Auto thefts jumped 25% in the division in the two weeks before police arrested Kish and another man for unrelated thefts in a separate case, Young said. Those crimes dropped more than 50% in the two weeks after the arrests, he said. Detectives think there’s a connection to the swing but are still working to link Kish and the other man through DNA to the recovered vehicles.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 10, 2019 02:15 UTC