Interesting story.........

Goose · Apr 28, 2011

Yesterday morning in Lincoln, Nebraska, a young lady reported to police that her Chevy Trailblazer had been broken into and a $2300 sound system stolen. Police told her it was unlikely she would ever see the components again.

It happens the young lady's boyfriend owns a shop that installs custom sound systems in vehicles. Due to the rarity of some of the components that were stolen, he thought differently.

He was right. (You already know where this is going). Several hours later, a young man entered the boyfriend's place of business and asked for help installing a sound system in his car. The boyfriend recognized the components and gleefully called police.

Upon visiting the thief's digs, the police also recovered a number of other stolen items, including a rifle. The perp is now in the crossbar hotel charged with possession of stolen property, theft of a firearem, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Also presumably contemplating his choice of occupation.

Errin OH · Apr 28, 2011

Back in the 70's my brother bought a limited edition Trams Am with T-tops. Within a few months they came up missing. A week later he answered an advert in the paper looking to replace them. Upon looking at them he laid down a $25 deposit and promised to return with the balance later in the day. He called the officer who was working the theft and they went back together. Apparently GM thought ahead and engraved S/N's in them. Even got his $25 back as part of the thieves plea deal.

Ron in NS · Apr 28, 2011

Does Nebraska have a 3 strike law? Good way to get rid of the little so-and-so for a few years.

Inno · Apr 28, 2011

Maybe some of that sound system budget should have included a security system!

Tom in TN · Apr 28, 2011

Back around 1967 or 1968 I was doing a job in downtown Chicago. Some character stole some checks and fixed a phony ID of someone. The perp went to a large downtown bank and tried to cash one of the stolen checks. The bank teller rang the alarm and police descended on the bank.

It turns out that the bank teller was a neighbor of the person that the perp was pretending to be. The teller knew he wasn't the person he was claiming to be.

How many people are there in Chicago? Just karma I guess.

Tom in TN

rrlund · Apr 28, 2011

Wish it was that simple to find my sons TV. Somebody walked in and stole that out of his house yesterday morning. Cops said to watch Craigslist and the bulletin boards in the local stores. Said you wouldn't believe how many idiots put up ads in the stores trying to sell stolen stuff.
Real blich of it is,the money will no doubt end up in the pocket of that stinking bed wetting drug dealer up the road eventually.

Jason1Pa · Apr 28, 2011

Had my tail gate stolen off of my pick up last year. Yes it did have a lock on it (Opps!) Never locked it cause I'm in and out of it so much and I don't want to mess with the key. However i would warn all truck owners that have a lock Please remeber to lock it. They aint cheap and thats why people are taking them to sell. I seen a lot on E-bay. Makes you think don't it?

RAW in · Apr 28, 2011

Several years ago my brother had a puke-orange Pinto that he drove to work. One day his gas capwas missing, so he bought a new oe, happened to be chromed. A couple of day s later his old one was back and the new one was gone!

msb · Apr 28, 2011

If it was one of those BOOM ! BOOM BOOM! BOOM !systems that rattled windows for 6 blocks away, I say go thief! or better yet, come to my neighborhood and I will spot for ya. Hate them even worse than the Harleys that cam be heard 6 miles away.(really)
At the lowest point in my life when I was so full of chemo,laying in a recliner and wondering if I was dying ,24/7 and only waking up to hear either noise, it left a lasting uneasiness in my very bones whenever either noise is heard 7 years later. "I want it all" commercial on TV has the same effect.

1970-1655 · Apr 28, 2011

Back in 2004, an engineer at work drove his Jeep CJ to work and parked next to a light pole. Someone stole the doors off right in the company lot. Even worse, there was a security camera on the pole pointed right where he parked. Company security said the image was not clear enough to identify the thief. But the company uses the same cameras to fire people that leave work early without clocking out.

kopeck · Apr 28, 2011

At work we had a laptop stolen. About a year later a kid brings me this laptop that wont start up and asks if I can fix it.

I pop the battery out so I can see the system specs and all the tags are missing, Hmmmm....

I get it going enough to check out what's on the hard drive and sure enough it's was our machine. Got the serial number, check the inventory and went down to officer that's stationed in our building and tell him what's up.

How about that, they bring the stolen property back to get it fixed!

K

Goose · Apr 28, 2011

When I was in school in Memphis, TN, it was on the news one evening that a fellow came home from work and saw a guy humping a TV set down some stairs in his apartment building.

Being a neighborly sort, he pitched in and helped the guy carry the TV down the stairs and load it into the back of a station wagon.

Our hero then went up to his apartment and--you guessed it, his TV was gone.

Dan in North Houston · Apr 28, 2011

My father in law drove his old F150 to work at the supermarket and parked at the end of the lot where he always did. When he came out, someone had taken his crappy hubcaps and replaced them with some much nicer ones. What a great practical joke, he puzzled over that for the rest of his life. Nobody ever owed up to it.

scotc · May 1, 2011

Sounds like the place I used to work. They had a truck stolen a few years ago, so they had security cameras installed. The boss liked to brag how he could see the doors on every truck in the lot. Yet when another driver's new Colorado got smashed, the cameras didn't catch it. When it got hit again, in a different area of the lot, once again, the cameras couldn't see it. Makes you wonder, just how good of a system it is, or how crooked the boss is.

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