Detroit-based vehicle theft ring busted, 12 now face prison time

Selling hot vehicles led to a dozen southeast Michiganders spending time behind cold bars.

The 12 were sentenced over the last year to jail or prison in what the Michigan Attorney General’s Office dubbed a large-scale criminal organization responsible for the thefts of hundreds of vehicles throughout six counties in the region and state.

The AG’s Office said in a Sept. 5 release that nine of the people are from Detroit and one each from Wixom, Troy and Onsted in Lenawee County. The investigation into the ring was announced in May 2024…

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