When you attempt to sell a stolen car, trying to offload it to a franchised car dealership is arguably the worst possible strategy. Dealerships run Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) for a living, and one Medford man learned that lesson the hard way in Eugene this past week.
On Wednesday afternoon, October 21, Eugene Police were dispatched to a car dealership located on the 400 block of Highway 99. The call, which came in at 2:26 p.m., was initiated by an alert dealer who suspected he was being set up with stolen goods…