A Dallas man said thieves wrecked his stolen vehicle last week-- but police let the men walk away from the crash scene.
Bryan Wilder said he cannot believe police did not arrest the two men who were in his stolen BMW.
"It makes me angry," he said. "They probably, at the very least, knew the people that took my stuff, and I would like that stuff back."
Dallas police said Wilder reported the car stolen, but the vehicle was never entered into the crime database available to officers at the scene. When the officer interviewed the two men in the car at the scene of the three-car crash, he had no idea the car was stolen, police said.
The men in the car did not have identification and had beer in the backseat.
"I'm pretty disappointed, they had all the elements -- beer in the car, no identification and driving a stolen car," Wilder said. "They should have been arrested."
Deputy Chief Rick Watson said the department is launching a full investigation into how the system broke down.
"So that's what we are looking into, to see how it happened and how we can prevent it from happening again," he said.
Wilder said burglars ransacked his Kessler Park home on Nov. 16, stealing jewelry, computers and his BMW.
"I couldn't believe I didn't wake up," he said.
Dallas police are investigating a number of Kessler Park burglaries.
Police said they are frustrated because the men in the car were not taken into custody and interviewed.
"If we could have gotten our hands on them, they could have been good for other auto thefts as well, maybe even the burglaries," Watson said.
