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Only on Nantucket: The Curious Case of the "Stolen" Mercedes

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He was catching a Hy-Line Cruises ferry, so he parked in the downtown Stop & Shop lot and gave his keys to an elderly family friend who was arriving and getting off the boat for a visit. While actual stolen car cases on Nantucket are exceedingly rare - the official statistics were not immediately available on Tuesday - vehicles do go missing more often than people realize. The case of a stolen Mercedes G Wagon from the downtown Nantucket Stop & Shop parking lot on Sunday had many on the island captivated for nearly 48 hours.

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