Car thefts are on the rise in the region

Matt Knudsen started off the year without a car.

“The first week of January, it’s stolen. And it’s a bummer. But I get by,” says Knudsen.

But like most stolen cars in Seattle, his car was recovered.

“Everybody at work was like, ‘Dude, your car got stolen. It’s gonna be so much money. Don’t let them impound it’.”

But he was too late. The car he originally paid $1300 for was impounded. He then paid more than $300 to get it back.

A few months later, his car was stolen again. Again, it was recovered.

He says while it wasn’t impounded, it wasn’t driveable. It’s currently sitting in a

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