A man who was on the run after stealing a $300,000 Ferrari was arrested when police found him soliciting people for gas money.
The Los Angeles Times reports Israel Perez Rangel, 38, walked into the Ferrari & Maserati of Newport Beach and stole the Ferrari 458 Spider while it was parked in the service center Oct. 19. Security footage reportedly shows the man wearing a Ferrari jacket, looking in a few car windows and then driving off. The newspaper reports an employee had left the key on the passenger seat.
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Israel was eventually apprehended by police when they approached him at a gas station where he was asking for gas money. The car appeared to be in rough shape, having "cracked fins, a destroyed gearbox, emblems torn for the engine and body and missing paddle shifters and vomit caked on the side."
Israel is facing several charges including vehicle theft with a prior felony conviction of driving or taking a vehicle, grand theft auto with a prior conviction and vandalism.
The owner of the car, Susan Friedman, used her insurance money to buy a 2018 Lamborghini Huracan.
"I love it," Friedman said. "It's unbelievable."