{"id":65921,"date":"2023-11-07T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kent-police-recover-8-stolen-vehicles-in-vacant-field-behind-lowes\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T20:45:00","slug":"kent-police-recover-8-stolen-vehicles-in-vacant-field-behind-lowes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kent-police-recover-8-stolen-vehicles-in-vacant-field-behind-lowes\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent Police recover 8 stolen vehicles in vacant field behind Lowe&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kent Police recovered eight stolen vehicles from a muddy, vacant field <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/sqHLyiEerSsSoPQJ7\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"map\" rel=\"noopener\">behind the Lowe&rsquo;s Home Improvement store in the 3100 block of South 240th Street<\/a> on the West Hill.<\/p>\n<p>A 911 call on Monday, Nov. 6 reported a stolen vehicle in a field behind Lowe&rsquo;s, just west of Interstate 5 and east of Pacific Highway South.<\/p>\n<p>Officers arrived and discovered numerous unoccupied stolen vehicles, according to a Nov. 7 Kent Police statement. Officers set up stop sticks and perimeter units to dissuade anyone watching from trying to jump in a car to flee.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They then went to work figuring out how to extract them from the muddy field, gather evidence and get them back to their owners,&rdquo; according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Eight vehicles were found, including one hidden under a tarp. All of the stolen vehicles were taken from cities and counties in Western Washington, according to police. The owners have been contacted.<\/p>\n<p>A list of the vehicles recovered:<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; 2000 Dodge Ram 2500, stolen in Renton<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; 2008 BMW 328, reported stolen to Washington State Patrol, registered in Renton<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; 1998 Dodge Ram 2500, stolen in King County<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; U-Haul car hauler trailer, stolen in Federal Way<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe, stolen in Federal Way<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; 2002 Ford F-350, stolen in Snohomish County<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; 2006 Ford Econline van, stolen in Kirkland<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; 2002 Ford F-250, stolen in King County<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips to prevent vehicle theft<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kent Police offered several tips to help keep vehicles from being stolen:<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Do not leave valuables, garage door opener or other items in your car<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Install a car alarm <\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Park in well-lit occupied areas<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Hide an Air tag type device inside<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Use a club steering wheel device<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; If you see someone lurking near parked cars, call 911<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vehicles stolen in Renton, Federal Way, Kirkland and other areas <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":65922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-65921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65921"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=65921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}