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There's literally a movie made about car theft in Connecticut, not in America,

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not in California, not in New York, in Connecticut, while our elected

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officials tell you crimes actually plummeted, it's an all time What do they say

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about the fact that this is literally a film about the phenomenon of Yeah,

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the Connecticut Kia Boys and their brazen car theft in Connecticut. Case in point,

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get a load of this teenagers who steal cars in Connecticut. It shows

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a group known as the Ctkia Boys pulling off some really disturbing crimes, and

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tonight we're hearing from the person who created the video channel. Okay, before

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we get to the exclusive, like even think about that, Like they put

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in their name they're not the Kia Boys, so that we don't care boys

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or the Stealing car crew, the crew, the Zoo crew. They're let's

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put Connecticut right in our name. It means what were you kind of husky

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ned? When will you give a crap when they steal pizza? Do they

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have to steal a car full of pizza for you to care? It's outrageous

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and embarrassing. Three Eyewitness News reporter Hector Malina is live in New Haven right

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now with this high opening report, Hector, Well, we've heard countless stories

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about the Kia Boys and stolen cars across the state, But tonight we hear

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from those teens who are committing these crimes. The local police department are getting

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remote working to crack down on this ongoing issue. Tell them come get a

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CTQ boys of the city. These are the masked teens behind several stolen cars

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that you've either heard of or seen for yourself. Arrest? Can you do

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a citizen's hey, so, what's the deal with you when the CET Kia

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Boys boy come and get us? You know what I'm saying? You're under

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You were under rend? Isn't that how citizens arrest goes? I don't really

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can't we do it? Can you hit nine one one or a parameter's been

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put in place by knit with ned that went unfortunately? We can have We

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even resolved our nine to one one issues in Connecticut. The Ctkia Boys have

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become one of the most notorious social media pages showcasing carthff's across the State's that's

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embarrassing. Came across the country just to get a closer look. I expected

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to like see a group of like people my age, but it was you

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know, people that were the same age as my little cousins. Andrew Callahan

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runs a YouTube series of investigative stories called Channel five. His video, with

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more than three million views in less than a week, shows interviews with mass

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teens from across the state. A video that also includes one of our previous

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stories about a New Haven woman whose car was taken by the Kia Boys,

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but it was what happened after her car was found that shocked her. Tonight,

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we spoke with Andrew about his experience that included him witnessing a car theft

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with his own eyes. Main takeaway is that they had really no understanding of

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consequences. I think it's a mix of social media affecting people's gratification systems,

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and then secondly, you know, they haven't had the experience of going to

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jail and you know, seeing how much that sucks. Yet we never did

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this, but sure they have. We just found it an easier way to steal cars. The video has also captured the attention. Sure they've done gelt

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to them. They're just out by morning. I mean, that's Connecticut.

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Andrew Callahan. He's making a name off, exploiting a really embarrassing. It's

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just a wow. It's phenomenon in Connecticut. I'm born and raised in Philly,

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coming up as a documentary filmmaker in Connecticut. There's just like they're popular,

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they do appearances, and they're the age of my little cousins. He

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says that will mant you be embarrassed in all honesty, Tell me in what

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way you're doing a good job. That a future documentary, a film about

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car theft, which is prevalent at an all time him in Connecticut. But

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they keep talking about lows. I don't know how this guy sleeps tonight.

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Honestly, I don't know what we're doing here. Mentioned of the New Haven

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Police Department. The kids, because I'm assuming they're juveniles, are talking like

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it's a game. The problem is it's not a game. Chief Carl Jacobson

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says the Kia boys have been trying to steal cars in New Haven for nearly

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four years, and the police reform bill signed four years ago. There's a

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little math for you.