BATON ROUGE — Vehicle thefts across East Baton Rouge Parish are down, but the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office says thieves are now using new technology to steal cars.
One method involves the on-board diagnostics port located under the steering wheel. Thieves break into a vehicle, access the port, and reprogram a new key fob to start the car.
Another method uses a device that amplifies the signal from a key fob, allowing thieves to unlock and start a vehicle remotely…