Emerita Diaz and her brother-in-law, Juan Eduardo Santana Hurtado, thought they had found the deal of a lifetime when they saw a listing for a 2022 Dodge Charger for sale at a local dealership for $29,990 last October.

Diaz and her boyfriend, Ansael Santana, have purchased two cars from the same Humble, Texas, dealership before, Robbins Chevrolet. She filled out the financial paperwork and drove off the lot with her new Charger, vouching to pay nearly $1,000 per month toward the loan.

Officers pulled Santana over while driving the Charger home last weekend. The officers’ reaction immediately told him something wasn’t right.

“I saw both of the cops with their guns out, and then they’re like giving me orders to put my hands up the vehicle,” he told Click 2 Houston. “I was like, ‘Oh, well, I have nothing to hide.’ Then they told me the car is stolen.”

Police apprehended the vehicle, and the couple saw their new car hauled away.

“I paid all this money just for them to say that is not my vehicle,” said Diaz. “So, I don’t know what’s going on.”

The Charger’s history looked to be missing a few pieces

When reporters looked up the Charger’s VIN, the CarFax report confirmed the car was first sold in Missouri. After some time, it reached Illinois and went to auction last August. That’s when Robbins Chevrolet bought and sold it.

Reporters approached the dealership’s general manager, Jim Stallings, who claimed Diaz never bought the Charger from his dealership.

“They don’t have a stolen car. [Diaz doesn’t] own the car,” he said. “They didn’t finance or purchase anything.” However, the documents Diaz produced showed the contrary. Even though the police took the vehicle, she’s still paying off the loan.

Viewers felt either shocked or not surprised

Nearly 200 commenters felt split between picking their jaws up off the floor and feeling unsurprised.

“I lived close to Humble for almost 50 years, and it’s known by locals that Robbins Chevrolet is rotten to the core,” wrote a viewer.

Another posed an interesting question.

“My question is, how did the police find it so fast AFTER the fact that it was sold? Why didn’t they find it at the dealership?”

Someone else saw a great opportunity for a dad joke.

“Who would have thought that Robbins Chevrolet would be ‘robbin’ folks?”