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Speedy Texas car thief steals pickup truck with towing trailer carrying Polaris Buggy in 19 seconds
A daring thief in Texas briskly made off with around $200,000 worth of property from a public pay-to-park parking lot in under 20 seconds.
After a long day of leisure at the beach with his family, Adam Lewis said he was unable to park his Ford F-250 Limited with an 18-foot flatbed trailer carrying his 2021 Polaris NorthStar Edition in his apartment building’s parking garage due to its size, NBCDFW reported.
Lewis decided to reserve two spots at a pay-to-park public parking lot in downtown Dallas on Sept. 4 near where he was planning on taking the buggy in for maintenance the following day.
To the family man’s surprise, the two spaces were empty the next morning.
“There was no truck and no buggy,” Lewis told the outlet.
“I was like: Ok, I called my guy [who manages the parking lot] and was like, was this towed by accident?”
After contacting the lots manager of the lot, he was told the security guard on shift that night said a tow truck did come “into the lot.”
Reviewing the lot’s security, the manager watched the tow truck nab Lewis’s property in seconds.
“[The thief] backed up to my truck with my trailer and Polaris, and he was out,” Lewis shared.
The tow truck — possibly a blue Dodge single-cab pickup — pulled off the heist in 19 seconds, according to the outlet.
Lewis was given additional security footage from a nearby Bank of America that had a better view of the tow truck plates so he could “turn that information over to the police.”
Filing an insurance claim and reporting the theft to The Dallas Police Department, it was discovered that the truck’s TDLR number (Texas Department of Licensing and Registrations) “was fake.”
Law enforcement ended up finding the “shell” of Lewis’ truck last Friday.
His Ford was completely stripped and had “no bed, no seats, no steering wheel, no engine,” and there was no sign of his buggy.
The heartless crooks even made off with his three-year-old daughter’s car seat, toys, and puzzles.
Lewis says after watching the video of the heist, he’s impressed with the carjacker’s quickness.
“To take an F250, attached to an 18-foot trailer that has a 4-door buggy, thousands and thousands of pounds on it, that’s impressive,” he told the outlet.
The father asks if anyone has information on who pulled off the robbery to report it to law enforcement — but appears not to be harboring any harsh feelings toward the car thief.
“I would probably find a position for you in my industry for you to utilize these passionate skills that you have acquired. Let’s turn this around, let’s make our own money so you don’t have to steal.”
Though the stolen property is valued at around $200,000, Lewis understands it’s not the police’s top priority to find the brazen car thief.
“You feel just kind of pushed over in the mud, but at the end of the day, you have to get over it. It’s just stuff,” Lewis said.
ARLINGTON — North Crowley showed out on Saturday in its dazzling 50-21 victory over Austin Westlake in the 6A Division I state title game, winning the program’s second state championship and putting Fort Worth high school football on the map in front of 36,120 fans at AT&T Stadium.
Until North Crowley took the field at 7:30 p.m., there was a possibility the Dallas-Fort Worth area might boast only one state champion in 2024. Celina routed Kilgore 55-21 in the 4A Division I state championship to capture the program’s ninth state title and its first under coach Bill Elliott.
But North Texas teams came up short in the next three title games, the region’s worst showing at state since 2021, when South Oak Cliff became the first Dallas ISD school to win a recognized state championship since 1958, but Denton Guyer and Duncanville fell in the 6A state championship games.
Two-time state champion South Oak Cliff missed a last-second field goal, falling 38-35 to third-year program Richmond Randle in the 5A Division II state title game Friday night. It was SOC’s second straight loss in the state championship game.
“The future is still bright,” South Oak Cliff coach Jason Todd said. “We just gotta find out what’s going to get us over this hump.”
Smithson Valley, from the San Antonio area, topped Highland Park 32-20 as the six-time state champion faded in the second half of the 5A Division I state title game Saturday afternoon.
In the second game of the day, eight-time state champion Southlake Carroll extended its title drought to 13 years with a 24-17 loss to Austin Vandegrift in the 6A Division II game.
“It’ll happen one day. I’m excited about what the future holds,” said Carroll coach Riley Dodge, who fell to 0-2 in state title games as a coach.
The Dallas area claimed three football state champions in 2023 with Anna winning the 4A Division I state title and Duncanville and DeSoto sweeping the 6A Division I and II state championships, respectively. The southern Dallas County schools also swept the 6A state championships in 2022, when South Oak Cliff won its second straight 5A Division II state title.
But this year, the rest of Texas didn’t let the Dallas area, a high school football mecca, run the table. Teams from each of the state’s major metros — Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio —- won a title in each division of the UIL’s two highest classifications.
Even before this week’s state championship games, 2024 seemed to mark a changing of the guard. Neither Duncanville, DeSoto nor Houston-area power Galena Park North Shore made it to AT&T Stadium this year. Nor did 12-time UIL state champion Aledo, the juggernaut west of Fort Worth that had won the last two 5A Division I state championships.
But North Crowley did, after knocking off both DeSoto and Duncanville this season. North Texas might not have dominated the competition as it has in recent years, but for a third straight season, the king of 6A reigns in Dallas-Fort Worth.
“When you get to this point, there’s only one team that’s standing that’s hoisting the trophy. And fortunately for us, this year it’s us and we just happen to be from 817,” North Crowley coach Ray Gates said. “We’re elated to be able to bring that type of recognition back to our community, just to let people know that when you talk about this area, when you talk about Metroplex football, you can’t forget about us.”
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“That’s the fun part about playing at program like this. Being able to sit back and just understand the pride and tradition that comes with playing here.”
Texas football will be without star receiver Isaiah Bond on Saturday, who was shown in street clothes prior to the Longhorns’ first-round College Football Playoff game against Clemson.
No. 5 Texas (11-2) hosts No. 12 Clemson (10-3) in the third CFP game of 2024, with quarterback Quinn Ewers needing to rely on the Longhorns’ other receivers in their opening round. Bond is dealing with an ankle injury, and was shown on the sideline with a boot during pregame warmups Saturday.
Bond suffered the injury in Texas’ loss to Georgia in the SEC championship game, putting his status into question. Bond has 532 receiving yards with six touchdowns in 12 games this season.
The first-year transfer from Alabama was one of the most sought-after transfer portal recruits in the country last offseason, ranked as the No. 4 overall player and No. 1 receiver of the cycle.
Here’s everything to know about Bond’s injury:
Isaiah Bond injury update
Bond will miss Texas’ game on Saturday against Clemson with an ankle injury, as he was shown in street clothes and with a boot on his ankle during pregame warmups.
The former five-star transfer portal recruit suffered a high-ankle sprain against Georgia in the SEC championship game on Dec. 7. Texas hopes to get back its top receiver in the next weeks of the CFP if it beats Clemson on Saturday.
What is Isaiah Bond’s injury?
Bond suffered a high-ankle sprain against Georgia in the SEC championship game.
Bond was shown with a boot on his foot ahead of Texas’ game against Clemson on Saturday.
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