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October 13, 2014

Portland family accused in vehicle theft scrap ring

  • Police say illegal tow truck drivers were paid in cash for delivering stolen vehicles to be crushed for scrap.

    • PORTLAND (AP) — The owner of an auto yard in Portland has been accused of heading up a family-run ring of illegal tow truck drivers who were paid in cash for delivering stolen vehicles to be crushed for scrap.

    Thirty-four people have been indicted in an investigation that began more than a year ago as police put surveillance cameras outside two auto yards in north Portland's industrial district and identified 110 stolen vehicles, The Oregonian (http://bit.ly/1wbfEqp) reported.


     
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