Des Plaines luxury car dealership burglarized again, millions of dollars in inventory stolen

DES PLAINES, Ill. - A west suburban car dealership is out millions of dollars after an overnight break-in.

Sam Jidd Luxury car dealership in Des Plaines was broken into again Tuesday, with thieves taking three hundred-thousand-dollar vehicles as well as keys to other luxury cars.

Owner Sam Jidd, said his security alarm was activated at 4:20 a.m, and recorded the actions of two offenders.

Video showed the suspects breaking the glass front door with a sledgehammer, then moving through the dealership towards the box where car keys were locked.

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They were then seen using a pry tool to gain access to the key box, where they removed keys before leaving. Jidd estimates the suspects took 130 sets of keys to cars that cost upwards of $70,000 each.

Responding officers observed a black BMW sedan and a white Mercedes S550 fleeing from the parking lot, Des Plaines police said. Police said three vehicles were taken from the dealership, including a black 2021 Mercedes Benz GLE and two white 2022 Mercedes Benz S550s.

Police followed the fleeing vehicles, but were forced to call off the pursuit due to the high rate of speed.

Jitt said his business, which he has owned since 2018, has been targeted five times, and he lives in fear that the thieves will be back to steal cars.

"I don't know what to do because they could come and take any car. So if I leave right now, they could come at any second and steal any of these luxury cars. And each car I have here like, over $50,000, $60,000, $70,000 cars. Very expensive cars," Jidd said.

Jidd said he filed a police report but said he is so fed up with crime in Illinois, he is planning to move his car business out of state.

Jidd said the damage so far is about $500,000 including the stolen cars and damage, but it doesn't include the sets of stolen car keys.

No one is in custody.