A man who is no stranger to the Missoula Police Department was involved in a pursuit from authorities that ended when he drove a stolen car into the Clark Fork River.
51 year-old Curtis Gainer is in the Missoula County Jail after allegedly stealing a car and leading police on a high speed chase that eventually turned into a footrace and ended in his capture by K-9 officers.
It was 1970 when a thief stole Robert Russell’s 1967 Austin Healey from in front of his Philadelphia home. Even as the decades came and went, Russell never gave up hope of getting back his cherished vehicle.
Then, after a recent bout of insomnia, Russell took to eBay and started searching for the sports car.
New data from the Highway Loss Data Institute, which uses auto insurance claims to track the cars most likely to be stolen or broken into, says the most popular car with thieves is the Cadillac Escalade.
It’s the fourth year in a row the luxury SUV has topped the list, with about 10 of every 1,000 Escalades on the road falling victim to criminals. In a statement, Escalade maker GM said a number of