Northeast Ohio is seeing thefts similar to what other parts of the country have connected to a troubling social media trend.
NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio — Gerard Spooner said he was startled awake at 4 a.m. on Aug. 4th by police officers at his Rocky River home.
One officer suffered minor injuries in the collision. Four suspects in Spooner’s Hyundai Sonata were arrested and subsequently charged with a number of counts, including breaking and entering, receiving stolen property and felonious assault. “He told us that there’s some kind of a TikTok video or something that’s out, explaining to people how easy it is to steal the cars,” he said.
Westlake Police have reported Kia and Hyundai thefts in recent weeks. Between Aug. 5-11, five Kias and 1 Hyundai were stolen during overnight hours from four separate apartment complexes in the city. Some of the vehicles have been recovered, but no arrests have been made in the cases. “If they were aware it was happening, what bothers me is they didn’t go to any lengths to try to prevent that from happening,” Spooner said.
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