WESTBOROUGH – The Westborough Police Department was among several agencies who assisted in the breakup of a motor vehicle theft ring based in Brockton.
According to the Westborough Police Department, multiple vehicles had been stolen from Westborough businesses over the past year. The theft ring targeted vehicles that were mainly high-end at dealerships, using Autel devices to create a key fob before breaking into the cars and programming new keys.
Lt. Clifford Luce said three Q50 SUV vehicles were stolen from Herb Chambers Infiniti on Feb. 12. On March 22, a Q50 was stolen and another was damaged, but not taken from Herb Chambers, and a Mercedes-Benz station wagon was stolen from Autobahn on Nov. 11.
“These thefts were part of the larger task force that arrested the individuals this past week,” Luce said.
WPD detectives worked in conjunction with state, federal and Brockton Police Department detectives to investigate these thefts. On Friday, Dec. 13, Westborough PD detectives assisted in serving warrants.
In addition to making more than a dozen arrests, authorities seized firearms, Autel devices, key fobs and at least one stolen license plate.
