$1.8 million worth of luxury RVs stolen

Tal/IL wrote:
You might be surprised how easy they would be to unload.
Years ago, in another profession, I once picked up and returned an out-of-state prisoner who was part of a ring that stole large, high-dollar farm equipment. On the trip back I asked how the heck one unloads a large tractor or combine. He said it was easy when you offer a very expensive item at a fraction of its actual value to someone who has the cash to pay for it no questions asked. "They know it's stolen, they just don't care when they can get it so cheap."

This is the biggest part of the problem. If they knew it was stolen and bought it anyway then they should get as much time in prison and the thieves. But, they won't. If they got prosecuted at all ( And the probably didn't) they would get a slap on the wrist because they have money and are "good Upstanding members of the community".

There would be a lot less crime if people didn't support the crime by purchasing the stuff and having no worries.

Could be just for a drunken bush party deep in the boonies.
Party all weekend and trash them.

Betting they didn't stop except to fuel up once before hitting the border somewhere around El Paso. Or they're stashed getting fake titles made.

ccxnola wrote:
Quick repaint and then watch for 'em on eBay / CraigsList

These thefts were all over the local Denver news and I think in some cases, went national.

Someone would have to be extremely stupid to try and sell them via eBay/CL... but then again, thieves. Hope they ultimately get caught!

Quick repaint and then watch for 'em on eBay / CraigsList

wnjj wrote:
Farm and construction equipment aren't titled and registered like coaches are. I don't see these things staying in the States.

A couple of years ago a co-worker bought a used luxury car here in Texas. It had a clean title. A few months later the Feds showed up at his front door and informed him the vehicle was stolen in New Jersey and they were impounding it, but they knew he hadn't done anything wrong. He was left with a car loan and no car. The credit union advised him to report the car as stolen (from him by the Feds) so that his insurance could pay off the loan.

Another friend of mine has a vintage 1950's T-Bird with all the original paperwork from the factory. He went to get new license plates and was told he had surrendered the title to someone in Colorado. The State Police in his state inspected his vehicle and paperwork and issues him a new title. They also opened an investigation into the illegal title transfer in Colorado. Best guess is someone rebuilt an old T-Bird and to get a higher resale value tried to title it with paperwork that just happened to match my friend's T-Bird.

You'd be surprised what an organized gang of thieves can do in today's world with computers and such. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if these RVs were re-titled with "clean" paperwork and sold to some unsuspecting buyers.

Quite honestly, Taco Bell makes me run to places...but it 'aint the border ...LOL:B

Just like Taco Bell, they are going to make a run for the border. :B

Then if need be, hop on a ship to a very rich country. Easypleasy.

Farm and construction equipment aren't titled and registered like coaches are. I don't see these things staying in the States.

You might be surprised how easy they would be to unload.
Years ago, in another profession, I once picked up and returned an out-of-state prisoner who was part of a ring that stole large, high-dollar farm equipment. On the trip back I asked how the heck one unloads a large tractor or combine. He said it was easy when you offer a very expensive item at a fraction of its actual value to someone who has the cash to pay for it no questions asked. "They know it's stolen, they just don't care when they can get it so cheap."