Durham car theft ring linked to months of break-ins, police chases
CAUTION TAPE WORKING TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT WHAT CAUSED THE
FIRE.
WELL, STILL IN CARS, GUNS TAKEN
AND CHASES WITH POLICE.
MULTIPLE AGENCIES ARE
INVESTIGATING A THEFT RING THAT
OPERATED FROM DURHAM TO APEX
TO PITTSBORO WITH A COMBINED
PROPERTY LOSS FOR THE VICTIMS
OF OVER 1 MILLION DOLLARS.
THE BUREAU'S MONICA CASEY SHOWS
US THE ARRESTS MADE SO FAR AND
WHAT'S IN THE WAR? THOUGHTS?
>> THESE FROM OCTOBER OF LAST
YEAR THROUGH AUGUST OF THIS
YEAR, A GROUP OF SUSPECTS FROM
DURHAM HAVE BROKEN INTO CARS,
STOLEN THEM AND LED POLICE ON
CHASE IS ALL OVER THE TRIANGLE.
>> THESE WARRANTS SAY THE TOTAL
PROPERTY LOSS DUE TO THEFT IS
OVER 1 MILLION DOLLARS. THE
WARRANTS SAY THIS THEFT RING
IS USING KEY FOB REPROGRAMMING
DEVICES TO STEAL CARS.
>> IN ONE CASE, SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO SHOWS SUSPECTS BREAKING A
SUNROOF TO GET INTO ALEXIS IN
JUNE AND AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.
DURHAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES HAVE TRIED TO STOP
THOSE STOLEN CARS AND DRIVERS
HAVE LED THEM ON. CHASE IS IN
SOME OF THESE CASES STOLEN GUNS
ARE ALSO RECOVERED, INCLUDING
ONE THAT CAME FROM ROLESVILLE
AND ANOTHER FROM CLAYTON
DURHAM. POLICE SAY IN THEIR
WAR AND THEY HAVE LINKED ONE
MAN, 19 YEAR-OLD JIMMY COLD
BREATH TO MORE THAN 18
INCIDENTS. HE NOW FACES A
SERIES OF CHARGES IN WAKE
COUNTY AS WELL.
>> DURHAM POLICE SAY THE DATA
ON HIS PHONE SHOWED EVIDENCE
OF CONSPIRACY WRITING IN THE
WARRANT, QUOTE, MESSAGES
INDICATE COLD BREATH AND
ASSOCIATES WERE SELLING THE
VEHICLES AND OTHER STOLEN
PROPERTY TO MAKE MONEY. THIS
ARREST COMES AFTER TEENAGERS IN
RALEIGH FACED CONSEQUENCES FOR
MORE THAN
100 CAR BREAK-INS AND 8 STOLEN
VEHICLES BACK IN JULY. COLD
FRONT HAS MULTIPLE PENDING
CHARGES IN DURHAM AS WELL.
HIS NEXT COURT DATE IS SET FOR
EARLY OCTOBER REPORTING IN
DURHAM, MONICA CASEY, WRAL,
NEWS.
>> WRAL HAS COVERED THE RISE
IN CAR THEFTS SINCE THE
PANDEMIC AND THE WAYS THIEVES
ARE USING MORE SOPHISTICATED
TECHNOLOGY TO CLONE CERTAIN