Confessions of a Car Thief

Introduction

You lock your car and activate the alarm system, but can that keep out the thieves who steal roughly 1 million vehicles in the U.S. each year?

Absolutely not.

That's what former car thief Gary Sousa (not his real name) told us in this story about his life of crime. We found Gary through a friend who works in a municipal drug court, where car thieves sometimes end up. In this four-part article, Gary shares all his secrets, including how he began stealing cars before he reached legal driving age, which types of cars are the easiest marks and ... Back to article