A familiar and troubling social media challenge has police in one Valley city sounding the alarm. The TikTok challenge involves thieves targeting certain types of cars to steal. MORE ⬇️
MESA — A familiar and troubling social media challenge has police in one valley city sounding the alarm. The TikTok challenge involves thieves targeting certain types of cars to steal. Officers with the Mesa Police Department are reporting a big uptick.
"They are going around to play bumper cars with these stolen cars. They are going to neighborhoods to victimize other people. They are breaking into houses and breaking into other vehicles, “ said Mesa PD Sergeant Kevin Bailey.The challenge encourages thieves to target various makes and models of 2010-2021 Kias and Hyundais and shows how they can start those vehicles without a key.
"That's a significant number. That's a big increase, for us, and that is why reaching out to the public to help reduce those numbers,” said Sgt. Bailey.A few miles outside that area is where Elias lives and keeps his 2017 Kia.Thieves have never taken his car. But, to be safe, Elias took his car in as suggested by the automaker to make fixes as a result of the social media challenge.
The problem is getting so bad, attorneys general in nearly two dozen states urged the federal government to take action
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