NEW YORK (AP) — Thieves stole 20 cars from a Queens dealership and will likely use the vehicles to commit other crimes, a top police official said Monday.
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The car thieves hit a Mitsubishi dealership at 156-02 Liberty Ave. in Jamaica over the weekend, broke open a lock box that held keys and drove off with late-model cars, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said.
While some stolen cars are sold overseas, Essig said investigators believe the cars stolen from the Mitsubishi lot will be used to carry out other crimes.
"Our feeling is just based on the way crime is going, people taking these cars, they will use these 20 cars in multiple robberies and burglaries throughout the city, switching plates on and off and on and off," Essig told reporters.
Employees did not realize the cars were gone until they came in Monday morning, the chief said. One of the stolen cars was recovered in Brooklyn, he said.
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