Stolen Boat! PICS BOAT FOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!

[st00pid]

great news. Only bad thing is your bud will prob never see a dime but atleast you got the boat back. Id deff take a 30 pack of the guys fav beer to him.

[yellowcard129]

that sucks hope you find it

[Socalbassmaster]

About d**n time look there are great people out there I agree a case of beer for them Great people made me smile now that happend

[done]

     Awesome dude!!! Absolutely awesome!! I would definitely look up that recycling center dude.

     I would have thought those guys would just take the metal no questions asked, like vultures. I am glad to see I was wrong. Maybe he is a fisherman, you can take him out for a trip. Send him on here, we'll certainly pick him up.

     Sounds like this crew will not be seeing the streets in a while either which is good.

[rondef]

Congrats on getting the boat back.  I hope they lock up those low lifes for a long time.

[zellamander]

Thanks for the support everyone!

[Sam]

Hey Zell,

Happy endings make me happy.

Great news.  Congrats!

[avid]

I haven't checked this forum recently so I missed this post.   Yes, I totally hate it when something that's mine gets stolen.  Yes, I totally relate to homicidal impulses.  Yes, I am soooooo glad for you that the boat was found.  Yes, the meth labs will assure these creeps get serious time.  No, I doubt if your friend will see a penny of restitution, but all in all it seems like a better than expected outcome.

[Wyattsdad13]

Wow, what a great way to start the weekend, ya outta get a news team to do a spot for the scrap yard. I asked ours about that stuff and they said they take drivers license number for everything without exception, and they will call the fuzz for anything that looks too good to be true, like brand new copper or anything that looks better than it should. They said they have a big problem with illegals, they show up with stuff mostly catalytic converters and no drivers license, they get turned away, then the stuff shows up later with somebody else, they get the license number and then call the cops on the idiot that does the drop for them.  At least somebody out there is doing their job.

[The Rooster]

That's how it is here in KY too, new state laws on all that now.  We do home improvements for a living and we constantly scrap out old aluminum gutters and siding.  They take a picture of us standing beside our truck with the license plate showing, also make us show ID and they xerox a copy of that.  Now they require a company letterhead stating that we have authorization to scrap out any metal, even though WE run the company, it's privately owned by just US.  There's a ton of regulations that have to be met around here and it's all due to theft of copper and aluminum.  Now they're cracking down!!!

I agree, even though I don't drink, give the guy a cold case of beer, or take him fishing, or anything.....just make sure he knows how grateful you are.  It's nice to see that you got the boat back.  What about the trolling motor, new roll of carpet and 2 batteries that were in it??  They still there??  

[zellamander]

The carpet was rolled out inside these peoples house.... they can keep it, no thanks...

The trolling motor was still there, but sitting in a little plastic scamp they had, (must not have wanted to junkt he plastic... haha!)

My tools, that actually how the meth labs were discovered. Needless to say they all with take a sulpher bath!

Here is a sad thing, or a good thing depending on how you look at it.

The guy had a warrant for his arrest, (they couldn't tell us what for) and one of the 2 girls had 3 kids living in the house that all this went down in....

So chalk up:

Theft

Criminal tresspassing

Fraud (used a fake license to try and scrap)

Narcotics

Child endangerment

Child Neglect

Child Abbuse

As my old friend elmer fudd says, Good ridence to bad rubbish!!!!

[islandbass]

Man,

I also missed this thread. I am glad you were able to get something recovered and the bad guys got caught. 8-) Hats off to the scrap metal operator who had the wisdom to make the call to the police.

[zellamander]

That is the second time that Fort Scott, (Galamba Metal) Saved me or one of my buddies.

Back in January I had my demolition derby car stolen from my step-brothers house. It was a 1966 Newport. The bad thing was that it had a fresh rebuilt 350 in it. They saved me on that one too!

[firefightn15]

Yeh Zel, I missed this one also.  You sure do keep things exciting in your neighborhood.  Good thing you guys were able to get the word out asap.  As they say, "keep on keepin on".

ff15

[The Rooster]

I feel sorry for those children.....but still glad those parents got caught. It's way better for them though, assuming they survived the poisonous vapors from cooking that filth, they still might have blown the house up with them in it!

When I first read this thread I wouldn't have given a nickel in a bet that you'd ever have recovered any of your things you had stolen. So glad to read some good news in something like this.....too often there's no happy ending.

[shorefisher]

That is great to hear. Its cool how sometimes things work out.

[zellamander]

Thanks again all. Finally a happy ending.

[mayassa]

Glad it worked out,  I kept thinking it was gone forever

[DADto4]

Great news..I love when people get what they deserve.

[heathen]

Great news dude, glad you got it back!!!