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Originally Posted by LakeCleElum

This thread is 17 years old and Wayne Krieger is still making the news:


https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/12/04/porsche-theft-suspect-arrested-on-docked-cruise-ship-three-illegal-bay-area-chop-shops-busted/?utm_campaign=true_anthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Wow, this is in NorCal !

PETALUMA (CBS SF) — A Marin County resident, wanted in connection for allegedly stealing classic Porsches in the Petaluma area, was taken into custody on a cruise ship docked in San Francisco, an arrest that has led to the discovery of illegal chop shops in Sonoma County and San Francisco.

Petaluma police said investigators received a tip that 71-year-old Novato resident Wayne R. Krieger was the cruise ship as it was docked on Nov. 27. He had been wanted since 2019 in connection with theft charges of three classic Porsche sedans.

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Aided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, a Petaluma police detective boarded the ship, located Krieger and placed him under arrest.

No information has been released as to the name of the ship or its destination.

Investigators were able to gather enough information from Krieger to seek search warrants for locations in Santa Rosa and Novato.

Assisted by the Sonoma County Auto Theft Task Force, search warrants were obtained and executed on November 27th and 30th.

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One of the stolen Porsches was discovered at a location in Santa Rosa and one in Novato. In both locations, there was evidence of other possible stolen vehicles, vehicle parts, fraudulent registration paperwork, and materials to counterfeit vehicle identification numbers.

Both locations appeared to be operating as illegal chop shops where suspects engage in disassembling motor vehicles and alter identification numbers to possibly sell the vehicles as part of interstate or foreign commerce.