didn t go to the garage. he went back and stole the two cars. i went back. and said, oh wee. so i grabbed one of them. i had my partner come back with me and grab the other one. so you went back twice? three times. the undercover detectives make him an offer. i ll give you $2,500 for both rides. $2,500 for cars worth nearly $300,000. the cops tell j.r. they don t have enough money on them and convince him to come back the next day. coming in. as he warms up to the cops he explains why he thought what he did was justified. it s a summer house apparently for these people and they re worth like $10 billion. i don t feel bad. if was an average joe workin his [ bleep ] off i don t in fact, he says he s the good guy. the guy has three houses and he s [ bleep ].
you re watching realtime video of a thief in the act of stealing a car. it happens over and over again. in fact, every 30 seconds another car is stolen somewhere in america. until just a few years ago las vegas led the nation in auto theft. but the police here responded with a specialized unit called viper, and soon the crime numbers began falling. we ve been riding along with an lieutenant showing us specialized bait cars. this has a map. each car is represented by a color. here s how it works. two undercover detectives, a male and a female drive one of
weekend. probably don t need to remind but the super bowl. the super bowl attracts millions of football fans and big parties and members of the oldest profession in the world. indiana is clamping down on sex trafficking ahead of sunday s big game. not exactly the story we might have been expecting, mike. mike tobin live from chicago. tell us more about this. reporter: jenna, with the booze and money flowing around the super bowl the situation becomes pretty ripe for prostitution. sadly for the trafficking of those people who have been forced into the sex trade, even children. now the state of indiana is well aware of that. in advance of the super bowl, badly divided legislature came together and passed a law that closes a loophole in indiana and creates a felony for anyone who force as child into prostitution or moves them around for the same purpose. now, in the middle of the party the cops and the feds will be everybody where. prior to the game, you know, we ll have a large influ
you re a whatter? tree trimmer. oh, a tree trimmer. i thought you said tree jumper. he says the tree trimming job is a great opportunity to find cars to steal. it s a criminal opportunity. oh, so you re doing the job. yeah. so neat, dude. you do this often, because we could talk. apparently, levi does do this often. shortly after his visit with chevy, he s back. this time, on his own. i m not out there i mean, this is just i mean, for whatever. your rate. yeah. is that how you got this thing? no, the car. like someone s driveway? yeah. sitting right there. in the driveway of the house? no, in the garage. the garage was wide open. he almost from the very beginning is justifying why he stole this car. telling the undercover detectives that somebody stupidly left their keys sitting
so we ll say 250 even. and then on the caddie it s anywhere from 13,000 up to 25. so, you know we ll call it like 18. and we ll do 300 for the caddy. and i ll do 250 on the kia. okay. levi ends up being a pretty big player in this operation. he comes back four times, selling about a half dozen cars. so he s very active in this investigation. so levi leaves the storefront. gets on the cell phone, calls him and says, hey, look, i just saw this car running, i m going to grab it and bring it over to you. he never shows that night. but levi comes back and actually tells the story to the undercover detectives. i was waiting for my ride at