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air bag thefts
Coverage of air bag thefts in the Nexus archive.
- City Council passes crackdown on black market air bag sales as police struggle to address skyrocketing thefts
Chicago’s City Council passed an ordinance imposing up to $4,000 fines for buying or selling stolen air bags, targeting a surge in thefts that rose from 70 cases over three years to over 1,200 in four months. The law requires businesses to track air bag sources but does not address how police will enforce it, as only one arrest has been made despite the spike in crimes.