Flier for illegal odometer service leads to arrests
According to reports, the Auto Theft Unit learned that fliers were being placed on vehicles at an auction that advertised odometer services. The flier read, “Odometer services, digital or analog, we adjust, correct or replace, any odometer to any miles, we come to you.”The flier included two phone numbers that deputies discovered belonged to Douglas Craig and his son Austin Craig.
In April, an undercover officer called one of the phone numbers and spoke with Douglas. The deputy arranged to meet with Douglas to roll back the odometer of a car with 100,000 miles, according to reports.
Douglas told the deputy it would cost $125 for the service, reports said.
In mid April, the undercover deputy made contact with Douglas again. He agreed to meet in the Walmart parking lot later that day, reports said.
Douglas and Austin arrived to Walmart driving a silver 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier.
When the deputy asked Douglas about how easy it was to change the odometer readings, Douglas offered to show how easy it was by changing the mileage on his Cavalier, reports said.
Austin plugged a device into a service port of the Cavalier and changed the odometer from 5,000 miles to 60,031 miles, reports said.
When Douglas and Austin walked to the Cobalt with the device, they were arrested and charged with two counts of tampering with an odometer.
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/17525330/2012/04/18/men-arrested-for-tampering-with-odometers