Kudos to West Grey Police

So had an unexpected break in my afternoon schedule today and was in the vicinity of our camp so thought i would shoot in and do some routine scouting. Pulled up to the gate and it was locked and secure as per normal but about 100 yards up the driveway i could see what looked like a log lying on the driveway. Opened up the gate and drove ahead and it was a cedar rail from the fence line which is about 5 yards west of the driveway at that spot. Looked closer and it was clear someone had driven a machine through the neighbour's bush and through the fence onto our property. There were lots of downed small trees all pointed in our direction with lots of bark scraped off. Immediately i got a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach.

Drove ahead to the cabin and my fears were confirmed. Cabin door was open and going around back of the cabin my 900cc Diesel Kubota 4x4 Side by Side was gone. I had just dropped it off a week earlier for the season. Went inside the cabin careful not to touch anything and the place had been tossed. Nothing of too much value is ever stored there but 7 solar panels were taken, 200 amp hour of deep cycle battery gone and a 1500 watt pure sine inverter gone as well.

Tossed cabin:

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Stolen RTV:

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So timeline was nobody had been at camp in 8 days. I arrived today at 1:20 pm. Called cops (via dispatch not 911) at 1:25 pm. Constable arrived at 1:45 pm. Took constable through the scene and answered questions gave statement until 2:05 pm. Constable gets a call and informs me last night they raided what she called a rat's nest about a mile away and have recovered everything! Really just some clean up required and repairs to the door and door frame - no need to even call insurance in.

Day sucked but man i was impressed with our local rural police force. I made sure she knew it too. Getting my stuff back tomorrow!

Great to hear a good story about the police. Also good to hear you are getting everything back.
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Well really glad it worked out in the end for you, but its such a horrible feeling to show up and find your property violated. Unfortunately I've been there and didn't like it.
Kudos to the local police, and hopefully they prevented a lot of others from having the same issues.

Glad to hear a happy ending for you species....
Sad part is = this "rats nest" will get a slap on the wrist and will be out offending again in no time....

Glad a crappy turn of events ended in your favor and you will be getting all your stuff back.

Unfortunately for the crooks there won't be much of a punishment to deter them away from doing it again. Hence the rats nest lol

A great ending glad you get your stuff back.

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good ending but I agree with others, they will be back at it in no time. You better have your stuff locked up better as they will be back and I'm not saying you didn't have it locked up proper, just need to go over the top now. Even that won't stop them since they will have lots of time to figure it out.

That is a great shout out to the force.

Camera's, Camera's, Camera's for Xmas
Cheap protection that can send out immediate alerts

And… weren’t they talking about ridding the local police departments up there a few years back to the OPP. Glad things worked out for you.


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Day sucked but man i was impressed with our local rural police force. I made sure she knew it too. Getting my stuff back tomorrow!


Well glad you got you stuff back, in many respects the rural police have it very easy because the local rounders SHOULD be known to all in the detachment. Compare that to say Toronto
with 3 million folks and criminals scattered all over the place.

Up my way the same guys doing break and enters keep getting arrested and released because the COURTS feel theft is a victimless crime.

Obviously these neighbours of yours are not real bright.

I remember recovering thousands of dollars of stolen equipment for officers in Kindardine OPP Major Crime Unit. All sold and pawned off on Church Street in downtown Toronto.

I took us half a day to round up the stolen stuff in a cube van that was in the stores and sold under the culprits real name.

What a violation of your soul! Glad to hear that the matter was solved. If the matter goes to trial, can you give a victim impact statement?

There was a time that public shaming had an effect, saddly perps just laugh at the suspended sentences and probation handed out by the courts.

Great luck ! Sometimes you get lucky, unfortunately not often. I might suggest some well hidden trail cams would assist in identification.

wow amazing luck. or. maybe good officers ...
I had my stuff stolen last year on crown. with trail cam pics, none of the officers wanted the pics lol
With all these cases, its a blessing that u werent there when it happened, could have been worst.

Seems like there was more than one person involved. They drove in and I assume drove away in your Kabota as well.. Looks like you know who the culpert was and retribution should be in order... Burn the place down...

jesus christ. people have some serious issues.

where are you located species? i cant remember your exact wmu, never the less that whole county along with duffrin has a real issue with this. guys stealing massive farming equipment atvs etc. think its time you get some trail cameras thats sole purpose is security. 1 at the front gate/ driveway and a couple pointing at your cabin front back sides etc. or you could always get some wifi to the cabin and get an actual camera that will send you notifications with any movement it detects, though thats prob the more pricy option if you dont have any wifi at the cabin currently. maybe a wheel lock for the 4x4 would be worth it too.

also get or make a few signs saying "smile for the camera dumb A $$"

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What a violation of your soul! Glad to hear that the matter was solved. If the matter goes to trial, can you give a victim impact statement?

There was a time that public shaming had an effect, saddly perps just laugh at the suspended sentences and probation handed out by the courts.

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The shaming should go to the crown or prosecutor if the suspect has had the same charges previously. The question should be why these criminals just keep getting a slap on the wrist without much of a deterrent, just go back and do the same all over again.


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Seems like there was more than one person involved. They drove in and I assume drove away in your Kabota as well.. Looks like you know who the culpert was and retribution should be in order... Burn the place down...

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The main problem with that suggestion is the bad guys can buy matches as well and probably would use them as they have no fear of the justice system.

