The hunt for a dynamic duo of Corvette crooks is on after the slick thieves swiped a stunning midnight blue 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 right out from under the noses at Mercedes-Benz of Calabasas. Officials are calling on the public to step up with any leads. The automotive bandits pulled off their gutsy grand theft auto in the wee hours of Nov. 12, shattering a glass panel to get into the dealership's delivery garage and igniting the sports car by mysterious means before careening through and possibly clipping the roll-up gate in their getaway, per KTLA.
Tales of their Burger King misadventure where the rogue riders ditched their heisted hot rod in LA surfaced, and the cast-off Corvette was discovered loitering without a cause in the 700 block of Cesar Chavez Avenue, marking a pit stop in this high-octane heist story. Cameras caught the sly suspects’ visages as they engineered their nighttime escapade, and now the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is flashing those images like beacons, beckoning citizens to bring forth any breakthrough, according to FOXLA,
The dealership positioned at a strategic 24182 Calabasas Road juncture, now nursing the scars of the crime, had equipped the 'Vette with a paper plate emblazoned with "Mercedes of Calabasas," making it recognizably regal in its fleeting freedom before abandonment embraced it within the concrete kingdom of Burger King's realm.
Authorities, weaving this web of intrigue, urge anyone who holds a thread of information to weave forth. Tipsters with an appetite for justice but a taste for anonymity can dial Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477, and those preferring the direct approach can ring up the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station at 818-878-1808, per FOXLA.
