{"id":2490,"date":"2026-07-11T08:34:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2490"},"modified":"2026-07-11T08:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:34:33","slug":"community-tip-police-help-used-car-lot-reclaim-5-of-6-stolen-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2490","title":{"rendered":"Community tip, police help used car lot reclaim 5 of 6 stolen vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; A used car dealership in Mapunapuna has recovered five of six vehicles stolen in a break-in earlier this week, with help from police and a community tip.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2488\">DHHL to offer first East Hawaii Island residential leases in more than two decades<\/a><\/p>\n<p>General manager Tianqi Li said he arrived Monday morning at City Auto Sales on Ahua Street to find a busted gate lock, a smashed front office door, a broken safe, stolen security camera hard drives and six cars missing \u2014 along with their keys and titles.<\/p>\n<p>Li immediately called police, then the news.<\/p>\n<h2>Five cars recovered<\/h2>\n<p>The following day, police recovered four of the vehicles in Pearl City, Li said. He said the cars were found in what he described as perfect condition, with the keys still inside.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A citizen then called the dealership with a tip about a fifth car \u2014 a Toyota Tacoma \u2014 located on Fort Weaver Road in Ewa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone called us, so Christy the boss just went there,\u201d Li said. \u201cI also called the police and the police said don\u2019t even go close to there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Li said investigators asked the dealership to wait, as they were watching the vehicle in hopes the thieves would return. When no one showed up, the dealership retrieved the Tacoma using a spare key. The stolen keys and titles were found inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2486\">Hawaii prep star Alika Ahu among top local MLB draft prospects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feel like a relief. It feel like day and night, the difference,\u201d Li said.<\/p>\n<h2>Inside job theory reconsidered<\/h2>\n<p>The dealership had previously speculated the break-in may have been carried out by a former employee. Li said he is no longer certain of that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really feel it\u2019s an inside job,\u201d Li said, \u201cbut probably the people who break in, they know a lot about dealership stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The one vehicle still missing is a grey 2019 Chevy Colorado. Li said the car is covered by insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or CrimeStoppers at 808-955-8300.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2484\">Man charged in Ala Moana Beach attempted murder investigation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A citizen then called the dealership with a tip about a fifth car \u2014 a Toyota Tacoma \u2014 located on Fort Weaver Road in Ewa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Community tip, police help used car lot reclaim 5 of 6 stolen vehicles - Hawaii Moving Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2490\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Community tip, police help used car lot reclaim 5 of 6 stolen vehicles - 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