Police: Teen faked BMW theft to buy Bentley

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/21/crime.bentley.reut/index.html

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.

[DustMolecule]

1. Wow! Makes you wonder what a kid with this much "ambition"

(and money behind him) might be doing 10/20 years from now, doesn't it???

<Must....not....type....what....I'm....thinking........>

[BattyDem]

2. Spoiled little shit!

At least we now know who the 2024 GOP presidential candidate will be! :P

[DustMolecule]

4. Mind Reader!

[Historic NY]

3. Something terribly wrong when you give a 17yr old an expensive car

in HS. He wanted a Bentley? Give me a break, these parents must be brain dead. Obviously his math skills are lacking too, that crappy BMW wasn't worth enough unless he had another 113k laying around.

[DS1]

7. Dude, the 2002 M3 kicks some serious ass!

It got just about a perfect rating across the board in all the review mags.

I'll take 333 hp out of a normally aspirated V6 please!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

5. He'll be a GOP Congressman in 25 years n/t

[CJCRANE]

6. I'd be happy to upgrade to a BMW M3!

n/t

[Huckebein the Raven]

8. I would be happy to take the M3 off the little shit's hands