Police: 2 Ford Mustangs totaling practically $200k stolen from Upson County dealership

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta Information First) – Thomaston police are investigating after thieves allegedly stole two Ford Mustang vehicles totaling practically $200,000 from the Southern Ford of Thomaston dealership.

A Ford Mustang GT500 Heritage and a blue Ford Mustang GT500 had been each taken in a single day Friday.

“It’s actually a particular automobile, we’re one of many fortunate sellers which have it,” Common Supervisor Chip Richardson mentioned. “The Heritage was a numbered automobile; lower than a thousand of them had been constructed and every little thing was licensed on it.”

In line with Thomaston Police, the thieves broke into the showroom and took not solely the vehicles however the keys to a lot of the vehicles within the lot.

“I don’t assume this was somebody coming to do a joyride, they knew what they had been on the lookout for,” Chief Mike Richardson mentioned. “And I don’t assume these are going to be chopped up wherever, they’re heading someplace.”

The thieves disabled the safety cameras, in response to police.

For those who run the dealership, it’s extremely disappointing.

“We’re a small nation city and usually nothing occurs,” Chip Richardson mentioned.

Investigators are asking anybody with data to name Thomaston Police.

There’s a $1,000 reward for any data that results in an arrest.

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