Truck stolen in Mansfield

[JohnnyD]

From the updated news article:

Rescue crews extricated Rosa and three passengers from the vehicle and transported them to Rhode Island Hospital with traumatic injuries.

The crash sent a lot of debris, including beer cans, into one man's yard.

Now the beer cans is funny. I haven't talked to the family in a few months, but the dad was a manager at a liquor store.

[FishermanTim]

Reminds me of an episode of NCIS where Agent Dinoso (?) had his car stolen and ended up seeing it on the evening news in a police chase where it rear-ended a tractor-trailer and was totaled.
(The film footage was from an actual car chase that the driver survived after being ejected from the car.)

Imagine seeing YOUR vehicle in the news?

I had a co-worker whose station wagon (yeah, a real hot looking car!) stolen and used in a string of bank robberies from Malden into Arlington. She got it back, but only AFTER the FBI had gone over it with a fine-toothed comb.

[Raven]

the thieves had to get from Rhody to mansfield some how?

so....... others are involved it would seem.

[Raven]

why the charges are

taking a vehicle without consent

instead of grand theft auto...?

[FishermanTim]

Probably because they claimed that they "borrowed" the truck, or "it belongs to a friend of ours".
I'm sure once the police question the owner the charges will "probably" be changed to grand theft.

I say probably because in this state the law is whatever the judge decides to enforce that day, not what should be enforced.

[Raven]

veddy trickee judgee hai