RE: [Leica] Dumb camera thieves

["olivier nguyen" <oliviertnguyen@hotmail.com>]

:)

>From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: RE: [Leica] Dumb camera thieves
>Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:26:30 -0400
>
>What a really great story!!:-)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Tim
>Atherton
>Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 6:57 PM
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: [Leica] Dumb camera thieves
>
>
>For all those who worry about thieves targeting Leica's by the red dots
>(followed by the urge to use black tape) the following story from another
>list proves Marc's point about your average thief being one fry short of a
>Happy Meal:
>
> > Last week my car was broken into and several thousand
> > dollars worth of camera equipment was stolen. As you
> > can imagine, the newspaper is filing an insurance
> > claim.
> >
> > And now...the rest of the story.
> > I laugh to keep from crying at times.
> >
> > The person that broke into my car also stole the
> > company cell phone. After little sleep that night, I
> > came to work the next day and made a call to our
> > cellular provider and reported the phone stolen. It's
> > a good thing I didn't report it stolen right after it
> > happened. 14 calls were made just minutes after my car
> > was broken into, including more than 2 calls to the
> > thief's own home and another to his girlfriend who is
> > currently on five years probation for receiving stolen
> > property.
> >
> > Stay with me here...it gets better.
> >
> > After turning the case over to major crimes, a
> > detective started to shake some trees and paid a visit
> > to the girlfriend. Already on probation, she wanted
> > nothing to do with the stolen camera gear and offered
> > some insight, and some evidence to the detective.
> > "I saw the camera gear, he (the thief boyfriend)
> > showed it to me and said it was his aunt's, who wanted
> > it sold. He did throw away some disk thing in the
> > trash can. It's over there if you want it," the
> > girlfriend says.
> >
> > So I'm paid a visit at work the next day by the
> > detective, who has my stolen disk in his hand.
> > "Just for kicks," he says, "Let's see if
> > they by any chance took a picture of something."
> >
> > Not only did they take pictures of the vehicle they
> > used to steal the gear with, they (the thief and a
> > sidekick), took pictures of - you guessed it - EACH
> > OTHER!!!
> >
> > Their self portraits now hang on the wall in the
> > police station. The two young lads, both 19, are on
> > the run and facing felony warrants.
> >
> > P.S. No, I didn't get the gear back. An informant told
> > the detective he "got rid" of the evidence.
>
>--
>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html
>--
>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html




No Archive


_________________________________________________________________
MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: 
http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

- --
To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html