Thieves Hit My Physical Therapists

[300UGUY]

There are some real bright thieves out there. This guy was caught on camera stripping a local power distrubtion substation. To make matters worse it was during a record cold spell down here on the gulf coast. It did not take long for someone to rat him out for the reward. Bet it was one of his crack buddies.

From his looks, and the teeth, I'd guess meth?

 

[Taylortractornut]

I believe I could hang that goofy SOB from that pole without remorse of any kind. Or make some good .22 rifle practice to. My last computer was damaged from a lightning strike near the house 3 poles stripped of the ground wires. Loghtning struck the line before the 4th pole.


300UGuy These folks are as follows one is a City worker that is well liked, and the other has a good job and used to be a good person but doesnt ask alot of questions. THeres a small scrap yard that sells to TVR scrap and they dont ask for anything at all.

THe one that works for the city actually uses his job checking utilities buys scrap. I have about 2200 pounds of ALuminum he has offered me 3 cents per pound for. No telling at the good implemnts they trash either and dont sell to the public. He and his sons buy from folks like my friend that passed away his son was caught with stolen property so much at TVR and SMC that they started refusing them at the gate. He just started taking less money from it from the 2 guys mentioned before. Its a sad state of things that the dealers dont get checked anymore.


I had one of the scrappers offer me 2500 for all my rusty gold. I have a large pile of culled building materil like sheet and trim from combines and then several tons of Gear boxes and other items like hydraulics. I build with these. I told him why take 2500 when parts off one machine can bring that. THe city worker scrapped a ton of old plows from a farm the otherday for 10 cents per pound or 40 buck per plow. At the nearest farm auction junk plows go for 200 to 500. Im saving my culled material pile for when all the scrap around here is gone it migh be worth alot more.

 

[two_bit_score]

Interesting that these "reputable folks" are well liked in the community. Up here, we call them "fences". And trafficking in stolen property will draw more jail time than simple theft. Send those low life fences to jail, the theft will decrease!!!

To me it doesn't speak very highly of the "community".

 

[MossRoad]

Someone is stealing the bronze vases and plaques off the gravestones in our local cemeteries. They even cut the bronze security bars off of the mausoleum the other day.

 

[dmccarty]

About the time copper prices started to really climb, the power company was dropping off new poles in our area to replace the old ones.

I noticed how much copper they had on the poles. At the bottom of the pole, the copper lines was wrapped in a spiral circle, I guess to get a good ground. There was a LOT of copper on those poles. I figured that someone would drive by and steal the copper but they did not. The poles were left in town along the road so I guess that stopped any thieves.

I jokingly thought that it won't be long before the thieves start taking down the poles to get to the copper. Saw a headline over the last month or so where they were doing this out west.

The AC thefts are big in our area too. The scrap yards are supposed to track who drops off material but proving that this pit of copper was stolen would be interesting.

We have a guy in town that takes old cars, hard to think of cars from the 70's or 80's as old, and "pimps" them up. He did a real good job on the cars and they were very distinctive. One of them was purple with big, low profile tires. That paint job was excellent.

That car got stolen and taken for scrap. REALLY? By the time the car was tracked down, the car had been crushed. You are supposed to have title to a car or paper work stating that the car has no title. The guy who stole the car was arrested but that did not help the car. The scrapper who bought the car should have been arrested as well. There is no way that anyone in their right mind would have scrapped that car. It was worth some money.

Later,
Dan

 

[300UGUY]

To me it doesn't speak very highly of the "community".

My thought also.

 

[300UGUY]

I believe I could hang that goofy SOB from that pole without remorse of any kind. Or make some good .22 rifle practice to. My last computer was damaged from a lightning strike near the house 3 poles stripped of the ground wires. Loghtning struck the line before the 4th pole.


300UGuy These folks are as follows one is a City worker that is well liked, and the other has a good job and used to be a good person but doesnt ask alot of questions. THeres a small scrap yard that sells to TVR scrap and they dont ask for anything at all.

THe one that works for the city actually uses his job checking utilities buys scrap. I have about 2200 pounds of ALuminum he has offered me 3 cents per pound for. No telling at the good implemnts they trash either and dont sell to the public. He and his sons buy from folks like my friend that passed away his son was caught with stolen property so much at TVR and SMC that they started refusing them at the gate. He just started taking less money from it from the 2 guys mentioned before. Its a sad state of things that the dealers dont get checked anymore.


I had one of the scrappers offer me 2500 for all my rusty gold. I have a large pile of culled building materil like sheet and trim from combines and then several tons of Gear boxes and other items like hydraulics. I build with these. I told him why take 2500 when parts off one machine can bring that. THe city worker scrapped a ton of old plows from a farm the otherday for 10 cents per pound or 40 buck per plow. At the nearest farm auction junk plows go for 200 to 500. Im saving my culled material pile for when all the scrap around here is gone it migh be worth alot more.

Yeah, well he may be likable. But he is still dealing in stolen property, and that is a felony here, can get ya up to 20 years. You must have a real poor legal system. Basically it sounds like if your a "bubba", you are allowed to steal? And running a biz on city time? Might get you fired up here. Running a illegal biz certainly will. Never been to Missisippi. Don't think I want to now.

 

[dmccarty]

Just saw this story about AC thefts. What was interesting was the cage one of the victims had built to prevent a second theft. The cage fits over the outside unit. Looks like they used prefab metal fence. Does look good but sad that it is needed. The story also mentions units being stolen from roofs.

Thieves In Chatham Targeting Air Conditioners CBS Chicago

Later,
Dan

 

[JDgreen227]

Just saw this story about AC thefts. What was interesting was the cage one of the victims had built to prevent a second theft. The cage fits over the outside unit. Looks like they used prefab metal fence. Does look good but sad that it is needed. The story also mentions units being stolen from roofs.

Thieves In Chatham Targeting Air Conditioners CBS Chicago

Later,
Dan

Thanks for sharing that pic and story...jeez, I cannot believe people are THAT desperate to get ten or twenty bucks. Too bad it would be illegal to rig up a hidden line to ZAP anybody that tried to steal anything.

Mossroad...about people stealing from cemeteries...that is just SICKENING.

 

[JDgreen227]

Taylortractornut...somebody offered you THREE CENTS A POUND FOR YOUR ALUMINUM?

Frickin' insane, what aluminum scrap prices are worth compared to what new aluminum trim is selling for. I recently purchased some white aluminum fascia from Home Depot, 12 feet long by 6 inches wide. Cost me $13, plus tax, and at 2 1/2 pounds per 12 foot section and 3 cents a pound...scrap value is less than 8 cents. What a ripoff.