Over the weekend, a pair of high-octane luxury Hellcats, valued over a cool $150,000 jointly, vanished into the night from a New Hampshire dealership, only to reappear in Boston, as reported by NBC Boston. The stolen duo—a roaring 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody and its counterpart, a fierce 2021 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat—originally commandeered from Foss Motors in Exeter, were discovered in disparate parking garages deep in Beantown.
Exeter's early risers at Foss Motors, located at 133 Portsmouth Ave.,, kicked off their day with unsettling news around 7:30 a.m. Saturday, citing surveillance gems that pinpointed a newer model Jeep Grand Cherokee. It seemed a staging ground for two prowlers closing in on their automotive prey, three Dodge SRT Hellcats. It's believed by Exeter police, as detailed by CBS Boston, that the bandits employed some manner of electronic wizardry to bypass the need for keys and spirited away the vehicles into the dark.
Diligence led the Exeter sleuth squad to learn that their Boston counterparts responded to unruly ruckus at the Hilton Boston Back Bay hotel hauntingly near 3:17 a.m. Saturday. An alarmed employee sounded off about a Dodge Challenger blasting through a gate. Hotel guardians witnessed three shadowy figures, sable-clad, invading the parking lot premises adjacent to the hostelry. "One of the men approached staff and told them he had delivered food to the hotel and wasn't going to pay the fee to get out of the garage," the report said. Upon refusal to waive the escape toll, insolence took the wheel, as the gate was forcefully breached, propelling the Hellcat and its nefarious navigators into the Boston cityscape.
Destiny for the stolen horsepower, however, was quirk of fate—separation. The Dodge Challenger wound up in the Hynes Auditorium parking garage, while it's kin, the Dodge Charger played hide and seek in a Sheraton hotel parking structure, donning a stolen Massachusetts commercial license plate. Despite the recovery of both vehicles, architects of the automotive abduction remain phantoms in the eyes of justice. To aid in closing the dragnet, those privy to enlightening details on these speed demons' caper are urged to contact Exeter police at 603-772-1212 or secretively whisper to Seacoast Crime Stoppers at 603-431-1199, or online at seacoastcrimestoppers.com.
