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But he would not necessarily know that the car thief might also have a stolen gun.
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Mr Curtis, he said, was a "skilled and experienced car thief who seldom gets caught".
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Issa's brother, on the other hand, is a convicted car thief.
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For example, under the old NCIC, if someone stole a car and a gun as part of the same crime and if a law enforcement officer later stopped the car thief on the highway, the officer could use the system to find out easily that the car had been stolen.
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In theory, hackers could then sell the car to a thief, giving them its location and unlocking it remotely.
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The thief opened the car doors when they were stationary or moving slowly, usually with the driver still inside.
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The thief drove off in the car and the car-owner was dragged down the road, before falling under its wheels.
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That could allow the thief enough time to strip the car in an underground garage.
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The wife of a man seriously injured as he tried to stop his car being stolen has said she hopes the thief is never allowed to "destroy another life".
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There is even a way to communicate with the unsuspecting thief using a mobile which goes through a loudspeaker into the car.
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Some noise on the pavement very near, a thief with a paring knife or the stammer of casual rounds from a passing car.
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