The Great Warren Assembly Dodge Ram Heist

Like heist stories? This amazingly easy but well-organized theft of eight brand new Dodge Ram pickups from Warren Truck Assembly will entertain you.

The fleet of Ram trucks vanished early Thursday from a gated storage lot that holds vehicles destined for delivery to dealerships. [Warren Police Chief] Dwyer said a security guard reported the theft at 3:51 a.m. as the trucks turned south onto Mound Road.

The thieves drove to the plant in a 2003 Ram truck they stole from a residence in Warren, offloaded drivers and cut a hole in the plant's chain link fence to get into the yard.

The lead truck smashed through the gate and off they went.

https://www.freep.com/story/money/ca...job/583613002/

The key, I am guessing, are the keys which were likely left in the trucks for the factory's convenience of moving them about the lot.

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"All these lots outside the factories? They all sit there with the keys in them most of the time. Everybody knows that," Walker said. "I wondered about these trucks after reading the news and knowing they plowed through a gate. I mean, the trucks off the assembly line have maybe four gallons of gas in them and they get, what, 20 miles per gallon? So these guys would have to stop in 20 to 30 miles at the most or run out of gas."

In fact, police surmised that the red truck was abandoned after it ran out of gas.

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Lesson learned: bring a gas can.

That guy needs a calculator! 4 gallons and stopping in 20-30 miles?
Seems like an inside job. What do you do with parts/trucks that JUST came out? Not gonna blend in and all unique to a new model this year. [[Guessing the stoke new style rams)