Stolen Kubota with Loader

[Anonymous Poster]

Stolen from Hilton NY, a NEW Kubota, BX2200D-60
ser # 61438, with front end loader LA211FL, serial #18238. This is a new tractor and loader. We have reason to believe it may be in or headed for Bath NY area or Ohio, to a new resident there.
If located please contact Paul at 716-392-3444.
Thanks

 

[TerryinMD]

Sorry to hear about the loss.

This raises a question. I know that in Maryland, you do not have to register your tractor. One would think that the insurance industry would like to have the states register farm and construction equipment. I not suggesting having plates on them. Just a way of tracing them.

Is this handled any differently in other states?

Terry

 

[Buck]

Where was it when it was stolen? I live over in Wayne county and I never thought anyone would do such a thing. I'll keep my eyes open.

Buck

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Inside the Heartland store, brand new tractor, there for display. At least Wayne County Sheriff's do something, other than hang out at Wilson Farms. Sumbich who stole it even unhooked the manure spreader, also new, and the Sheriff refused to even try for fingerprints.
In Monroe County, we call 911 government funded Dial a Prayer.

 

[TerryinMD]

Franz,

Sounds like you need to have a chat with the local newspaper or talk radio stations about the behavior of your Sheriff. At the scene of a fresh crime, I would think that he would try to get some prints. The culprits didn't steal a riding mower. For that matter, what difference does it make!! /w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif

Terry

 

[Harv]

Two experiences that I can recall with crime scene fingerprinting --

A while back, the company I worked for was broken into and a half-dozen desktop computers were stolen (not even the good ones -- dumb crooks /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif). Total value I'm sure was less than your tractor. When I got to work that day, there was fingerprint dust all over the door they broke through and several other places around the office.

And way back when my dad was alive and working, a car was stolen from the parking lot where he worked. The police fingerprinted around the door handles of a number of cars in that lot, including my dad's, suspecting the thief tried to access other vehicles before they found one unlocked. They were right.

In both cases, the fingerprints led to the identification and arrest of the bad guys. I would be pretty disappointed if my tractor were stolen and prints were not looked for. /w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif

 

[ejb]

I think unfortunately many cops view their jobs as coming after the crime and filling out the proper paperwork. Most small departments wouldn't have a clue as to how to fingerprint a crime scene and there is no way they are going to call in the state police and/or FBI for a theft that was probably covered by insurance anyway..most local cops concentrate on writing traffic tickets so they can generate revenues...

 

[Bird]

<font color=blue>most local cops concentrate on writing traffic tickets so they can generate revenues</font color=blue>

You may be right in some places, but having been a cop for nearly 25 years (captain the last 13), and being a graduate of the Northwestern University Traffic Institute and the FBI National Academy where I met many, many officers from across this country as well as a lot of foreign countries, I can safely tell you that writing traffic tickets is a necessary part of the job, but the part that most officers like the least. Management usually has a hard time getting the officers to write tickets, and at the same time avoid setting a "quota."/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bird

 

[scruffy]

Bird, I almost replied, but I refrained from any response. /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif decided it would be uncool. /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif Normally would stick my big foot in middle of things. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[JATO_RaT]

Bird, since my wife was a cop I can added a couple of cents as well. First of all in our area, it was pretty much the traffic cops that wrote the tickests. They were a small part of the police department. The bulk of what the police officers including my wife did was to go to calls involving some sort and degree of domestic dispute. My wife also worked auto theft and for the most part, it really ticked her off when no clues were left to help catch the bad guys. They were far more interested in nailing the bad guys then recovering someones now striped down sometimes burned up car. When they got evidence, they worked it and thoroughly checked it. To her, nothing was more satisfying in her work then solving a theft and nailing another dirt bag. They also went on calls involving stolen construction equipment. Each piece of equipment has a particular place they have a serial number. Some even have secret spots with secondary serial numbers. Catching a crook bent on taking construction equipment can be far more difficult then cars. I don't know what to say other then keep them locked up and put some extra non starting device ability on it. Its very tough to move these things when they won't start. Rat...