Just got home with the RTV on the float. All the serial/VIN numbers have been removed and it has been painted mat black LOL. I am OCD about maintenance records which was helpful in proving it was mine and getting it released. Over the phone i was able to tell cops make, model and size/profile of the tires on the unit, make and model of the battery, and the location and size/shape of 2 dents in the roof that my son put on the unit 5 years ago. Was also able to give them the exact hours on it when i last saw it 9 days ago. That was more than enough for the cops regardless of no serial/VIN number. I also had the original bill of sale from 2009 confirming model.

So on Monday i will take it to the dealer and have them do a once over to make sure there is no hidden damage. It started fine and drove onto the trailer fine so not too worried.

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The shaming should go to the crown or prosecutor if the suspect has had the same charges previously. The question should be why these criminals just keep getting a slap on the wrist without much of a deterrent, just go back and do the same all over again.


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The courts figure everybody has insurance so therefore no real problem. We have also got to remember they have 57,000 lawyers to keep at work and at least several thousand are criminal lawyers.

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jesus christ. people have some serious issues.

where are you located species? i cant remember your exact wmu, never the less that whole county along with duffrin has a real issue with this. guys stealing massive farming equipment atvs etc. think its time you get some trail cameras thats sole purpose is security. 1 at the front gate/ driveway and a couple pointing at your cabin front back sides etc. or you could always get some wifi to the cabin and get an actual camera that will send you notifications with any movement it detects, though thats prob the more pricy option if you dont have any wifi at the cabin currently. maybe a wheel lock for the 4x4 would be worth it too.

also get or make a few signs saying "smile for the camera dumb A $$"

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Deer camp is in 82a NW of Flesherton.

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Just got home with the RTV on the float. All the serial/VIN numbers have been removed and it has been painted mat black LOL. I am OCD about maintenance records which was helpful in proving it was mine and getting it released. Over the phone i was able to tell cops make and model of the tires on the unit, make and model of the battery, and the location and size/shape of 2 dents in the roof that my son put on the unit 5 years ago. Was also able to give them the exact hours on it when i last saw it 9 days ago. That was more than enough for the cops regardless of no serial/VIN number. I also had the original bill of sale from 2009 confirming model.

So on Monday i will take it to the dealer and have them do a once over to make sure there is no hidden damage. It started fine and drove onto the trailer fine so not too worried.

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I would imagine the bad guys did not have their own bill of sale for your unit LOL

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Originally Posted by Species8472

Just got home with the RTV on the float. All the serial/VIN numbers have been removed and it has been painted mat black LOL. I am OCD about maintenance records which was helpful in proving it was mine and getting it released. Over the phone i was able to tell cops make, model and size/profile of the tires on the unit, make and model of the battery, and the location and size/shape of 2 dents in the roof that my son put on the unit 5 years ago. Was also able to give them the exact hours on it when i last saw it 9 days ago. That was more than enough for the cops regardless of no serial/VIN number. I also had the original bill of sale from 2009 confirming model.

So on Monday i will take it to the dealer and have them do a once over to make sure there is no hidden damage. It started fine and drove onto the trailer fine so not too worried.

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That's always my fear if a vehicle or something if mine were stolen - getting it back in that condition. It's pretty funny the tricks they use to "fool" the law.

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Deer camp is in 82a NW of Flesherton.

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ah yup. i hunt 81a on a massive farm , also have a uncle who has a property in dundalk and another one who has a property in southgate 82a.

stay safe man, these guys have been doing this crap for years, and i dont think its just a few guys, i think its a whole organization.
place i hunt on recently has been getting more and more trespassers. and im not just talking about guys walking through the bush to go hunt. literally guys in their pickup trucks driving through fields and parking their trucks doing who knows what inside.

https://farmersforum.com/100000-john...thon-township/
https://mulmur.ca/live/news/dufferin...vehicle-thefts
https://www.farms.com/ag-industry-ne...hefts-999.aspx
https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/keys-stole...-opp-1.6398835
https://shelburnefreepress.ca/?p=32035
https://www.orangeville.com/news/map...bbb1a7bb1.html

Good to hear you recovered your stuff but it’s sad that people do this and reck a good thing

Glad to hear you got everything back and the police were able to help you so quickly, what shame some people just don't care

Glad you got your stuff back but man, that has to suck.... Low lives for sure..... Some people suck

I too am glad that your property was recovered. Great work by your local Police Service. Too often the Cops get a bad rap because of the odd bad apple. It's not good that you have criminals as neighbours....but hopefully they won't venture onto your property again.

Wondering if you can share the exact location where they found your staff. Also names of individuals who did it. I'm located between Markdale and Fleshertone at west so appreciate if you can share that, or is this published somewhere? Hope somebody will do it. The people who did this have to be "marked" by society.

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The courts figure everybody has insurance so therefore no real problem. We have also got to remember they have 57,000 lawyers to keep at work and at least several thousand are criminal lawyers.

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Insurance or not the insurance company's are putting the pressure on the consumers. Hot ticket vehicles some insurance company will increase on certain vehicles like the ram unless you air tag them. They want you to go buy a tracking service so your insurance doesn't go up lol. Partners helping Partners and the consumer pays the price from the criminals.

Anyway about the lawers they don't set the terms. They just defend the client's. More criminals need to punished by law .

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Glad you got your stuff back Species. As you know I live just north of your property. If it isn't nailed down in West Grey it'll walk. I had a neighbor lose 9 lambs two summers ago.