PARKLAND, FLA. (WSVN) - Deputies are searching for two thieves who were caught on camera stealing an expensive off-road vehicle from a Parkland family’s driveway.
Tom Hanina said his Polaris XP4 was locked up in his driveway, but that didn’t stop two men from stealing it from right in front of his home, Saturday morning.
Hanina said he and his family were fast asleep, but he was later able to see the theft on surveillance video.
“I watched them drive it right away at 4:30 this morning,” said Hanina.
The homeowner said the thieves cut the lock and left it on the pavement.
“When I saw this thing on the floor, I honestly didn’t believe it,” Hanina said. “I stood there and stared at it, and then I walked inside and told my wife, ‘We have a problem.'”
Hanina said one of the perpetrators may have seen one too many action movies.
“Watch this stupid little roll he does,” he said.
The footage shows the subject rolling on the ground in what can be described as a meaningless, “Mission: Impossible”-style maneuver. He is then seen standing back up as if he didn’t just take a clumsy tumble.
“He’s literally rolling down the hill,” said Hanina.
After the duo cut the locks and put the Polaris in neutral, video shows them strapping it to a vehicle and towing it away.
Hanina said he left the off-road vehicle outside of his house because the family was planning to go to the Devil’s Garden Mud Club event this weekend.
“We were ready to leave with the whole family for a big trip tomorrow, but that’s obviously not going to happen,” he said.
Hanina said he thought his locks and security camera were enough to keep the vehicle safe overnight.
“They were looking at [the camera] and they knew it was there,” he said. “So these guys didn’t really care that it was there.”
To make matters worse, he said his family recently moved to Parkland in part because the city is known as being safe.
Now Hanina is left wondering how this theft could have happened here, right in front of his home — steps away from where his children were sleeping.
“We moved here about six months ago, and the whole purpose of moving to this neighborhood was because of how safe it is,” he said.
Hanina said his Polaris is one of the only street legal ones in South Florida, meaning it either has tags or a license plate.
If you have any information on this theft, call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $3,000 reward.
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