Crazy!!!
1 person was arrested after a group ot theives stole 5 Mustangs from the Ford assembly plant in Flat Rock
The Flat Rock Police Department notified the Detroit Regional Communications Center of four to five stolen mustangs being taken from the Flat Rock assembly plant.
Woodhaven Police Officers observed suspects attempting to get gas in the vehicles; however, they fled upon seeing the officers. Woodhaven Police Officers did not pursue the mustangs. Troopers set up on N/B I-75 at Schaefer and observed the mustangs speed by them.
Troopers attempted to stop the Mustangs but they fled. Troopers singled out one of the 2022 Shelby GT500 until it ran out of gas on W/B I-96 near MLK. The suspect driver drove the Shelby up the grass embankment of I-96.
Trooper blocked the Shelby from rolling back onto the freeway with the front of his patrol car causing minor patrol car front end damage. The lone occupant (driver) of the Shelby was taken into custody without incident and lodged at the Detroit Detention Center.
Troopers were notified by a tow truck driver of a Orange Shelby GT500 abandoned on N/B I-75 near Livernois. The Orange Shelby was suspected to have run out of gas. A third Red Shelby GT500 was located abandoned by Detroit Police Officers on Warren near 30th street.
This Red Shelby was suspected to have run out of gas. The three stolen Shelby GT500 vehicles were towed and preserved for evidence.
This is the second time this month something like this happened.
On 06/04/2022 at approximately 12:19AM, officers from the Flat Rock Police Department were dispatched to the Flat Rock Ford Assembly Plant near Gibraltar Rd. and I-75 referencing the theft of multiple Ford Mustangs. Upon arrival, officers learned an unknown number of suspects stole five 2021 Ford Mustangs from Ford property by driving through a gate and leaving the area prior to officer’s arrival.
