This year’s most wanted auto crime offenders in British Columbia have been announced.
Several of the mentioned names are wanted by various police departments, some of them by several agencies.
Most of the names are new from last year’s list, with the exception of Vincent Porteous and Mitchell Coubrough, who have yet to be arrested since their mention last year.
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says more than 56,000 vehicles were broken into last year, noting the issue of arrest and release of chronic offenders.
“What we’re trying to do is to ensure in our court system that we’ve got resources there so that we don’t see, for example, issues where people are walking free because there’s a lack of sheriffs or that there’s not the number of judges that there should be,” Farnworth said.
Last year, stolen auto claims cost ICBC $50 million, and $18 million in break-in claims.
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The most common items that get stolen from vehicles are smartphones, tablets, laptops, GPS devices.
This list coincides with B.C.’s Auto Crime Enforcement Month this April.
The goal to have the top 10 offenders behind bars by May 1.
-With files from Jordan Armstrong
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