Four teens caught attempting to steal rental cars at Salt Lake City Airport
May 20, 2023, 12:10 PM | Updated: 1:59 pm
Three men arrested at the Salt Lake International Airport in connection with a coordinated carjacking operation revealed a more modern approach to car theft. (Salt Lake City Police Department)
(Salt Lake City Police Department)
SALT LAKE CITY — A Nissan Altima owned by a rental car company at the Salt Lake City Airport was stolen by four teenagers under the age of 16.
A release from SLCPD says the investigation began at 12:19 a.m. on Saturday, May 20, when officers learned the car had been stolen.
Officers with the Salt Lake City Police Department’s Airport Division learned the four teens placed traffic cones on the tire shredders to exit the garage. However, the shredders worked as designed and stopped the vehicle from leaving.
The teens attempted to steal another vehicle but were spooked by a car driving by and began to run away and try to climb over a fence.
Officers safely stopped all four teenagers. Multiple rental car keys were found on a suspect.
Three out of the four suspects have been released, the other one has been booked into the Salt Lake Valley Juvenile Detention Center.
No additional information about the suspects will be released due to their ages.
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