Levin 0 #1 October 11, 2002 i've heard of people swiping personal items from other jumpers before, but this is outrageous. i'm going off of 2nd hand information so i don't know all the details, tuesday night somebody broke into manifest, gear-store and the video room at skydive houston. they took the staff's cameras, pro-tracks and altimeters from the gear-store and the cash from manifest. please keep an eye out for anybody that may be selling a bulk of these items. i'm not sure what or how many camera's were stolen. two of them may be a new pc101 and a sony digital high-8. wish i had more information to give. levin vSCS#3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #2 October 11, 2002 Sure it was'nt a local? I've heard of tandem/students seeing all this shiney expensive stuff laying around then swiping it. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #3 October 11, 2002 dude that sux ass, in reference to another thread, can we shoot these people when we catch themSeriously though, I hope they catch the perp who did this I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Levin 0 #4 October 11, 2002 QuoteSure it was'nt a local? I've heard of tandem/students seeing all this shiney expensive stuff laying around then swiping it i have no idea who it could of been. i haven't been there long enough to form a conclusion about anybody. i'm also a slightly overtrusting person myself. it could have been anyone. a student, local jumper, somebody from another dropzone. only thing i'm pretty sure about is that it is another jumper. levin vSCS#3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #5 October 11, 2002 Levin- Sorry to hear about this. Keep me posted, S/N #'s, exact items, etc. and I'll keep a look out for them. I would LOVE to be the one that catches the SOB. Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #6 October 11, 2002 QuoteKeep me posted, S/N #'s, exact items, etc. and I'll keep a look out for them. Same here. It amazes me how stupid some people are... we've had people ask us to sell stolen gear for them in the past. It's loads of fun to have the stuff and tell them "sorry, but we gave it back to the rightful owner." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Levin 0 #7 October 11, 2002 QuoteKeep me posted, S/N #'s, exact items, i'll post this stuff as soon as i find out. i hope the video guys wrote their serial numbers down. some people are bad about not doing that. until about one minute ago i didn't even have mine wrote down. levin vSCR#17 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #8 October 11, 2002 Valuable stuff like video camera's etc should always be engraved with the owner's drivers licence number ... makes recovered stolen property MUCH easier to return if recoverd... I hope the thieves are caught and punished. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Levin 0 #9 October 11, 2002 Quoteproperty MUCH easier to return if recoverd... and probably much less tempting to take. not a bad idea. levin vSCS#3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #10 October 11, 2002 Have the cops done there thing (dust for prints and the like?)I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #11 October 11, 2002 fuckers My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #12 October 11, 2002 Aww man! That sucks! Keep us all updated. I hope we can help some how. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #13 October 11, 2002 >Have the cops done there thing (dust for prints and the like?) What's the point if it was a jumper who was supposed to be there anyway? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #14 October 11, 2002 i would guess its not a local. I mean how the hell would he/she be able to use/sell any of the gear if he/she jumps there regularly?My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #15 October 11, 2002 >i would guess its not a local. I mean how the hell would he/she be able >to use/ sell any of the gear if he/she jumps there regularly? Doesn't really matter. There are plenty of visitors on DZs anyway, so I don't think there would be much point in dusting for prints.And... A few years back here in Finland we had a case where, on a small club-based DZ(the only kind we have), money was mysteriously disappearing from the manifest(or was it the snackkbar, can't remember?)-cashregister. They set up a surveillance camera and caught one of the locals red handed.People can be stupid. And untrustworthy. Erno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 74 #16 October 11, 2002 It's a shame but you hear it quite often. On the Dutch forum there are frequent post about missing gear. "Wil the person who took my jumpsuit please return it" "If someone accidently took my Pro-Track, please return it" and so on.... It's a sad thing, because of DZ is usualy one of the most trusting places around. It'd be a sad thing if all of a sudden everyone would have to get lockers and constantly keep everything locked away to prevent people from stealing it...but it's something of modern times I think.. My grandma didn't have a lock on her door about 50 years ago....try that now and your house would be robbed clean in less then an hour...JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #17 October 11, 2002 QuoteHave the cops done there thing (dust for prints and the like?) Good luck. I used to live in a small town. Our police station was robbed. Also, my house was broken into through the washroom. They left a huge handprint on the washer. The "detective" spilled a whole bottle of that fingerprint carbon into my washing machine, messed up the prints, got it all over his uniform and everything in a 3ft radius. I ran the washing machine 6 times to get that stuff out. Unless other jumpers find the stuff when they try to sell it, you will never recover it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SatchFan 0 #18 October 11, 2002 My home DZ has been broken into several times. Amazingly though, the only thing that they take is VCRs. They don't take any of the rigs, camera boxes, etc. I guess you can't really drop by a pawn shop with a rig. Even a car was stolen once. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gemini 0 #19 October 11, 2002 So do you live in Mayberry and was the cop's name Barney? Blue skies, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #20 October 11, 2002 QuoteSo do you live in Mayberry and was the cop's name Barney? Nope, I'm not into big-city life. I figure the thefts from the police station were inside jobs. Pretty obvious. We had a few police get arrested, but it wasn't very often. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #21 October 11, 2002 Dude, that fucking blows! I'm going to talk to Todd, incase they decide to head north. When did this happen?--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #22 October 11, 2002 this really hits home. i don't know who did it, neither would i have a clue who would even entertain the idea. but i do believe in the ying/yang theory. who ever pulled this little stunt will most surely die a slow painful death. i do know who it wasn't though, and that's me, i'm 8600 miles from home! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #23 October 11, 2002 I wish terrible terrible things on whomever stole the gear That's just so weak that people steel and vandalize... Grrrrrr... I always bring all my gear home with me... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #24 October 11, 2002 Let's keep a lookout on eBay and other auction sites to see if we can find the culprits. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #25 October 11, 2002 I realy really hate f*%!)$#* thieves, especially gear thieves!!!!!!!! ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
