Portland car thefts down, but thieves have new tool

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Titan Crawford, the founder of PDX Stolen Cars, said he can tell the number of stolen cars in the area is decreasing.

"It used to be you'd go out, you'd expect to find, like, 'How many am I going to find today?'" he told KOIN 6 News on Sunday. "Now, when you do these missions, it's like, OK, I really have to pay attention and be focused. I want to make sure I at least find one."

Driver flees police, hits pedestrians, crashes stolen car in NW Portland

On Sunday...