'I got really angry': Ontario woman scares away car thieves at her home
CTV
When Maryam Ali saw a headlight on her car turn on in the middle of the night, she knew something wasn’t right — and rushed out to confront two car thieves, screaming at them.
When Maryam Ali saw a headlight on her car turn on in the middle of the night, she knew something wasn’t right — and rushed out to confront two car thieves, screaming at them.
Her surveillance video shows the thieves scatter — a small victory in the fight against surging thefts — and also shows in detail a tactic that security experts believe they have identified and can fight with new security standards.
“I saw the light in my car go on. And right away, something clicked. I said, ‘This is not happening to me,’” Ali told CTV News Toronto in an interview at her Pickering, Ont., home.
“There was a rage that came through. You know, I got really, really angry,” she said.
Other security video shows the thieves scouting the neighbourhood and then settling on Ali’s Lexus.
Rather than go into the driver’s seat, the thieves target the headlights, drilling or hammering through to access its wiring.
The video shows one headlight turn on, and only then do the thieves get behind the wheel, ready to go — exactly the point where Ali rushes outside.
