As Spokane beefs up efforts to catch car thieves, some – including prolific one who targets Subarus – won’t stop

By: Johnathan Glover, spokesman.com

In the time it takes to tidy your bed, floss your teeth or microwave a bowl of rice, 19-year-old Christian Normand can steal your car. If it’s an early-’90s-to-2000s Subaru, even better.

His methods are sleek, his tools simple and ingenious: after cutting the metal tine of a garden rake, he jams the curvy end into the now much looser outside lock. Once inside, he forces it into the ignition, and turns over his new key.

He might case the car first – or change his clothes in a shady alleyway before hopping in – lest any cameras are watching. He’ll probably drive it around for a few hours, then drop it off at his next new Subaru. Car, to car, to car, to car.

Full story: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/feb/24/as-spokane-beefs-up-efforts-to-catch-car-thieves-s/