MAJOR CAR THEIF RING BUSTED IN AUSTIN TX!!!!!!!!!!
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MAJOR CAR THEIF RING BUSTED IN AUSTIN TX!!!!!!!!!!
Man today the tybrid performance shop that was raided and busted!!! Here is the link to it. That sucks cause i used to go up there and do business with them alot. But whole well, they are thieves so thats a couple of them that are put away. Theves can all go to hell, man i cant believe they used the internet from websites and went to peoples home to jack them, Its all because of H-T and texasracingscene lol jk. Well they say it the theif ring goes from austin all the way to san antonio! 
http://www.kxan.com/Global/sto...cU0fj
http://www.kxan.com/Global/sto...cU0fj
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yes indeed, they say on some local news channels here that they recovered about 60-100 cars and about 1000 stolen parts worth anywhere from 100-200grand. Tybrid has been here for a while too and they say the ring has only been going on from 2-3 years. I think a little more than that. Im just telling yall from the news i saw on tv, which i believe they make alot of stuff up. Watch the video yall.
Modified by B18modifier at 3:12 AM 12/12/2004
Modified by B18modifier at 3:12 AM 12/12/2004
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Re: MAJOR CAR THEIF RING BUSTED IN AUSTIN TX!!!!!!!!!! (FLiPWiTGSR)
That's great news, considering all of the car thefts going on lately 
. Hope that justice is laid down on all of them. But the sad part is it will only set theft back temporarily. Thieves are thieves, they won't stop 
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. Hope that justice is laid down on all of them. But the sad part is it will only set theft back temporarily. Thieves are thieves, they won't stop .
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Re: MAJOR CAR THEIF RING BUSTED IN AUSTIN TX!!!!!!!!!! (B18modifier)
focking awsome, but wtf....it would be better if it were in CALIFORNIA, TX is too far...CALI'S theives wont get scare....so keep the alert on...check VIN before u buy a motor
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Re: MAJOR CAR THEIF RING BUSTED IN AUSTIN TX!!!!!!!!!! (yeegsr)
Great news, I live in Houston. I can rest a teeny bit easier now, less scumbag parasites on the streets. I hope they take it up the *** in prison.
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Maybe Californians should stand up to thieves like Texans do. Of course in Cali if you beat up a dude stealing your car you'll probably get a jail sentence. This is always good news though. Hopefully we'll see more of this happening. And yes ESPECIALLY in California.
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Edit/update: More cars and parts are being found by the minute and they are piecing them up and now the total amount of cars has just risen to about 500 diffrent cars in last three years, with about 10 cars coming thru the shop every week. Got another report on my local tv news that it was in fact over a million dollars in stolen parts, and two arrest have been made at the thieves front door! They said they theives were arrested at the front door carrying a gun! Its most likely the shops that are behind tybrids but who knows.
The case is being looked into more and the crime is still in its infacy. More arrest will me made in the upcoming weeks.
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The case is being looked into more and the crime is still in its infacy. More arrest will me made in the upcoming weeks.
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You sir are a ******* idiot for saying that.
You sir are a ******* idiot for saying that.
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What the ****, you are a thief yourself for promoting and supporting their bitch asses. You have the nerve to cry about not getting stolen parts for cheaper? Jesus, your a little ****.
I hope crooks steal your car, then you will have fun buying back the stolen parts from the same people who stole your ******* car.
What the ****, you are a thief yourself for promoting and supporting their bitch asses. You have the nerve to cry about not getting stolen parts for cheaper? Jesus, your a little ****.
I hope crooks steal your car, then you will have fun buying back the stolen parts from the same people who stole your ******* car.
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Sad. Now I know why their prices were pretty reasonable. Here's a more detailed story about it from the paper:
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From Austin-American Statesman
Police break up auto theft ring
Business found with hundreds of thousands in stolen property.
Advertisement
By Melissa Ludwig, AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF, Friday, December 10, 2004
About noon Thursday, the phone rang inside the cluttered office of Tybrid Performance, an auto shop in northern Travis County.
Round Rock police officer Eric Poteet picked up the receiver.
"Tybrid Performance has gone out of business as of today," he said. "It's a crime scene now."
Round Rock police and Travis County sheriff's deputies raided the auto shop Wednesday night, officials said, and found hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stolen car parts and other items. Police made two arrests in connection with what they called the largest bust of an auto-theft ring in Central Texas in two decades.
