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Thursday, August 19, 2021

Five Montreal teens arrested in east-end Lexus heist - Ottawa Citizen

An off-duty officer noticed a suspicious vehicle idling near a home with a Lexus SUV in the driveway late Tuesday.

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An alert off-duty police officer is being credited for the arrest of five teenagers suspected of an organized effort to steal a Lexus from the east end.

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Ottawa police reported that an off-duty officer was in the area of Navan Road and Orléans Boulevard on Tuesday at about 11:10 p.m. when he noticed a suspicious vehicle idling near a home with a Lexus SUV in the driveway.

Both canine and frontline officers responded. After a traffic stop of the suspicious vehicle, police arrested five young men and recovered key fobs, computers and electronic devices that could be used in vehicle thefts.

Three 18-year-olds, a 19-year-old and a minor (15), all from Montreal, were charged with theft of a motor vehicle, conspiracy to commit a crime and possession of items, including an automobile master key, that could be used in a theft.

Police have alerted the public that Toyota and Lexus vehicles are being targeted by organized thieves, who typically spirit the vehicles to Montreal for later shipment overseas. So far in 2021, almost 150 of these two makes have been stolen in Ottawa, usually right from residential driveways.

The auto theft unit has explained to this newspaper that thieves can break into these models and plug directly into the on-board diagnostic system, hacking it to respond to a master key. In rare cases, there is also a way to amplify and steal the signal from a key fob inside the home.

Police also said any Lexus/Toyota SUV owners noticing fresh damage to the driver-side door handles or seeing anyone taking photos of their dashboard vehicle identification numbers should report to the Ottawa Police Service at 613-236-1222 ext. 3566, or to Crime Stoppers at1-800-222-8477.

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