Former prolific car thief turns life around and is now helping police: “Anyone can change”

  • Hondo Underwood, once a prolific car thief, now aids police with theft prevention.
  • Underwood grew weary of the lifestyle, and now shares insights at auto theft conferences.
  • He believes “anyone can change”; he is now married with children and works at a lumberyard.

DENVER — Hondo Underwood has gone from running away from police in Colorado to running towards them.

“You can always make a comeback,” said the Pueblo resident.

Underwood was well known to police in the Denver metro area as a prolific car thief between 2015 and 2017, when he estimates he stole as many as 200 cars, trucks and SUVs…

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