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TucsonJim
Explorer II
Dec 13, 2013

Darn Thief

I went out to my TV this morning and the contents of the center console were laying on my front seat. Some clown took my seven year old Garmin GPS. But they left the mounting bracket and power cord. My $150 Surefire flashlight was laying right next to it and was untouched.

I normally lock the truck and activate the alarm everytime I park it, but I must have failed to do so since the alarm never went off, and there was no sign of forced entry. What is really strange is that the truck is parked right under a security light which should have kept them away. Pretty brazen.

Even though it really irritates me that someone would steal, I'm very lucky the truck wasn't damaged.
  • The Thief was in need of a fix? Figured the GPS was worth a lot of money at the pawn shop.
    90% of the time we don't think of these things but wife reminds me when, we park somewhere new or a shopping mall to put things in the floor where they can't be seen or in the back.
    Dark glass would be good but we aren't allowed.
    We had them break, in the both doors and rear sliding glass, in ou 01 Dodge Diesel in Phoenix even after I ran them off, or though I did, at a restaurant.
    They took our medicines and insulins and clothes but left a new Nikon camera in the floor. They took the camera case.
    In perception of the rising poverty rate we can expect more theft and burglary every where.
  • Thereby proving once and for all that there is really NO limit to stupidity. Stealing the Garmin but leaving the mounting bracket and power cord, what a numb-nuts.
  • This the season...the light actually helped the crook see inside your truck to determine what he wanted.

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