Kudos to West Grey Police

[Species8472]

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:





Stolen RTV:



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!

[rodmcd]

Great to hear a good story about the police. Also good to hear you are getting everything back.
rodmcd

[FishHog]

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.

[kokes]

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....

[fishfood]

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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[sabmgb]

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.

[Horridfiber101]

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

[Gregger17]

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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[Gilroy]

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.

[Sam Menard]

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.