03/11/13
by WGN Web Desk
The owner of a south side scrap yard is being held on $25,000 dollars bond for allegedly helping thieves steal and then scrap eight school buses.
Sergio Quintero is charged with illegal possession of auto titles.
Police say they found the scraps of the stolen buses, embedded with GPS tracking devices after being taken from the Sunrise Bus Company early Friday morning.
The buses had been shredded and the scrap sold for about $3500 dollars a bus.
Police took three others into custody on Friday.
Eight school buses were stolen from the Far South Side overnight and driven to a salvage yard, where they were cut apart and shredded into a two-story pile of scrap, police said.
Three people are in custody.
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4 Comments to “Scrap yard owner held on bond in bus theft”
March 10, 2013 at 7:36 PM
Sounds like they are looking for at least 4 more guys…
March 10, 2013 at 8:46 PM
Sell his scrap yard to the highest bidder and make him pay for those buses.
March 10, 2013 at 10:19 PM
Great idea, GW!!
March 11, 2013 at 7:46 AM
Watch him bond out and head south of the border.