Do Armed Robbers usually get away with it?

[FourTenJaeger]

Yup, its the minority of the population that ruins (or tries to ruin) the lives of those around them. Processing depends on the agency and what exactly type of stolen car it is (or if it was possibly used in some other crime as many stolens are). A carjacked vehicle in which the victim was pistol whipped will be processed different than a Saturn which was stolen/dumped in perfect shape with no other suspect information. It's also amazing how many auto thefts are related to drugs, specifically meth. Sold for money for dope, traded for dope, loaned for dope, stolen to do a driveby over money owed for dope, stolen to rob someone for dope, stolen to rob someone's dope, chopped up and sold for dope, etc.

Most of the stolen vehicles I come across are relatively okay, save for the occasional mangled ignition or broken window. Almost always pre 2003 cars. Mostly the common ones.

Toyota camrys, pickups, sentras, imports.

Almost always dope related, although someone stole a ford from 2 blocks away and left it in my lot, I was told it was someone who 'probably needed a ride' and it wasn't worth investigating, they just gave the car back.

[CBR_rider]

Almost always pre 2003 cars. Mostly the common ones.

Toyota camrys, pickups, sentras, imports.

I'm curious to see what new tricks bad guys will have for taking cars in the years ahead as the number of (currently) commonly stolen vehicles on the road plummets.

[bubbapug1]

A cop buddy of mine once told me the truly smart criminals don't get caught. He said they were few and far between. I asked what he based that on and he said he met plenty of bad guys that he knew were doing crimes just couldn't prove it. Or at least get it taken to trial.

Are you talking about politicians? Very rarely one is given up as an example...

[CBR_rider]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/13/serial-bank-robber-suspected-in-30-heists-nabbed-in-seattle/?intcmp=obinsite

This seems to be the way alot of bank robberies/commercial robbery series go... Eventually, the good guys catch the bad ones. It's fairly easy to do a single robbery, but to do a series and not get caught; that's pretty difficult.