Five vehicles were stolen early Sunday morning from an Alameda County parking garage in downtown Oakland after thieves forced their way through a gate (abc7news.com). Among them was a fully equipped 2025 Ford Explorer-based police SUV complete with a light bar, push bar, sirens, and radio equipment — the kind of vehicle that should be nearly impossible to steal (ktvu.com).

Investigators used automated license plate reader cameras to locate four of the five vehicles within a mile and a half of the garage, and the final unmarked 2025 Ford Explorer was tracked down later Sunday afternoon, leading to the arrest of its driver (cbsnews.com). All five vehicles were ultimately recovered by Sunday evening, but the brazen theft left Oakland residents questioning how safe anyone's car can be when even law enforcement vehicles are getting stolen in groups (abc7news.com).

Two North Carolina men — Andre David Horace Jumpp and Prince Leon Raymond Betts — were arrested on June 4 after a multi-agency investigation dismantled a truck theft ring that stretched across both Carolinas (cbs17.com). The suspects allegedly stole semi trucks and trailers, swapped out VINs and plates, then rented them to individuals and businesses who had no idea they were driving stolen property, racking up more than $630,000 in stolen vehicles (wkml.com).

Raids on properties in Cumberland and Hoke counties recovered six semi trucks, three trailers, and two cars, but investigators believe additional stolen vehicles are still out there (cbs17.com). NCSBI Director Chip Hawley credited the bust to coordinated local, state, and federal partnerships, and the agency is now urging anyone who rented trucks from the suspects to contact their tip line to help track down more missing property (wkml.com).

On the night of May 30, a Larimer County deputy clocked a dark sedan doing 130 mph on northbound Interstate 25 near Carpenter Road — nearly double the posted limit (kdvr.com). When deputies caught up, they found the car loaded with law-enforcement countermeasures: radar detectors and jammers, a license-plate concealment device, and a passenger binocular system for spotting police. Amphetamines were also recovered from the vehicle (denverpost.com). Both the driver and passenger were arrested.

The Larimer County Sheriff's Office says the setup is a hallmark of illegal cannonball runs — underground coast-to-coast speed contests where participants try to cross the country in record time. Authorities pointed out that at 130 mph, a vehicle covers roughly the length of a football field before the driver can even begin to react to an obstacle (cbsnews.com).

Jason Momoa has teamed up with British EV specialist Electrogenic to convert two classic Land Rovers and three vintage Harley-Davidsons to electric or hybrid power, all documented in the second season of his HBO Max docuseries On the Roam (robbreport.com). The Land Rovers — a historic 1949 Series I 80-inch and an exceptionally rare 1961 Series IIA 109 Dormobile (one of roughly 150 ever made) — received full electric conversions with 48 kWh and 62 kWh battery packs respectively. The motorcycles took a different route: the 1924 and 1927 Harley-Davidson Model JDs became plug-in hybrids that keep their original 74-cubic-inch V-twin engines alongside an integrated electric drive, while a 1921 Model FD went fully electric after its original engine was deemed beyond repair (visordown.com).

Electrogenic stressed that every conversion is completely reversible — no cutting, drilling, or welding was performed on any of the original vehicles (autoevolution.com). The company is now offering the hybrid motorcycle system as a production conversion kit for other vintage Harley owners, which could broaden the appeal — or the controversy — well beyond Momoa's garage.