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Here’s one car thief with an eye for bright colors and beautiful muscle cars. A couple’s 2010 Furious Fuchsia Dodge Challenger R/T, 1 of the 1,000 items ever made, went missing over the weekend after it was stolen right from their driveway.
If this thief was hoping to avoid being conspicuous, he should pick a different car next time. This one is a special edition throwback to the “Panther Pink” Challengers of the 1970s, and it is made to stand out.
The Costaldos have recently moved to Mt. Julie, Tennessee, and were shocked to find out that thieves had no qualms about hitting the residential area where they live. They tell News Channel 5 Network that the carjacking probably occurred right after 1 in the morning on Saturday.
They don’t have surveillance cameras outside, but a neighbor’s camera caught the sound of a truck backing up their driveway. They believe that the thieves came with a tow truck, backed into their alley and took the car, and then drove away with it.
“I love the car because it's got that old-fashioned look and the color that drew me to the car. White interior, fuchsia with stripes outside. Beautiful,” Mr. Castaldo tells the media outlet. His wife is equally sad about the car, saying she wants it back. She also believes the thief is going to get what’s coming to him in the afterlife, so there’s that.
The day the interview aired, the car was spotted in Mt. Juliet outside a church and police were summoned. Cops engaged the Dodge and a black Subaru, which had also been reported stolen, in a chase. The driver of the Subaru, described by News 4 as a black teen with a hoodie, jumped out of the car while it was still moving and tried to flee in the woods. The car crashed.
The Dodge, however, escaped. Then, on Monday morning, a fisherman called in to say he had seen it abandoned at the Cleeces Ferry boat ramp on the Cumberland River. Police recovered the car, which has since been handed back to the Costaldos. The suspect is still out there.
The Costaldos have recently moved to Mt. Julie, Tennessee, and were shocked to find out that thieves had no qualms about hitting the residential area where they live. They tell News Channel 5 Network that the carjacking probably occurred right after 1 in the morning on Saturday.
They don’t have surveillance cameras outside, but a neighbor’s camera caught the sound of a truck backing up their driveway. They believe that the thieves came with a tow truck, backed into their alley and took the car, and then drove away with it.
“I love the car because it's got that old-fashioned look and the color that drew me to the car. White interior, fuchsia with stripes outside. Beautiful,” Mr. Castaldo tells the media outlet. His wife is equally sad about the car, saying she wants it back. She also believes the thief is going to get what’s coming to him in the afterlife, so there’s that.
The day the interview aired, the car was spotted in Mt. Juliet outside a church and police were summoned. Cops engaged the Dodge and a black Subaru, which had also been reported stolen, in a chase. The driver of the Subaru, described by News 4 as a black teen with a hoodie, jumped out of the car while it was still moving and tried to flee in the woods. The car crashed.
The Dodge, however, escaped. Then, on Monday morning, a fisherman called in to say he had seen it abandoned at the Cleeces Ferry boat ramp on the Cumberland River. Police recovered the car, which has since been handed back to the Costaldos. The suspect is still out there.
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