Earlier this week, officers with the Houston Auto Crimes
Task Force found a stolen 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe in an apartment complex parking
lot listed for sale online. While waiting for North Belt Patrol Units to
assist, an innocent purchaser who had driven from Dallas arrived and paid the
suspects $15,000 cash for the vehicle.
Plain clothes officers were able to follow the suspects
after they left the scene to a convenience store nearby where, with the help of
patrol officers, they were arrested driving a stolen 2015 Dodge truck.
Patrol officers were able to pull over the stolen Tahoe
driven by the innocent purchaser and explained the situation. Officers returned the $15,000 to the innocent
purchaser. Two stolen trucks were recovered valued at more than $51,000.00, and
3 felony charges were filed against two suspects.
Often times if the deal sounds too good to be true online,
then it probably is. Great collaborative work by these officers!
