Stolen Truck Recovered!!!!!!!!

Ernie Leimkuhler · 2005-02-24T20:17:23+00:00

I got the call today from the Berkeley police that they found my truckand caught the guy driving it.If they had just dumped it like they usually do they wouldn't have beencaught.They did steal the rack off the truck so I will have to build a newone, but that is OK since that rack didn't fit that truck very wellanyway.A funny bit is that while they stole the stereo from the dash, the guydriving it had 3 other stereos sitting on the passenger floor.The cops said I get to keep them since none are listed in their stolenproperty reports.He was arrested while driving the truck so I know it runs and wasn'tstripped.The truck was stolen 6 weeks ago in Berkeley from a very niceneighborhood.From now on I am using a steering wheel lock.

Feb 24, 2005 46 Replies

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jski 21 years ago

I always liked the idea of a smoke grenade under the seat. If you fail to disarm the system, it sets off the smoke. Given that they are designed to be used in big open spaces, in the cab of a truck, you won't be able to see the steering wheel much less remove a stereo or hotwire the thing. Better make it orange so the local fire department doesn't try to fill it with water though. People may ignore alarms and blinking lights, but it is hard to miss the truck billowing orange smoke from the broken rear window, even if it is being towed away at the time!

-- Joe

-- Joseph M. Krzeszewski Mechanical Engineering and stuff snipped-for-privacy@wpi.edu Jack of All Trades, Master of None... Yet

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Roger Shoaf 21 years ago

You might not like the idea of getting the truck back after an orange smoke grenade has been expended in the cab however.

Every year at Christmas there is a story of a local police department setting up a car at a shopping mall with the keys in the ignition and a remote door lock and kill switch installed to nab car thieves. They get a few each year this way.

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PrecisionMachinisT 21 years ago

Kinda splains why I long ago decided not to be a thief....

Just not smart enough, I guess........

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Hawke 21 years ago

Your logic is flawed. But then your conclusion is based on an incorrect assumption, that there are no bright thieves. Wrong. You must watch too many cop shows where the bad guys get caught all the time. In real life many criminals are very successful. Especially the ones involved in auto theft rings. Why else do you think so many cars are stolen. Cars are stolen chopped and the parts sold everyday and people get away with it for years. They make lots of money too. There is also a thriving business of stealing very expensive luxury cars and then shipping them overseas to Asia or to Latin America. So don't think that all car thieves or any kind of thief is stupid. The young guys usually are, but the older professional thieves are smart and rich. The idea that crime doesn't pay or that all criminals get caught eventually is nothing but propaganda put out by cops. How many times have you heard it said that the "big" guys never get caught? There's a lot of truth in that.

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Leo Lichtman 21 years ago

"Hawke" wrote: (clip) incorrect assumption, that there are no bright thieves. Wrong. (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That may be true, but it is a lot more fun to laugh at the dumb ones.

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Ken Sterling 21 years ago

How 'bout the bank robber that locks his keys inside the getaway car? or the bank robber that give the teller the holdup note written on the back of an envelope addressed to him? or the burgler that robs the house in the wintertime, and the cops follow his footprints in the snow right to his house? :-) Ya gotta admit - there *are* a few dumb ones..... Ken.

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quietguy 21 years ago

:...or my cousin who went for rides in a car his mate stole - then left his wallet in the glove box

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