Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-12-08 | Page 14 | Ninth Arrest Smashes Teen Car Theft Ring

Ninth Arrest Smashes Teen Car Theft Ring Solution of three recent car thefts in Salt Lake City and Ogden was announced Wednesday by Salt Lake police with the arrest of oC the ninth teen teen-ager involved in a crime ring operating between the two cities since October Breakup of or the youthful gang gang- of car thieves came with the filing of oC complaints against two year 18 old Salt Lake boys Neal Morris 18 18 C Cst st and Robert A. A Hanson Hanson Hanson Han Han- son 18 32 East charging them with grand larceny Five other Juveniles ranging in inage inage inage age from 1 14 to 16 are in the county county coun cOlin ty boys boys' detention home for questioning questioning questioning ques ques- in regard to car thefts and stripping of vehicles The eighth youth involved Dennis Birch 21 20 W W. South was booked in m city jail for Investigation of auto theft Latest arrest in the case was WIlS made at am a.m. Wednesday when police took into custody a year old boy after he drove up to his home in one of the three stolen cars Officers said questioning of the youths revealed that Hanson and Morris had first stolen a car owned o by Pat Pal Grill E South on Oct 21 24 About a n month later ater the pair stole a car owned by R R. G G. G Dean 1606 East from its parking place at South and Highland dr Borrowing the Grill machine from Morris and Hanson the 16 16 year-old year boy arrested Wednesday said he drove to Ogden on Dec 1 with one of the other youths and stole a car owned o by J. J L. L Simpson Simp Simp- son Ogden