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Longtime lurker, occasional poster. I don't post much since I'm still relatively new to guns and figure I'll learn more by just reading for the forum for a while, but I could use a LEO's help, if this is the right place for this post.
My car was stolen last week. I got it back a day later, with no damage other than a trashed ignition cylinder and $370 in tow/storage fees. A couple of days later, someone called my main office down in SoCal (we do private investigation, I'm based in San Jose) and asked if there's a reward for the SD card from my video camera, which was in the car when it was stolen and had a day's worth of evidence on it. The office was more than happy to take his name and number and forward it to me.
I called this guy and left a message, then sent a text telling him that if he didn't contact me immediately I was forwarding his name and number to the police. He texted me back asking who I was so I called again and his girlfriend answered the phone. She admitted they had the card and said they "found" it. Then she admitted that they "found" it inside a video camera, which was given to them by a friend. She refused to name this friend, got even more evasive, told me her boyfriend would have to call me back, and then hung up. Silence from them since.
I went to the gated and secured condo complex where my car was recovered and talked to security. They remembered the car from the night before, and said they find a lot of stolen cars back there. No video cameras but they may install some now, covertly.
Whoever stole my car (there were two of them, I believe) left their phone charger plugged in (with a likely thumbprint) and also grabbed my full Gatorade bottle from the cup holder and tossed it into the back seat, hopefully leaving a set of excellent prints. I've got the stuff bagged. Probably nothing admissible in court due to no chain of custody, but still could be interesting information.
When I called SJPD to add this info to the report, they forwarded me to the burglary unit, which only had voicemail available, no staff. I understand that the burglary unit is largely shut down because they don't have the manpower to investigate property crimes, even though they're spiking badly. I think I've pretty much got this car thief cornered, but can't do much else on my own. Anyone know of any San Jose LEOs who might want to trace a phone number and go have a talk with this guy? I'll keep trying to reach someone in the SJPD burglary unit in the meantime. Thanks everyone.
Longtime lurker, occasional poster. I don't post much since I'm still relatively new to guns and figure I'll learn more by just reading for the forum for a while, but I could use a LEO's help, if this is the right place for this post.
My car was stolen last week. I got it back a day later, with no damage other than a trashed ignition cylinder and $370 in tow/storage fees. A couple of days later, someone called my main office down in SoCal (we do private investigation, I'm based in San Jose) and asked if there's a reward for the SD card from my video camera, which was in the car when it was stolen and had a day's worth of evidence on it. The office was more than happy to take his name and number and forward it to me.
I called this guy and left a message, then sent a text telling him that if he didn't contact me immediately I was forwarding his name and number to the police. He texted me back asking who I was so I called again and his girlfriend answered the phone. She admitted they had the card and said they "found" it. Then she admitted that they "found" it inside a video camera, which was given to them by a friend. She refused to name this friend, got even more evasive, told me her boyfriend would have to call me back, and then hung up. Silence from them since.
I went to the gated and secured condo complex where my car was recovered and talked to security. They remembered the car from the night before, and said they find a lot of stolen cars back there. No video cameras but they may install some now, covertly.
Whoever stole my car (there were two of them, I believe) left their phone charger plugged in (with a likely thumbprint) and also grabbed my full Gatorade bottle from the cup holder and tossed it into the back seat, hopefully leaving a set of excellent prints. I've got the stuff bagged. Probably nothing admissible in court due to no chain of custody, but still could be interesting information.
When I called SJPD to add this info to the report, they forwarded me to the burglary unit, which only had voicemail available, no staff. I understand that the burglary unit is largely shut down because they don't have the manpower to investigate property crimes, even though they're spiking badly. I think I've pretty much got this car thief cornered, but can't do much else on my own. Anyone know of any San Jose LEOs who might want to trace a phone number and go have a talk with this guy? I'll keep trying to reach someone in the SJPD burglary unit in the meantime. Thanks everyone.
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