Stolen gun alert

[sinac84]

damn, that sucks.

 

[kennyallen]

Sorry that someone took your pistol. Some towing company's drivers will steal whatever they can. Unfortunately the towing company will deny any wrong doing and defend their drivers. I got my clock cleaned back in the 80's near Columbus GA. They got everything out of my locked truck toolbox, tools, power tools, precision tools, a carton of cigarettes, a cassette tape box full of tapes, new Walls heavy jacket all from the front seat, my spare tire that was in the bed and they even took my beer cooler. I called the cops and asked them what to do about it. They said, well we can make a report of it but more than likely there was no way to prove who took it.

thats almost word for word what the cop said. the gun was in the glovebox. i put it on here in hopes the maggot that stole it tries to sell it thru here.

 

[hikingthehills]

Call fox 5 and have them set up a sting with this towing company, undercover cameras and such.

 

[41mag]

My wife's Chevy truck got stolen out of Cumberland mall lot back in the late 80's. Two days later APD called us said they found it somewhat stripped and where we could go pick it up, had to go get a report and all first. The detective at the time said they got prints off of it and had just arrested one of the guys but needed more pics of the truck before we took it from the tow yard, so we followed him there. We parked and went to the desk, they told us where it was, we walked around the corner and no ****...some jackass was taking the a.c.compressor off ! An employee of the impound yard ! It surprised us and HIM to say the least....when we figured out what was happening the detective arrested him on the spot and nearly arrested the owner of the impound lot ! Took us 2 months to get it completely repaired to our satisfaction. That was with State Farm paying the bill and a Chevrolet dealer doing the work.
unbeliveable ! I wouldn't put anything past an impound yard or tow truck driver. I know there are good ones but that put a bad taste on us for any of them !
Didnt mean to derail your thread OP....I hope you get your gun back and the guy gets what is coming to him !

 

[darrenmd]

I would NOT have any further contact with the towing company. You're just giving them a warning to hide the pistol. You need to be talking to the investigator in your county that's in charge of property crime. Then give him your info and let him do his job. Meanwhile I'd be taking flyers to all the gun and pawn shops with the serial number and description of the custom work. Most honest pawn shops will let someone pawn the gun even if they know it's hot. That's because the person pawning it has to show a license/state issued ID and at that point they're signing their own warrant.
But really, don't try to talk to the towing outfit anymore. You won't do anything but give them a heads up.They'll act a lot different when the investigator shows up.

Absolutely...This^^

 

[dial1911]

Hate to hear that-hopefully the guy gets caught trying to sell it.

And this is going to make me think about what is left in a vehicle should it ever get towed.

 

[righter13]

Call fox 5 and have them set up a sting with this towing company, undercover cameras and such.

I like this idea.

 

[kennyallen]

I like this idea.

i do too but i dont know how to go about it.

 

[righter13]

i do too but i dont know how to go about it.

I'd just call them and ask to speak with a reporter.

 

[kpmj]

dang, sorry for your loss.