Marqueze Blackwell was arrested and booked into a Memphis, Tennessee jail after he attempted to sell a stolen BMW i8 roadster on Craigslist.com for $87,000.
Blackwell was caught when an alert Tennessee Highway Patrol sergeant spotted a Craigslist ad asking $87,500 for the 2016 sports car, WHBQ reports.
The plug-in hybrid BMW i8, which runs on gas and electric, retails for $147,500 brand new.
Shelby County sheriff’s deputies helped the Tennessee Highway Patrol set up a sting to catch Blackwell, who posted the ad.
The sergeant contacted Blackwell and expressed interest in buying the vehicle.
via AJC.com — The sergeant noticed the VIN on the driver’s side dash was a sticker over the original number and the VIN plate was uneven and bubbled.
Officers ran the original VIN and it showed the BMW was stolen out of Orlando, Florida, and valued at approximately $86,999.
Blackwell is charged with altering or destroying a motor vehicle serial number and property theft valued between $60,000 and $250,000.
Stupid
How dumb and embarrassing…
In the words of Antoine Dodson, “you are dumb, you are really dumb”
dumb ass….he deserves to go to jail….
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One of my fav cars…but this dummy!
That fool looks like Lamar Odom.
He look like he do drag on his off time of stealing…… Jackass couldn’t find a chop shop?
He was dumb for trying to sell it online.
The Sherrif was racist for thinking it wasn’t his and taking time set up a sting
When and if he was able to sell it, he would have had to turn over the title to the buyer which would have been impossible
If a person has 87,000 to buy a car online, they have the money to buy or lease the vehicle brand new.
Alot of stupidity in this story.
Who sells this on Craigslist.
HEEEEYYYYY YA’LL!!!!!…LONG TIME!!!!
Jail? Dum people like him should be put to death! How stupid can you be.
Big dummy!! There was some redneck who tried the same ish last year here in GA – if you gonna do wrong, why do it online and leave evidence?? I’m not even gonna think about what they were gonna say when the buyer asked for the title transfer paperwork.
This is actually kind of common now. They also rent cars and try to sell them on Craigslist and other sites. You would be surprised how many stolen goods are being sold on sites like Craigslist.
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Retard
Yes but a car requires a title to register it and get plates…this dummy forgot that I guess
Great idea, Marqueze.
Lam lam? ?
Right!
BABY LUV….HEY!!!
YOU BIG DUMMY!!!
ITS COLD IN DA “D”!!!..always wanted to say that..lol
*YELLS LOUD*…..HEY YA’LL!!!!
My co-worker and her husband says it all the time. They even went as far as showing me the video.
His mama raised a fool!
LOL…that VIDEO..*CLASSIC*…lol
I had never saw it until like 3 years ago. LOL
He didn’t forget, most of these stupid criminals don’t know how things work.
DAT PART!!!
Round up his family for that matter…
Ha,ha,ha!!
What an idiot!!
Didn’t he think the buyer was going to ask for the title?
LMAO!
Lol. Hey.
He looks dumb. Mugshot looks like it caught the exact moment when the dim bulb went off and he realized the parts he did wrong. Which would be all parts dummy!
No…they would not ask for title ….if the plans was to take it overseas. My issue is how are you a high class dumb thieve? He could have sold on black market
What else is not going on, on Craigslist? This dumb dumb thought he could get way with mess..
dummy
They’re called chop shops for a reason. Damn Dummy
Welp …. Should we expect ANYTHING less with a name like that
It’s not hard to get a title for a stolen car. It’s actually pretty easy. His mistake was the car was to high profile. It brings unwanted attention
Zeta!!!!
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LMAO! Wonder if she still “rapping”? You see the quotation marks right…the jury is still out on that 1
No that was just ONE of his many mistakes ??
Trying be smart and looking dumb right about now. Leave people mess alone. Had the owner not contacted the police and found him himself, he would be crying about being shot. Dummy.
Exactly. If you don’t already have a plug for high end goods, you chop it.
What do u mean its not hard to get a title…do tell how easy it is…
But he didn’t want a middleman, he wanted all the money!
Looking for that quick come up.
I bet steam was coming out his ears when this masterplan crossed his mind.
This the kinda dumb you can’t even make up ?????
I just pictured steam coming out of his ears like Roger Rabbit.
CarMax
Should’ve just rented it out by the day.
Several ways you just have to finesse a little bit lol you can switch power of attorney to yourself, mechanics lean, buy a salvage vehicle the same make year and model and use it as the title for the stolen car. It’s a few more ways. But I don’t advise anyone to break the law. Just been around e few criminals in my day so you pick up on “loopholes” lol
If you are gonna be a thief at least be a good one!! This guy deserves all that he gets!!! SMH…
J A C K A S S!
$86,999<<< so his ass asked for book value ($87,000.). He a damn thief. yes he is. But the Tennessee HWP nosey AF. If this would have been a LEGIT seller I would have cussed them smooth TF out.
A thief and a dummy ?
Lol. You know it!!!
