KENT, Ohio — Kent police are investigating after a luxury car and a high-performance vehicle were stolen from a Mazda dealership.
Police surrounded the property along the Kent Auto Mile early Thursday morning.
Someone broke through the service garage, according to investigators on scene. Two vehicles were driven out through another door and off the property.
Our overnight News Tracker followed Kent police as they surrounded the business on West Main Street.
Kent police working to figure out what was taken overnight from the Mazda of Kent service department. Seems like at least one car was taken but they haven't been able to get into the surveillance video just yet. What ever it was it has damage. pic.twitter.com/VSL9wozv7e
— Mike Vielhaber (@MVielhaber) March 20, 2025
Officers worked to gather evidence and review surveillance footage.
A News 5 camera captured a bent, heavily damaged garage door as well as shattered glass all over the ground in the parking lot.
According to police, a 2020 purple Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat valued at $55,000 was stolen. A 2018 white Infiniti Q60 valued at $23,000 was also taken.
About 15 minutes after the thefts, Stow police said they attempted to stop the stolen cars which were spotted at a BP gas station, but the vehicles fled. The officer pursued the cars, but the chase was called off when it reached nearly 100 mph.
"When somebody is driving that fast and you have an officer trying to keep up, it creates danger to anybody and everybody that's on the roadway, and it creates significant danger to the people who are running and the police officers," said Kent Police Chief Nicholas Shearer.
Watch dash camera footage of the chase below:
This is hardly the first time thieves have targeted a dealership. In 2023, nearly a dozen people were indicted for a theft ring in which almost 100 vehicles were stolen from dealerships across Northeast Ohio.
