Three car tags were reported missing to Altus Police yesterday from vehicles at Wilmes Chevrolet-Buick at 2215 E. Broadway yesterday. The tags were reported missing during an inventory.

Altus Police Chief Mike Patterson said if the tags were stolen, the thieves that took them “just weren’t thinking.”

Patterson said that these tag numbers will go into the state’s computer system as stolen.

“If a vehicle is stopped for any reason and the tag is run, the person driving it will more than likely be arrested on the spot,” he explained. “What these people don’t realize is that they are not just stealing a tag, they are stealing taxes due the state, and that is a serious crime.”

Patterson said the person could even be looking at fines, jail time, and at the very least probation.

Information about this crime can be given anonymously through the local Crime Stoppers hotline at 482-TIPS.