As the economy continues to kick everyone in sight right square in the jeans, folks are setting SUVs ablaze in the desert, parking their cars in the paths of oncoming hurricanes, and — closer to home — burying BMWs in the Texas fields.
“We see people doing this kind of crime who ordinarily wouldn’t steal candy from a store,” said Tom Reilly, a sheriff’s investigator in Dallas County, Texas.
Reilly also says that these kinds of sketchy-sounding thefts are up as much as 12 percent in Dallas County this year. If you’re thinking about doing it yourself, give me a call. I’ve never actually done it, but for a two-year stretch when my car was giving me trouble (unbeknownst to me, squirrels had made a nest inside and chewed up most of the wiring — seriously) I imagined every possible scenario. I am an expert.
