Five cars were stolen from a Hall County dealership Saturday morning, officials said.
Amir Hanna, who owns Atlanta United Motors in Buford, said surveillance video shows a group of thieves who broke in and stole the cars around 6 a.m., Channel 2 Action News reported.
"They came through the back door, but decided to break the window out as they were leaving," he told the news station. "They took them in the middle of the daylight. They didn't care about anything."
Hanna said he found some key evidence to share with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office: one of the thieves left his wallet with $30 and identification for different people.
"We got him on camera,” Hanna said. “We know who he is and he came back again after 6 a.m. to look for his license after all this was going on. Pretty stupid."
The owner said he used the information from the wallet to search for the stolen cars himself.
"I drove in the ‘hood, basically, and found the first car," Hanna said.
The Hall County Sheriff's Office sent a statement to Channel 2, which said in part,
“The Hall County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division, along with assistance from the Uniform Patrol Division, has been working diligently on this incident since the initial report was filed. This is an ongoing and constantly evolving investigation. We are pursuing leads with due diligence and thorough examination in order to recover the stolen vehicles and ensure that the offender or offenders are brought to justice with proper investigative techniques.”
Hanna said he will be watching and waiting for the thieves to come back.
"We'll be ready. We'll be here," he said.
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