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Cops warn of license plate theft
Police say thieves are after the registration
Updated: Tuesday, 26 Oct 2010, 10:53 AM MDT
Published : Tuesday, 26 Oct 2010, 10:53 AM MDT
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Las Cruces police say 11 people have reported having their license plates stolen in the southern New Mexico city in the past two months.
But a Dona Ana County sheriff's investigator, Lindell Wright, says thieves aren't necessarily after the license plate.
Wright says most plates are stolen for the registration sticker.
He says peeling the adhesive sticker off without damaging it takes time, so thieves sometimes simply take the entire plate.
Wright says reports of stolen plates have dropped in recent years because better technology lets law enforcement officers more quickly check whether a license plate number and registration match a vehicle's identification number.
He also says once an owner reports a stolen plate, it appears in a nationwide crime database.
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Information from: Las Cruces Sun-News
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