Stolen cars scrapped before owners can act prompt calls for state law changes

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…

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