[ischmitz]

Originally posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
<...> We arrived with squad cars, and sure enough, the engines were there. The person who had the engines (who will remain nameless at this time), was unaware of the fact that they were "running hot", and was more than happy to let us have the stolen goods. We immediately hired a trucking company, and the engines were transported to the Pelican warehouse in El Segundo.<...>

-Wayne

Hm, let me get this straight: Whoever had the engines just let go of them right there because he/she was scared of them "running hot" and you simply took the stolen goods to your warehouse by a hired trucking company to later list them for sale for charity. This sounds like a b-movie Hollywood production. In reality:

- wouldn't the engines have to go straight to the police if anywhere....

- wouldn't the guy who had them either be forced to take an intelligence test (if he really was that dumb and didn't know they were stolen) or go straight to jail for trading with stolen goods...

What am I missing here

edited for typos