Several autos stolen from Lakewood household-owned auto vendor

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — The homeowners of a household-owned motor vehicle dealership in Lakewood are devastated immediately after eight autos were stolen in just one night. They say another person received into the dealership overnight and that particular person was caught on surveillance movie stealing car keys.

“We really do not know how, we do not know how they did it,” reported Marjan Kandi, who owns the dealership with her spouse.

The dealership is outfitted with a security program and surveillance cameras but Lakewood law enforcement say there was no sign of pressured entry. Kandi says the robbers moved the outdoors protection cameras. As a substitute of going through the parking large amount, the cameras were pointed at the ground.

“I indicate, they were specialist. They realized what they have been doing,” claimed Kandi.

The automobile thefts transpired as the dealership is facing a tough market place: There is a lack of cars and stock is very low. Imperial Autos made use of to have two times as considerably inventory but it has been hard to find inexpensive utilized autos.

“It is really discouraging, pretty discouraging and when the revenue is a ton decreased than what it made use of to be, it truly hurts the small business,” stated co-operator Amir Tosh.

Tosh explained they also confronted the further charge of hiring a locksmith to re-important the other cars and trucks in their ton. He was fearful the criminals would occur back again and steal added motor vehicles because they took most of their keys.

“I want other dealerships to know that so it doesn’t transpire to them for the reason that it’s really tough,” claimed Tosh.

Tosh claimed law enforcement have recovered 5 of the stolen vehicles but 3 are nonetheless missing, including a black 2018 Ford F-150, a darkish grey Chevrolet Suburban and a burgandy 2015 GMC Sierra.

“With any luck , we find them, hopefully the police come across the automobiles and with any luck , it does not occur to anyone else,” stated Tosh.