Police said they have recovered more than 200 vehicles from a Southeast Side salvage yard that had been previously identified as stolen.



Sources said that 245 vehicles recovered from the salvage yard at 3033 E. 106th St., were found to have been stolen and that many of them had been destroyed and were not intact. Officials said the vehicles were taken to the salvage yard to be stripped for parts and scrap.



Aaron Adelman, 29, has previously been charged with one count of felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office.



Police have been combing through hundreds of cars and trucks at his company, Adelman's Trucks and Equipment, since March 31 after someone spotted their stolen car in the yard, authorities said.



Officials had previously identified about 40 stolen vehicles at the salvage yard on the southeast side as they worked through a large lot filled with vehicles, checking titles and vehicle identification numbers, according to a law enforcement source.



Sources said they were able to get vehicle identification numbers on the vehicles and compare them to a police database.



Detectives had been told by an employee at the salvage yard that vehicles were usually stripped for their parts within two days of being brought to the yard, the source said. At least 17 stolen vehicles were found intact, suggesting they might have been taken to the yard recently.