APD: Car thief steps into baited trap

From KRQE-TV.com - ALBUQUERQUE - Police detectives say they busted an Albuquerque teen who stole what turned out to be a bait car planted by the Albuquerque Police Department early Saturday morning. Angelo Godla, 18 was arrested on one count of auto theft after being accused of lifting the bait car in the southeast part of the city. “As soon as he gets out of the neighborhood he thinks he’s in the clear, pulls over twice to rummage through the vehicle, try and go through the trunk,” Lt. Scott Lopez with the APD Property Crimes Unit said. He drove around in the car for about seven minutes before being pulled over, He gave up easily, police said. It is no accident that car was lying in wait where it was. “We look at past history for auto thefts, and based on that we can project with about 99 percent accuracy where a car is going to be stolen," Lopez said. "We put our fleet of bait cars there, and this is a prime example that it works." Read more

APD: Car thief steps into baited trap