Abandoned car with missing VIN on highway

Heard on: Linn County IA Regional Law Dispatch

01:25

00:00

Can you send me a tow truck? It's 188 eastbound for a Toyota Corolla.

00:10

All of the VIN numbers have been obliterated on this.

00:15

I can't find a VIN on it.

00:16

One on the windshield and one on the door frame.

00:20

They've all been scratched off.

00:21

I'm assuming it's probably 1099.

00:25

Is it abandoned or?

00:30

No, it's abandoned, but I will need to hold for it for now.

00:36

See if I can get a hold of the vehicle theft guy.

00:40

And then I also need one for that Mercedes at the 183 westbound.

00:46

And I'll need a tow number for that one too.

00:51

It's going to be just a minute.

00:54

Yeah, we're.

00:56

(number withheld).

00:59

Okay.

01:01

Phone number's in there now.

01:05

Yeah, we're.

01:06

(number withheld), do you have us?

01:09

Go ahead.

01:12

Rex is going to be en route for both.

01:14

He'll meet you at the 100 and eighty-eight 1st , and we'll work on that.

01:18

Phone number.

01:20

Okay, thanks.

01:21

I'll have a vehicle theft coming out to try to get the information off this Toyota Corolla.

2026-10-05 13:37 UTC

Stolen Vehicle

I-380, Cedar Rapids, IA

Abandoned car with missing VIN on highway

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Abandoned car with missing VIN on highway

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