True, but how could we miss up a chance to send this dumb ass to the pokey for Bubba Bust Ass to get a hold of him……
Oooooo
lol he been watching to much gone in 60 seconds
like out of all the crime in Tennessee police get together and say “hey lets go on craigslist to search for cars that i think black people cant afford .. WOW looky here this nigger selling a bmw! hey Tom call Lt. Huckabee i think this nigger here is a rapper or something but he selling a bm dubya lets getem
Listen. This is exactly what went through my mind. Like why yall target this ONE listing? Its the correct price for the car. Its not like he was grossly undercharging or overcharging. I want to know what made them be like oh lets check out the listings on CL to start with.
probably an auto enthusiast like myself. im always on craigslist looking at cars and buying and selling or keeping. and I find great deals and horrible ones….the main thing is that you do see VIN numbers that you can tell have been tampered with. he may have also been on looking for a ton of scams that go on in the car buying dept..who knows
Ya big dummy
if your that stupid, you should go to jail
Idiot ( in my african voice_
World’s dumbest criminals newest inductee….
“sheriff’s deputies helped the Tennessee Highway Patrol set up a sting to catch Blackwell.”
-Too much time on their hands, go crack real crime! I’m sure there are women and children missing right under your nose.
“valued at approximately $86,999.”
– Basically it was too good to be true for the price, and come to find out the theif had it priced at market value, so the officer was basically hating and accidentally caught a thief… LOL people be peopling.
I SWEAR WITH ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY AT THEIR DISPOSAL THIS GENERATION IS THE ‘SMARTEST’ DUMMIEST CRIMINALS EVER, ACTUALLY THEY ARE THE DUMMISET ALL AROUND B/C ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY HAS TAKEN AWAY THE NATURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMON SENSE GENE WE ARE ALL BORN WITH. SMH!!!!………JENNY JONES!!!
Memphis Tennessee breeds stupid MFers
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Stolen cars are sold through Craigslist because they’re untraceable. EBay requires to much identification and a car lot or kelly blue book , car max etc would’ve never posted with that fake vin
Anything stolen usually is staked out on Craigslist.
He shouldn’t have advertised it. He should have cut his losses and sold it fast on the street or for parts for $20,000. All profit anyway. But he was stupid and greedy.
Exactly. $86,999 on Craig’s list? Ok, like someone’s going to meet him with $80,000 cash.
It’s Tennessee, they profile blacks hard in the south. Even it is was his car legitimately, they would have profiled him and asked questions later. And when proven wrong give no apologies.
Because the girlfriend he didn’t give the car to or the friend he didn’t sell it to for cheap snitched on his Craig’s list ad. Classic crabs in the barrel. If they can’t have it. No one will.
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He could’ve been $20,000 richer and scott free. But no, held out for 90k on Craig’s List. Complete moron.
Exactly, he got racist profiled.
“….for real”
They did not accidently catch a thief. A stolen vehicle is reported. The vin # gives an instant pic of the vehicle. All they had to do was put their investigators on the job. There are those who specifically look through Craig’s list & other ads all day.
He is just a thief. Instead of joining the military or attending college, he risked his freedom & lost the game. Now, he is about to serve hard time for “grand” larceny or theft. Nothing to lol about prison life.
Nope. That’s what you need to tell yourself. They have an investigative unit who spend their day handling shifts searching for crime via the internet, ads, cyberspace, etc.
They already knew that vehicle was stolen. It was easy for their software to comb through cyberspace for a vehicle that matched that description. -then that result is relayed to the local & state police to be on the lookout. Just that easy.
In knowing that, why risk actually being a criminal & murking up your entire life with a criminal record??
The care was not his. So onto jail & prison life he will go. -most legitimate people will not sell nice car in that are on Craig’s list. He made a fool of himself for an easy catch. lol
What you don’t realize is that they look into those types of sells all the time whether you read or hear about it daily is another.
Why this particular one? Perhaps, it was reported stolen and fits the description.
A lot of scammers on Craig’s. I more scam artists trying to sell a car on there than legitimate ones.
Most were scams via snapping a pic of other folks vehicles & placing them “for sale” in the ad while pretending the car was their own. Others would use the info provided to them and flip the ad to say you’re the person selling the item or looking to buy such item. -once you’ve responded to their ad via a phone call or email address.
Really? Seems the cop was looking for a easy arrest from get go. They were unable to know the car was stolen until they looked at the VIN. Pretty sure it was arrest first, THEN investigate. Sucka…
This guy
stupid is as stupid does…NEXT!
so they have a nationwide search for stolen cars ?
What an idiot, omg!!!! lol
The average person able to buy or sell a $100k car does not do so on CL. THere are brokers, etc and high end self posting sites for that. This was suspect because HE was suspect.
Great and valid point.
How stupid can you be. I hope they throw the book at him ,?
Yes. Their automatic computer search is around the clock looking for possible matches of descriptions of a reported make & model on the internet or call ins. That makes it easier for the investigators to just check out each new match being up for sale in their location to see if they can connect the dots.
-not as hard as you think, especially when their sophisticated system does the majority of the work. All they have to do is just hone in the pop up finds searching sales on social media, the internet Ads, newspapers, pawn shops, etc. Even those site now have hired detectives to send back suspicious to other units. ijs