Police Say Man Stole 47 Cars and Built His Own Rental Empire
Story by Ed Foster • 16h
NewsChannel 9’s Allie Elkins reports Syracuse airport police are hunting Milton W. Thompson III, age 31, a former rental car employee accused of stealing 47 vehicles from the Syracuse Hancock International Airport – then renting them out himself.
Elkins says airport police believe the scheme ran for months, with the investigation ramping up in August.
She identifies the loss at more than $1 million in fleet value across the stolen cars.
Airport Police Chief Justin Baum told Elkins the suspect used “behind-the-scenes insider knowledge” to remove cars from the airport lots, move them around the city, and then work with others to rent the vehicles to people in the community.
Elkins adds that police saw no clear preference for car make or model, and they publicly urged Thompson to turn himself in at the airport police office.
How It Allegedly Worked, and Why It's so Unusual
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