Stealing Steal!

[austin552]

Woke up this morning and found our patio furniture was stolen. We live in a small town, quiet neighborhood but I guess crime has no boundaries. The 4 piece set was made of heavy wrought iron. Police said "THEY" are being caught taking shopping carts of steal from construction sites. They sell it to the yards for melt down and quick cash. So we are out a $600 set that we bought piece by piece until the set was complete so some crack head can spend the weekend on top of the world. Sorry, just had to vent.

[Moneyguy1]

You have every right to vent. Just another example of the disintegration of our society.

[charleskieffner]

arizona is over run with a$$-holes. im a NATIVE AND I CAN SAY THAT! 2-big dogs run my property. day night bark their heads off if anyone comes around. both neighbors on adjoining 1 1/2 parcels have BIG dogs! NO ONE STEALS NOTHING! if the rattlesnakes dont get them the dogs will bark, if that doesnt work............well mr HK and kids/mr beretta/mr springfield/mr winchester/mr remington/mr smith or wesson/mr ruger..............WILL! we are an equal opportunity employer! DO ARIZONA....................DO TIME!

[austin552]

Can't shoot people for stealing patio furniture. Unless the police find a knife in there cold dead hands. We have 3 dogs in the back but the stuff was in the front. Getting sensored floods for now. Guess if we replace the stuff I will have to chain it all together... bastards

[charleskieffner]

was it in casa grande? roommate and i both hold CCW's. yes we know we cant shoot unless we are in fear of our lives! but we will make them "VERY AFEARED OF THEIR LIVES" if they make an attempt on ripping us off! and then plant knife/screwdriver/on their dead worthless carcass! man i hate thieves! been ripped off once. and that sucks! good luck

[rfuerst911sc]

I heard on the radio today that some areas are having problems with cemetary vase's being stolen, apparently they are bronze and people are stealing them and selling them for scrap metal. Talk about bad karma !!!

[charleskieffner]

that truly is BAD KARMA and i hope they get hit by, fill in the blank............lightning/train/semi-truck/hurricane/earthquake etc. thats why we crack up watching "EARL" dumb-ass steals 100k dollar lottery ticket and then gets hit by car! now thats FUNNY! LOL!

[Owain]

The local police set up some stings lately that got almost every scrap dealer in Vancouver. They took everything the undercover cops brought them: phone booths, wire, even a ladder marked "Vancouver Fire Department". They even provided an area and tools to strip insulation from wiring and whatnot. After the busts they found some bronze grave markers amongst the stuff to be shreaded or melted, too. These people have no shame, both the theives and the dealers who are buying everything brought to them.

In other news, some guy was fried a week or so ago while stealing wiring that was still live...there's your karma.

[svandamme]

in the UK there has been organized robbery of bronze statues and art pieces...

i'm talking tonnes worth of bronze.
never mind the unreplacable loss of art and heritage...

[tabascobobcat]

When I lived in SC I had to chain the grill to the deck.

[Vipergrün]

We live in a pretty up-scale area. Had a rash of burglaries from some a$$wipes coming up from the Springs. Guess we were easy targets, people too trusting. I asked a cop about the 'make my day law' and told him I was surprised these idiots would rob houses, knowing the owner could be packing. The cop was pretty funny and said "just let them open the door a bit before you fire".

[austin552]

The crime occurred in Kinston, NC. We talked to a neighbor across the street who informed us of coupons in his mail box being stolen. He found the rest of his mail up the street in the gutter with coupons clipped. The lady next door had a plant dug gen up and stolen from outside her back door. I think we really need to get serious with security at the homestead.


ps. Talked to and insurance buddy that was telling me about a church claim he did where crosses and other metal objects were stolen in VA.

[Seahawk]

Originally posted by bb80sc
We live in a pretty up-scale area. Had a rash of burglaries from some a$$wipes coming up from the Springs. Guess we were easy targets, people too trusting. I asked a cop about the 'make my day law' and told him I was surprised these idiots would rob houses, knowing the owner could be packing. The cop was pretty funny and said "just let them open the door a bit before you fire".

My Dad lives in Monument...what is the, "make my day law"? I can assume the general nature, but do you have specifics?

[charleskieffner]

crime is every where you turn. live in upscale area(been here 23 yrs before it became upscale) and i cant even go out to my MDU(multiple disbursement unit US postal box) and mail anything!!!! crack heads have broken into so many that they welded outgoing mail slot closed! as for incoming mail they just installed a MONGO MINI FT KNOX MDU and still advise on picking up your mail asap everyday. its 14 miles round trip to post office for me! bastards!

glad to hear that thief got karma returned when trying to steal live wires...............now thats karma at its finest!

[Tervuren]

Originally posted by svandamme
in the UK there has been organized robbery of bronze statues and art pieces...

i'm talking tonnes worth of bronze.
never mind the unreplacable loss of art and heritage...

I'm wondering - what would be the legal fallout in the UK if you made metal objects "hot" in the UK - and someone tried to steal them and got a sudden reality check? Set it on a pressure plate, pressure releived - activated current.

[Neilk]

A guy at work had his heavy metal mail box stolen in broad daylight, same thing happened to his neighbor.

Check out this article.. Here's an excerpt.

Copping copper

As metal prices rise, thieves are stripping pipes, wiring and profit from homes

12:00 AM CDT on Friday, June 16, 2006

By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News

Dallas homebuilder Jeff Dworkin has seen his share of job site thefts.

[Click image for a larger version] Photos by MICHAEL MULVEY/DMN
Photos by MICHAEL MULVEY/DMN
Builder Jeff Dworkin has had copper stolen from his work sites. This house is near White Rock Lake in Dallas.

But when thieves snatched the copper coolant lines for air conditioning at one of his homes under construction, he realized that he would have to take extra steps to guard his projects.

"I had never seen that done before because it wasn't that much copper," said Mr. Dworkin, who's been in the building business for almost 20 years.

"They actually had to climb into the attic and cut the supply line and pull it through the house."

With prices for copper building materials near a record, homebuilders are sometimes paying twice.

First they have to come up with the extra money to buy copper wiring and plumbing materials. Then they have to pay again, if thieves cart off the copper fixtures.

"With the copper prices increasing, our level of theft has risen dramatically," Mr. Dworkin said.

Copper prices have more than doubled in the last 12 months partly becauseof speculation in the metals markets. Although the price of the metal retreated earlier this week, costs of many copper building materials remain at all-time highs.

[bigchillcar]

arkansas here...my patio furniture is 'hand me down, faded plastic'..not a big ticket item apparently with the local crack/smack community!

[Tervuren]

Originally posted by bigchillcar
arkansas here...my patio furniture is 'hand me down, faded plastic'..not a big ticket item apparently with the local crack/smack community!

If there is an oil shortage - expect that to change as they steal it to recycle!

[bigchillcar]

[Racerbvd]

Originally posted by austin552
Can't shoot people for stealing patio furniture. Unless the police find a knife in there cold dead hands. We have 3 dogs in the back but the stuff was in the front. Getting sensored floods for now. Guess if we replace the stuff I will have to chain it all together... bastards

Catch em, beat the hell out of them and feed them to a gator, that is what we do in FL.!!