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recovered work truck

thank the man who invented gps.

my work truck was stolen form my driveway, my fault... left it for a minute to defrost the windows, some asshat must have been watching me, so needless to say, in the 30 seconds i ran in the house it dissapeard.

my company installed gps units on all their trucks last year, and for what they must cost they for sure payed for themself by this recovery. the gps tracking co was able to tell me the exact address of where the truck was located. there were some bugs to work out, but within 2 hours we found it.

I recovered the truck 2.5 miles away from my house, at some pos fourplex, all my tools and material had been stripped from the truck, but i recovered them by sheer luck.... long story short , don't ever leave your keys in your rig running or not, there are alot of creeps out there watching for you to do what i did.

if you live in modesto, the police are no help in stopping these type of things from happening. no one was arrested even though my tools were found on the property, and there were witnesses who saw the shmucks unload my tools from my truck.:mad3:

don't take anything for granted, it takes only a second for it to happen..

work truck, $30,000
tools, $15,000
material, $8,000

gps unit, priceless

I got it back! No thanks to the fucking good-for-nothing cops! When it was stolen I called in and gave all the information. Apparently, the first people that I talked to was the dispatch who put out a bulletin. What was supposed to happen next (unknown to me) was that the people who actually take the report were supposed to call me. I never got that call and I was none the wiser.
About 2 weeks later the guy that I bought it from called me on my cell and asked "having problems with the truck?". Luckily when I met the guy and bought the truck from him we hit it off pretty well and had a few beers while telling hunting stories. I hadn't had the truck more than a few weeks when it got stolen, so I didn't have it in my name yet. It was found the day after it was stolen, but since it was not "REPORTED" stolen, the cop that found it had it towed as an abandoned vehicle. It sat in the pound till I got the call from the previous owner and jumped through all the hoops that I had to jump through to get it back. It cost me over 500 to get my truck back from the very same police who fucked up and couldn't do their job right in the first place! Not to mention the $1500 worth of tools (both work tools and truck tools) that was in there, the $400 GPS that was gone, the brand new $250 bucket seats they took, the $80 battery, or the catalytic converter. It's a fucked up system that has been put in place for us!
But, I'm not bitching. I got it back! The thieves spraypainted all over it with black paint, so I guess it's off to MACO for their "presidential package" $275 special theyr'e having right now...just in time!

moto was stolen then recovered about 5 months later. some parts damaged and will be replaced, some parts just scuffed up but useable.
the perp admitted stealing it to a cellmate while in county jail so the DA says his job will be very easy to get the minimum 8 years in state pen.
I have also asked for restitution, but do not know how much(if any) I will get. Will probably just get added to his sentence.
Also found out the guy was working part time at wallys and riding it across town(15 miles) to work several nights per week. Maybe I should have gone to wallys after midnight, as I may have seen it parked out front.

now it is up for sale, since my insurance company declined my original theft claim and never paid, so I bought a new bike not long after this one was stolen.

here is the ad:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8470784#post8470784

Cobra found!

FOUND! 13 months later, holy shit. SJPD called Russ, they found it sitting in a parking lot 1/2 mile from his apartment. Intact. No damage, unlocked. He just sent me pictures through the fence at impound. The business had reported it as an abandoned vehicle and he's trying to get it right now.
Insurance does not own it, they denied the claim on it, insist that he had cancelled theft coverage a year before it was stolen. (bullshit) he's fought them on this for months and finally gave up.

He's not gotten inside it yet, but impound asked for current registration (on a car you figured is gone 13 months ago??) but gave in after admitting they had found the old registration in the glove box still.

The hell? I don't get it, it's filthy, looks like it's been sitting outside for 13 months but to find it 1/2 a mile away like this? I can't wait until he can dig through the car and see if he finds anything incriminating. Would really like to know the details on this one.

No visible signs of vandalism or damage, but won't run. He's getting it towed to his mechanic tonight.

Voted repairable since from the looks of things it hasn't been driven in months.
Talking to him right now, he's waiting at impound for the tow truck. The lady that took his money said she was shocked that even his battery was still there. It's just a weird situation, poor Russ is going between wanting to cry and laughing his ass off. :grinpimp: