Theft hits home.

[Marveltone]

Aaarrrrgh! I've been borrowing a tractor from my uncle to finish haying (long story) while I gather parts and equipment to fix mine. He lent me his Allis Chalmers D14, which had a quick hitch attached to it. The hitch was causing issues with my haying equipment, so I removed it and set it on a pike of telephone poles on my property behind some bushes... In other words, there was absolutely no way to see it from the road. This road, BTW, goes only to a couple of gravel pits and forestry trails. Nobody lives past my hay field.

Today, I hopped on the D14 and drove up to the meadow to reattach the QH so I could return the tractor. It was gone! I could see tire tracks in the grass that seemed to indicate that someone had been there twice. They followed the same path, but one set looked like they scoped out the place, while the other set had clearly backed up to the place where the QH was.

Needless to say, I called the Sheriff, who sent a deputy within 20 min. He looked the place over, asked the appropriate questions and will file the report. Neither one of us expect to see the item again.

For reference, only five families live on Minnesota Hill, and we are pretty tight and look out for each other. There are, however, a few seasonal, or part time cabins that can occasionally bring the party crowds up to our quiet corner of the world. Other than that, just the occasional 4-wheeler s and hunters.

I went to town and bought a new QH to replace the stolen one, and I'll return the tractor, unscathed tomorrow.

I'm a little cranky.

Joe

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[cruz54982]

Sorry to hear of your loss - that type of thing has always burned me to no end ! Borrow anything I own but do not let me catch a thief !

 

[oldballs]

We had a family member who attended a funeral out of town and while they were gone someone backed a moving van up and cleaned out the whole house. This was in a farming community where houses are too far apart to be seen from one another. Now somebody had to know about the funeral etc. and had a plan. Who knows? Personal and keepsake items were gone forever. Damnable thieves are everywhere. Gr-r-r-.

 

[SPIKER]

We had a family member who attended a funeral out of town and while they were gone someone backed a moving van up and cleaned out the whole house. /...

Gr-r-r-.

I was hit too by thiefs when I went to my GF's dad's funeral. The cops said it had been happening for years, they look for announcements in papers/on-line for funeral dates and times. then look for surviving names. Look them up and get addy, & hit the place while the homeowner is grieving. They are lucky cops caught couple of the locals doing it if it had been one of the victims of their theft it might not have gone so well for them. I would have liked to get back the 500+ worth of stuff they stole but wont ever get that since of security back. Leave radios running 24/7 now and have security lights w motion detectors on all over...

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[caver]

I had a power-line easement trimming crew come through my property this spring. The weekend after they had come through I noticed my high lift jack was gone. I thought maybe I left it outside the barn because I had used it last time I was over there. If they had taken it out of the barn they would have grabbed the two Stihl chainsaws. Well dummy me, they came back for those a week or two later. Now I think that I didn't leave it out and that was a test. One of those saws was a like new Farm Boss. I can't prove they took it but all my neighbors are thinking the same way I am. First theft I've had there in 8 years of ownership.

 

[HEC]

What a shame the way things are going in this country . I remember when honesty meant something , a hand shake was as good as gold and that has been replaced with pages of legal documents .

 

[whistlepig]

In some places it is still that way. We had to move to find it again.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

There should be an open season on thieves... absolutely no use for them in our society.

 

[HEC]

In some places it is still that way. We had to move to find it again.

You are so right as we moved also , but the ugly is creeping closer and closer everyday .

 

[Marveltone]

There should be an open season on thieves... absolutely no use for them in our society.

Oh, trust me, if I catch whoever it is, it will take all I have to NOT bag & tag the vermin. I just finished stringing a cable and padlock across the entrance. If I get the chance, I'm going to buy a couple trail cams and strategically place them.

Joe

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[whistlepig]

I hope you catch them. We were robbed a couple of times before we moved. Not easy to live with.

 

[MossRoad]

What a shame the way things are going in this country . I remember when honesty meant something , a hand shake was as good as gold and that has been replaced with pages of legal documents .

Well, you must be older than me, because I remember burglaries, thefts, robberies from my childhood and I'm over 50.... its been going on since Cain and Abel.

 

[whistlepig]

People have different tolerances for this kind of stuff. Ours was very low. Maybe we are wimps. We moved far away from it. We stay armed at home now. An attitude I do not like having.

 

[Marveltone]

Just flagged down a Border Patrol vehicle to inform the officer of the theft. He wrote down my name and phone number and said he'd spread the word. Up here, the Border Patrol is the only regular law enforcement we see. They usually drive by a few times a day to check to see if the border's still there.

Joe

 

[KiotiKowboy]

They usually drive by a few times a day to check to see if the border's still there. Joe

I guess down South, they can dispense with the driving - since that border has already disappeared.

 

[Marveltone]

I guess down South, they can dispense with the driving - since that border has already disappeared.

At least we're protected from Manitoba!

 

[dave1949]

Got this in an email. Makes you think about some vulnerabilities. It may even be true stories. :laughing:


1. LONG-TERM PARKING
Some people left their car in the long-term parking at San Jose while away, and someone broke into the car. Using the information on the car's registration in the glove compartment, they drove the car to the people's home in Pebble Beach and robbed it. So I guess if we are going to leave the car in long-term parking, we should NOT leave the registration/insurance cards in it, nor your remote garage door opener. This gives us something to think about with all our new electronic technology.


2. GPS:
Someone had their car broken into while they were at a football game. Their car was parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included a garage door remote control, some money and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the dashboard. When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked and just about everything worth anything had been stolen. The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then used the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the house. The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had to clean out the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents. Something to consider if you have a GPS - don't put your home address in it... Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station) so you can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else would know where you live if your GPS were stolen.

3. CELL PHONES:
I never thought of this....... This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on her cell phone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card, wallet, etc., was stolen. Twenty minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling him what had happened, hubby says, "I received your text asking about our Pin number and I've replied a little while ago." When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text "hubby" in the contact list and got hold of the pin number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account.

Moral of the lesson:
a. Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your contact list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad, Mom, etc....
b. And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through texts, CONFIRM by calling back.
c. Also, when you're being texted by friends or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came from them. If you don't reach them, be very careful about going places to meet "family and friends" who text you.

4. PURSE IN THE GROCERY CART SCAM:
A lady went grocery-shopping at a local mall and left her purse sitting in the children's seat of the cart while she reached something off a shelf... wait till you read the WHOLE story! Her wallet was stolen, and she reported it to the store personnel. After returning home, she received a phone call from the Mall Security to say that they had her wallet and that although there was no money in it, it did still hold her personal papers. She immediately went to pick up her wallet, only to be told by Mall Security that they had not called her. By the time she returned home again, her house had been broken into and burglarized. The thieves knew that by calling and saying they were Mall Security, they could lure her out of her house long enough for them to burglarize it.

 

[Nightforce]

When honest folks have something stolen or are robbed it's a violation in the deepest sense. Some speak of tolerance, I have no tolerance for anyone who takes something that doesn't belong to them. 2 years ago I had me nearly new Husky 455 chainsaw stolen from one of my sheds. If I catch the SOB I'll cut off his fingers.....:fiery: