Brother's solar panels stolen

[tuckerdog1]

My brother stores his 5th wheel at a storage facility. One of those places that have garage type storage units. There is a small area at the rear where there's room for maybe 8 RVs. No shore power, so about once a week, he breaks at his folding panels & charges his batteries. The place is like a fortress, but he locks them to the RV with a braided cable lock anyway. So he comes back to disconnect & store the panels, and they are gone. Power line to the RV is cut, as well as the braided cable. Cameras are everywhere, and sure enough, clear as day, they have the thief on video. Someone with a storage unit in the facility. Now he's going to file a report with the police, but doesn't think it'll get 5 minutes of their attention. I on the other hand, think it's going to be such an easy slam dunk, they'll be happy to get right on it.

But what do I know?

Tuckerdog1

[bhauskne]

Originally Posted by tuckerdog1

My brother stores his 5th wheel at a storage facility. One of those places that have garage type storage units. There is a small area at the rear where there's room for maybe 8 RVs. No shore power, so about once a week, he breaks at his folding panels & charges his batteries. The place is like a fortress, but he locks them to the RV with a braided cable lock anyway. So he comes back to disconnect & store the panels, and they are gone. Power line to the RV is cut, as well as the braided cable. Cameras are everywhere, and sure enough, clear as day, they have the thief on video. Someone with a storage unit in the facility. Now he's going to file a report with the police, but doesn't think it'll get 5 minutes of their attention. I on the other hand, think it's going to be such an easy slam dunk, they'll be happy to get right on it.

But what do I know?

Tuckerdog1

Contact the police. With the video it should be an easy bust. If they refuse to act, then you will need to apply some frontier justice. Bold/stupid criminal.

[wahoonc]

Thieves don't care about anything anymore. We have a job site with security cameras on all sides. Had ~$30,000 worth of stuff stolen right in front of the security camera. So far no leads.

I use game cameras at home for security on a remote barn, got pictures of a couple of clowns trying to steal an old truck. Gave the pictures to the sheriff's department, they knew exactly who they were. Already been picked up and charged with something else and bonded out. Sheriff said they probably won't be charged with what they did at our place.

Aaron

[bareftn]

Originally Posted by wahoonc

Thieves don't care about anything anymore. We have a job site with security cameras on all sides. Had ~$30,000 worth of stuff stolen right in front of the security camera. So far no leads.

I use game cameras at home for security on a remote barn, got pictures of a couple of clowns trying to steal an old truck. Gave the pictures to the sheriff's department, they knew exactly who they were. Already been picked up and charged with something else and bonded out. Sheriff said they probably won't be charged with what they did at our place.

Aaron

once they are told they were seen at your farm I bet they wont be back

[bareftn]

no matter where your at nothing is safe city or country , to may people would rather steal and hooked on truck then work. A friebd of mine what two old steel wagon wheels to make the end of his drive with about a ft buried in cement and someone stole them late at night for scrap

[aceinspp]

Yep it it's out there its going to get stolen. It's sad that we can not trust any one any more. Sad thing is the justice has gone by the way side. Latter RJD

[wanderer26]

There is nothing lower than a thief except maybe a drug dealer. I would wait till he or she comes back and they will.. They can think about just how stupid they are everytime they take a step for the rest of their miserable lives.

[wahoonc]

Originally Posted by bareftn

once they are told they were seen at your farm I bet they wont be back

Nope, not anymore...

About a mile up the road there is a high school, nearby are some apartments. Someone was breaking in during the daytime, they tracked the miscreants back to the high school. Charged them, 3 weeks later the same ones got caught in the act at the apartments across the road from the school.

We secure our stuff the best we can and keep the insurance paid up.

Aaron