\n\t\t\tMore than a dozen thieves stole more than 250 cars and a million dollars\u2019 worth of auto parts throughout the Bronx, according to the NYPD and the Bronx district attorney\u2019s office. (Bronx DA\/NYPD)<\/p>\n
(NEW YORK) \u2014 An alleged group of car thieves who worked fast and furious at night to steal over 250 cars and auto parts in the Bronx were arrested and charged Friday, investigators said.<\/p>\n
The Bronx District Attorney\u2019s office indicted 16 alleged members of the Trinitarios street gang in a nearly 1,000-count indictment with grand larceny, auto stripping, and other offenses. Nine of the 16 were arrested as of Friday morning, according to the DA\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
The suspects would allegedly lift the target car and use power tools to remove all four tires and rims off within minutes, according to the NYPD and DA.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese defendants allegedly worked as fast as a racetrack pit crew\u00a0in the dead of night, stealing cars, tires and rims and catalytic converters worth more than $1 million on the black market,\u201d Bronx DA Darcel Clark said.<\/p>\n
Many of the thefts, as many as six per night, were caught on video showing a three-person crew exiting a stolen car, fully masked, with gloves, a car jack and milk crates, investigators said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll across the Bronx, people heading to work or school in the morning found their cars propped on crates, or an empty parking space, leaving them stranded and financially strained, the DA said.<\/p>\n
The suspects allegedly used public parking garages throughout the Bronx to store the stolen vehicles before and after the thefts, which occurred between midnight and 5 a.m., according to the police.<\/p>\n
Other defendants bought the stolen catalytic converters and then sold them on the black market, the indictment said. In one defendant\u2019s home, police said they found a suitcase with $116,000 in cash.<\/p>\n
Attorney information for the suspects was not immediately available.<\/p>\n
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