"This is the Holy Grail of car-theft rings in Central Texas," Poteet said.
The bust also provides a glimpse into the underground world of "tuners," vehicle enthusiasts who upgrade small cars to superpowered machines using engines from late model, high-performance foreign cars, such as Hondas and Acuras, to be used in street racing.
Early Thursday, Cedar Park police arrested two men at a home on Ruthie Run after investigators told them of a stolen car connected to the auto shop, said Cedar Park police Capt. Jeff Hayes. Police arrested Justin Fletcher, 22, at gunpoint after he met officers at the door with a gun, Hayes said. He said the second man, Allen Solomon, 24, had several arrest warrants for traffic violations.
At the home, police found a cache of weapons, computer equipment, small amounts of methamphetamine and marijuana and stolen property, including a silver 2004 Honda, Hayes said. Fletcher has been charged with possession of stolen property, he said. Police, who are still investigating the auto ring, think they'll file additional charges against both men.
Police have not arrested the shop's owner, Tyrone Baker. He could not be reached for comment Thursday.
Investigators must catalog a "mountain of evidence" and link stolen parts to their owners before they issue arrest warrants, Poteet said. He said that more than a dozen people eventually could be arrested and face first-degree felony charges of engaging in organized crime. The penalty for a first-degree felony ranges from five years to life in prison. Poteet added that suspects from other cities may be involved.
Police will not know how many cars had been stolen until that investigation is complete, which could take weeks, he said.
Police said Tybrid Performance, which has been in business for about three years, catered to an underground community of racers glorified in Hollywood movies such as "The Fast and the Furious" and "Gone in 60 Seconds."
Tuners swap the engines of a small car, such as a Honda Civic, with a VTEC engine from a late-model car, such as an Acura Integra, he said. Combined with a supercharger, the engine provides a dramatic boost in horsepower.
Low prices and word of mouth probably brought many young customers to Tybrid for an engine swap they could not otherwise afford, Poteet said.
"It's a hot little engine," he said. "Some of these engines are $10,000 in the crate."
The suspected thieves, Poteet said, worked like this: A team would scout parking lots at a mall or apartment building. When they found a car they wanted, they recorded the license plate, then used an online public information Web site, PublicData.com, to find the owner's address. The team then staked out the residence and stole the car by hot-wiring it, using a factory key or towing it away.
Once the car came back to the shop, it was dismantled. Some parts were installed in other vehicles, and others were sold on eBay, Poteet said.
EBay spokesman Hani Durzy said the site forbids the sale of stolen property but it cannot be sure of the origin of anything sold on the site. EBay staff will remove listings for goods believed to be stolen, but only after they see a police report, he said.
Along with the stolen cars and parts, police found forged registrations and metal plates with vehicle identification numbers that matched those of cars that had been reported stolen. In the Cedar Park home, police found acetone, which can be used to remove labels from car parts.
On Thursday, police towed more than a dozen vehicles from the shop. Inside, tall metal shelves stood stacked with hundreds of engines and assorted parts. A faded red car on the floor was gutted. A Honda Civic hatchback had been outfitted with new hot-rod engine.
A rock-bottom deal on an engine swap is what brought Jose Torres into the shop two months ago. Torres, 18, came in Thursday to check on his Acura Integra and found the shop sealed off with yellow crime-scene tape.
Torres paid less than $1,000 for the swap but said he did not know that the parts might be stolen. He said he wanted a powerful engine for street racing, an illegal activity whose perpetrators often evade police.
"Everyone gets caught, we just gotta run," he said. "Take some shortcuts."
Ricardo B. Brazziell/AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Austin police Detective Robert Andrew looks over shelves of suspected stolen car parts at Tybrid Performance. Police raided the business late Wednesday in what they called the largest bust of an auto-theft ring in Central Texas in two decades.
Ricardo B. Brazziell/AMERICAN-STATESMAN
The auto shop specialized in converting small cars into racing machines by dropping in supercharged engines that were stolen from other vehicles, police said. Authorities took more than a dozen vehicles from the shop in northern Travis County.
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From Austin-American Statesman
Police break up auto theft ring
Business found with hundreds of thousands in stolen property.
Advertisement
By Melissa Ludwig, AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF, Friday, December 10, 2004
About noon Thursday, the phone rang inside the cluttered office of Tybrid Performance, an auto shop in northern Travis County.
Round Rock police officer Eric Poteet picked up the receiver.
