Portland has become the home of tent-city chop shops with a 26-year high in car thefts
January 31, 2022 at 19:56 PM EST
2021 set a 26-year high in car thefts in Portland, Oregon, with 9,057 stolen vehicles, with November and December setting records for auto thefts in a month. Increasingly, the stolen cars and trucks are ending up in tent city open air chop shops.