Police: Teen faked BMW theft to buy Bentley

Thursday, April 21, 2005 Posted: 8:07 PM EDT (0007 GMT)

SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) -- A 17 year-old high school student faked the theft of his 2002 BMW M3 in order to collect insurance money to upgrade to a Bentley, police said on Thursday.

The teen, a student of Skyline High School in Sammamish, a suburb of Seattle, had reported the car stolen earlier this week, said Michael Chiu, a spokesman for the police in Bellevue, another suburb located between Seattle and Sammamish.

Police in another town found the $47,000 BMW being stripped and arrested four suspects, who connected the teen to the theft, leading to his arrest.

"That investigation led us to believe that he wanted to upgrade to a Bentley," Chiu said.

Bentleys, featured frequently in U.S. hip-hop videos, have a suggested retail price of $160,000 for the Continental GT coupe and $240,000 for the Arnage sedan.

The BMW was in the name of the teen's mother name but was used as his vehicle, Chiu said. The student was released to his mother, and prosecutors are considering charges.

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considering fucking charges? This kid needs so spend at the very fucking least a few months in the state penitentiary

They shouldn't crush a boy's dreams like that.

don't the seattle PD understand that a dude can't possibly pick up decent hoes in a dirty old M3?. Way to cramp his style assholes

this is fucking awful...that kid should be forced to live on ramen and pbj's, live in a roach infested rathole, and drive a Geo POS. let him do that for 3 months and see if he can gain some perspective.

He should have done like Seinfeld and parked in the bad part of town with the windows open and the keys in the ignition.

I think they ought to put him in the army.