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Hot Wheels: Three victims recount the day their cars were stolen

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• Hot Wheels: The juvenile grand theft auto epidemic in Pinellas County

  

  Between January 2015 and June 2016, police in Pinellas County arrested juveniles 742 times on charges of grand theft auto. Officers and deputies on the street call it an epidemic.

• Hot Wheels: Chasing 13 year-old car thief Tyron "T-Man" McKinnon

  

  St. Petersburg Police Department detectives chase prolific St. Petersburg juvenile car thieves, including Tyron “T-Man” McKinnon and Antwan Summers.

• Hot Wheels: Why juvenile auto thieves steal cars

  

  Luis Herring estimates he has stolen 30 cars. He’s in jail now, and talks about his recent carjacking charge. Rev. Kenneth F. Irby offers solutions to the problem.

• Hot Wheels: Isaiah Battle recounts how his life changed, and didn’t, after the death of his sister

  

  At 15, Isaiah Battle was the county’s No. 1 car thief. He had every reason to stop.