Stolen cars are being scrapped and destroyed before police — or their owners — can get involved, and it is now catching the attention of Wisconsin state lawmakers following a TMJ4 Lighthouse Investigation.
Car theft victims say the experience is infuriating.
“That’s unfair. How is that even possible?” Teon said.
Teon reached out to TMJ4 after getting a flat tire and leaving his car on the side of the road, only to return later and find it gone. He eventually tracked it to a scrapyard, where he found it in a pile of other vehicles.
A second victim, Skeets Stevens, said the same thing happened to him…