Hertz Rental Car Scammer Runs Into the Wrong Cops

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This episode features commentary on body camera footage of a Hertz rental car theft attempt that goes wrong for the perpetrator. The scammer attempts to use a hacked account and stolen identity to rent a vehicle, but alert Hertz employees notice the fraud and coordinate with police at the exit gate. When confronted, the suspect flees through airport stairwells, only to run directly into more police officers. The commentary provides a mix of humor and social critique about the suspect's poor life choices and priorities. The hosts offer running commentary on the arrest, noting the suspect's concerns about his dental grills rather than the serious felony charges he faces, including identity theft, auto theft, and resisting arrest. They critique his life decisions and lack of legitimate employment, while using the incident as a cautionary tale. The episode ends with a promotion for their merchandise store and a giveaway contest for a Jeep Gladiator and cash prize.

Key takeaways

• 01Hertz employees successfully identified fraudulent account activity and coordinated with police to apprehend a car theft suspect at the exit gate
• 02The suspect's attempt to flee resulted in him running directly into additional police officers, leading to his arrest on multiple felony charges including identity theft and auto theft
• 03The commentary emphasizes how poor life decisions and lack of legitimate employment opportunities can lead to criminal behavior and serious legal consequences
• 04The suspect's misplaced priorities during arrest (worrying about his grills rather than felony charges) illustrated a disconnect from the severity of his situation

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So this scammer right here crossed a steal a Hertz rental car. Watch this. Can you give me a copy of that? His account was hacked and then what? Have him go over to the exit gate and let him know that if this man comes up, don't let him out. By the time we noticed that it was 3.30, Ben walked over to the exit gate to let them know. We have a radio, see if they can hear us. Right when we got there, the guy was at the gate. So we just called our code out, let the gate up and act like our system was down. What's going on? Man, that dude looks guilty as hell, right? Let's make racial profiling great again. We got a runner! Come here! Stop, police! Come here! Heading towards stairwell 8. Taking the stairwell. Stairwell 8. Heading towards Statham. South of the car rental. South of the car rental. I'm exhausted. Stop! Get on the car, now! You big dummy, how do you go from running away from the police officer to running into the police officer? I think he was hiding. And then they flushed him out. Get your hands out. Get your hands out. We don't want to touch this. We don't want to touch this. Everybody just sitting there listening to each other breathe now. 415, we're by the bus stop. 410, 410. Do you have anything on you we need to be concerned about? Guns, drugs, knives, anything like that? We got a squad on scene. Yeah, you are. That dude said, am I going to jail about this? Let's think about this. You're trying to steal a car. Identity theft. You're using somebody's driver's lic…

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