Lovestruck Car Thief Steals 26 Camrys and Sentras, Just So He Can See Girlfriend

Only problem? The 26 cars Moreno jumped into all belonged to other people, according to authorities who arrested the 31-year-old. They said he was behind the wheel of a 1987 Toyota Camry when they caught him.

Since January, police said, Moreno had been stealing Toyota Camrys and Nissan Sentras by using a simple device that starts Japanese cars of a certain age. Acting on a tip-off, members of a regional car-theft task force took him into custody.

Some cars were stolen in Inglewood, California, and abandoned in Santa Barbara, police said, while others were taken from Santa Barbara.

He was “stealing vehicles as transportation to pursue their relationship”, according to a statement from Paul McCaffrey, a Santa Barbara police department spokesperson.

He didn’t have a driver’s license or car of his own, police said.

Moreno was jailed in Los Angeles for investigation of car theft and was to be transferred to Santa Barbara to face charges, police said.

His girlfriend, who was not arrested, told authorities she had been trying to dump him.

JOKESTARTERS:

• When his girlfriend decided to break up with him, she simply car-jacked a dumptruck. Get it? Dumptruck?
• She stole his heart, and in return, all he can do is steal crappy Camrys and Sentras? C’mon dude, at least you could’ve jacked a Hyundai…

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