"Tybrid Performance has gone out of business as of today," he said. "It's a crime scene now."
Round Rock police and Travis County sheriff's deputies raided the auto shop Wednesday night, officials said, and found hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stolen car parts and other items. Police made two arrests in connection with what they called the largest bust of an auto-theft ring in Central Texas in two decades.
"This is the Holy Grail of car-theft rings in Central Texas," Poteet said.
The bust also provides a glimpse into the underground world of "tuners," vehicle enthusiasts who upgrade small cars to superpowered machines using engines from late model, high-performance foreign cars, such as Hondas and Acuras, to be used in street racing.
Early Thursday, Cedar Park police arrested two men at a home on Ruthie Run after investigators told them of a stolen car connected to the auto shop, said Cedar Park police Capt. Jeff Hayes. Police arrested Justin Fletcher, 22, at gunpoint after he met officers at the door with a gun, Hayes said. He said the second man, Allen Solomon, 24, had several arrest warrants for traffic violations.
At the home, police found a cache of weapons, computer equipment, small amounts of methamphetamine and marijuana and stolen property, including a silver 2004 Honda, Hayes said. Fletcher has been charged with possession of stolen property, he said. Police, who are still investigating the auto ring, think they'll file additional charges against both men.
Police have not arrested the shop's owner, Tyrone Baker. He could not be reached for comment Thursday.
Investigators must catalog a "mountain of evidence" and link stolen parts to their owners before they issue arrest warrants, Poteet said. He said that more than a dozen people eventually could be arrested and face first-degree felony charges of engaging in organized crime. The penalty for a first-degree felony ranges from five years to life in prison. Poteet added that suspects from other cities may be involved.
Police will not know how many cars had been stolen until that investigation is complete, which could take weeks, he said.
Police said Tybrid Performance, which has been in business for about three years, catered to an underground community of racers glorified in Hollywood movies such as "The Fast and the Furious" and "Gone in 60 Seconds."
Tuners swap the engines of a small car, such as a Honda Civic, with a VTEC engine from a late-model car, such as an Acura Integra, he said. Combined with a supercharger, the engine provides a dramatic boost in horsepower.
Low prices and word of mouth probably brought many young customers to Tybrid for an engine swap they could not otherwise afford, Poteet said.
"It's a hot little engine," he said. "Some of these engines are $10,000 in the crate."
The suspected thieves, Poteet said, worked like this: A team would scout parking lots at a mall or apartment building. When they found a car they wanted, they recorded the license plate, then used an online public information Web site, PublicData.com, to find the owner's address. The team then staked out the residence and stole the car by hot-wiring it, using a factory key or towing it away.
Once the car came back to the shop, it was dismantled. Some parts were installed in other vehicles, and others were sold on eBay, Poteet said.
EBay spokesman Hani Durzy said the site forbids the sale of stolen property but it cannot be sure of the origin of anything sold on the site. EBay staff will remove listings for goods believed to be stolen, but only after they see a police report, he said.
Along with the stolen cars and parts, police found forged registrations and metal plates with vehicle identification numbers that matched those of cars that had been reported stolen. In the Cedar Park home, police found acetone, which can be used to remove labels from car parts.
On Thursday, police towed more than a dozen vehicles from the shop. Inside, tall metal shelves stood stacked with hundreds of engines and assorted parts. A faded red car on the floor was gutted. A Honda Civic hatchback had been outfitted with new hot-rod engine.
A rock-bottom deal on an engine swap is what brought Jose Torres into the shop two months ago. Torres, 18, came in Thursday to check on his Acura Integra and found the shop sealed off with yellow crime-scene tape.
Torres paid less than $1,000 for the swap but said he did not know that the parts might be stolen. He said he wanted a powerful engine for street racing, an illegal activity whose perpetrators often evade police.
"Everyone gets caught, we just gotta run," he said. "Take some shortcuts."
Ricardo B. Brazziell/AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Austin police Detective Robert Andrew looks over shelves of suspected stolen car parts at Tybrid Performance. Police raided the business late Wednesday in what they called the largest bust of an auto-theft ring in Central Texas in two decades.
Ricardo B. Brazziell/AMERICAN-STATESMAN
The auto shop specialized in converting small cars into racing machines by dropping in supercharged engines that were stolen from other vehicles, police said. Authorities took more than a dozen vehicles from the shop in northern Travis County.
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