Edwin Cordero, Car Theft, Connecticut 2021

Stratford Man Pleads Guilty to Car Theft in Connecticut

Edwin Cordero, 20, of Stratford, pleaded guilty to a federal car theft offense in Bridgeport on December 1, 2021, before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley.

According to court documents and statements made in court, the FBI, Connecticut State Police, and local police have been investigating multiple car theft rings in Connecticut, and violent crimes that are being committed using stolen vehicles.

The investigation revealed that Cordero, Christopher Mulkern, and others have stolen numerous motor vehicles, and used the stolen vehicles to travel throughout Connecticut and to neighboring states to steal other vehicles and the valuables inside, including credit cards, cellular telephones, and firearms.

Cordero and Mulkern typically frequented upper-middle-class neighborhoods to go ‘car-checking’ or ‘jigging,’ which involves an attempt to open the door of a motor vehicle and, if successful, steal the vehicle and/or valuables inside.

On December 1, 2020, Cordero and Mulkern stole a Porsche Panamera from a residence in Westport, Connecticut. Shortly after midnight on December 2, law enforcement in Westerly, Rhode Island, identified the stolen Porsche and attempted to stop the car.

Cordero was charged with one count of transportation of a stolen vehicle, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years. Cordero agreed to pay restitution to at least seven owners of vehicles they stole and/or damaged.

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