Lamborghini Huracans arrested by police as suspected thieves explode in Wyoming

Livestock rustling has been around as long as the American West has existed, but this is a whole new approach. Two men were arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle a pair of rental Lamborghini Huracans from Utah to Colorado — only to be foiled when cops arrested them, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol.

Andrew Adam Blackman, 35, and Dassman Fadil, 32, were both arrested and charged with theft. The men are suspected of deactivating the GPS trackers of two rental Lamborghinis in Utah and smuggling them through Wyoming, according to a report from Cowboy State Daily.

The cars were both believed to belong to Joseph Lober of New Port Richey, Fla., who had reported the vehicles stolen, according to the affidavit. The white Lamborghini is a 2019 model year car, which appears to be a Huracan LP 640-4 Performante Spyder model; Lober would estimate the value of this car at $320,000. The green Lamborghini is a 2015 Huracan that the owner says is valued at $234,000. Neither blends in with typical Wyoming traffic, as the suspects recently discovered.

On May 26, the Wyoming Highway Patrol received a call from dispatch that a white and green Lamborghini was speeding on Interstate 80 in Wyoming. (According to the rental agreement, the cars were not to leave the state of Utah.) The Highway Patrol stopped the white Lamborghini in Carbon County, Wyoming; Blackman was driving with a suspended license in Colorado and Fadil was in the passenger seat, police said.

While the white Lamborghini was stopped, the green Lamborghini drove into the back of a flatbed, according to the report. Police then stopped the tow truck to question the driver, who said he had been contacted by a man who asked him to pick up the green Lamborghini at Silver Creek Road in Park City, Utah, and take it to a address in Thornton, Colorado. The tow truck driver and the towing company have not been charged with any crimes.

Blackman told police the car was rented by a friend and he was allowed to drive it to Denver. He also said he barely knew the man who accompanied him in the very cramped cabin, having just met him in Salt Lake City. Blackman went on to say the green car had a flat tire, police said, so he called to have it towed to Denver. Fadil told police he did not know the cars were stolen.

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Needless to say, the police didn't believe any of these stories. Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Jay Scheel said in his report that “the statements made by the occupants of the vehicle are inconsistent and implausible, compared to the statements made by the report writer and the tow truck driver.” .

Both men face sentences of up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

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