An Inkster man who admitted helping steer a Metro Detroit auto-theft crew that moved stolen luxury rides onto the black market has been hit with a stiff prison term: five to 20 years behind bars.
The sentence was handed down on Monday in Oakland County’s Sixth Circuit Court, capping a case that grew out of a sweeping, multi-agency crackdown that has already led to dozens of arrests across Southeast Michigan.
Amarion Jordan, 23, appeared before Judge David Cohen and received his sentence after pleading guilty in June to one count of conducting a criminal enterprise, according to the Tampa Free Press. He was originally charged in December 2025 with conducting a criminal enterprise and multiple counts of receiving and concealing stolen motor vehicles, the outlet reported.
Investigation and the FORCE Team
Jordan’s case is one piece of a larger probe led by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s FORCE Team, a unit launched in January 2023 to go after organized retail and auto-theft operations. According to the Michigan Attorney General's office, the Troy Police Department opened the investigation in August 2023 before teaming up with state and federal partners across dozens of jurisdictions. A detailed Hoodline report in May 2024 traced the initial stages of the operation.
“The FORCE Team, along with the Troy Police Department and law enforcement agencies across metro Detroit, has done tremendous work dismantling this prolific auto theft ring,” Nessel said in earlier public statements, as the investigation widened.
How the ring worked
Prosecutors have tied Jordan and other suspects to a run of thefts between 2023 and 2025 that hit private homes, parking lots, dealerships and new-vehicle storage yards. The suspected haul reads like a luxury-car brochure: a 2017 Bentley, a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee, a 2018 Dodge Challenger, a 2023 Cadillac Escalade, a 2023 GMC Yukon Denali and a 2024 Lincoln Navigator, according to the Tampa Free Press.
Legal implications
Jordan pleaded guilty to one count of conducting a criminal enterprise, an offense that prosecutors say can carry a maximum of 20 years in prison. They have cited aggregated theft counts, seized electronic key fobs and other evidence as proof of the “pattern of racketeering activity” required under state law, according to the Michigan Attorney General's office.
The Jordan prosecution is part of a broader wave of cases that has already sent more than a dozen people to prison and brought charges against dozens more, as investigators followed leads through Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties, CBS News Detroit has reported. Authorities say the auto-theft ring racked up millions of dollars in losses, and the FORCE Team is expected to keep running coordinated sweeps and prosecutions across the region.
Victims ranging from homeowners to large dealerships are left sorting out financial damage and the hassle of tracing vehicles that were stolen, altered or resold. Prosecutors say the stiff sentences are meant to choke off demand for stolen luxury cars and make it far tougher for similar networks to do business in Michigan.
