Robert not his real name used to steal cars for a living aged 15 he was already a three year veteran of one of LA's most notorious Hispanic street gangs when his boss needed someone to steal a car Robert stepped forward as the son of a mechanic he'd grown up around cards but nothing prepared him for his first experience of Grand Theft Auto that was my first time my gender was just pumping I actually just did it to brough away and broke into the window and took a driver a screwdriver to the side of the key ignition broke into the d-block into it bumped the wires in took the car Robert was hooked so began an eight year career as a professional car thief leaving his gang behind he soon outpaced dime-a-dozen joyriders there's people out there stealing cars that just take it just for the joy right just to take a ride from Mirror here I can why I don't take the but I don't got money well I'll steal a car and I'll go here if you know if it's that kind of a person you're gonna be alright because you're gonna find your car if a professional like Robert steals your car you'll almost certainly never see it again now if you're looking at somebody that's - it does it as a profession that vehicle Cizre you're not gonna find it ever again back in the day Robert could walk down any Street and steal any parked car it's all a matter of knowing the right technique he knew them all that's the van here screwdriver sparkplug just to crack the windshield give me five minutes Hermes will be gone we have an extra van actually clearly I've done those before for most older models all he needed was a couple of household tools Ford you need some scissors I've done these a lot of times break your windows shattering an expedition man it's a very good car is he easy to do is they nothing to fear scissors lady with just a screwdriver to open your doors easiest cars ever that you can pick up on it very easy a common name common car to use good to go but times change newer models became more sophisticated and these proved to be a little more challenging coming over here - it's a brand new vehicle is gonna need the computer for sure on this one a top-of-the-range SUV like this one comes fitted with a battery of anti-theft devices Ram Dodge of course has got on a checking of wise got a kill switch it's funny got a gun some of them used two to three kill switches on them it's not gonna happen without the computer you need it for sure I got one be done five minutes I got a brand new Dodge Ram SLT man 1500 you good to go