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Rummage sale thiefs

Just read about this over at the Duluth Freecycle board and am passing it along on the remote chance it might help.

Essentially it boils down to looking for a white jeep-like vehicle that has the lisc plate number VNG 420. The plates are unregistered so the cops can't track them....

I

am offering a small reward for the proper identification of a vehical.
This past weekend I had a rummage sale in the east end. Someone came into the
sale (2 guys and 2 girls). The first 2 of the set went back to the car and there
was a girl and guy still in the garage. The guy was hiding behind a
partition we have in the garage. I did not know he was back there. While he was
there, he was loading his pockets with items that I had in the sale, new cable
modem, computer parts and more. I noticed, when he came out of the garage, that
his pockets were full. At that point, I noted down the truck plate number as
they sped off. Then I went into the garage to see if they had actually taken
anything and sure enough, they had. The police were called and we found then, that the guy that fit our
description, also fit the description of a guy last weekend, that went to
another rummage sale. One of the 2nd guys, had asked the guy running that sale to come
into the garage to answer a question about an item he had for sale, and when
the guy went into the garage, the one that fit our description stole the money
box from the other garage sale. I would appreciate it if anyone knows this vehical or made note of the plate
number and would let us in on who these people are. The plates came back
unregistered with the MN and WI police~ We were told either because they never
registered the vehical when they bought it, or it has tabs that were never
updated. In any case, the plate number is VNG 420. It is a white, jeep like truck.. 4
doors. It's not a jeep, but is very similar. The guy is about 6 feet tall,
brown hair. About 200 pounds. Big build. He was wearing tan dress pants and a
white shirt. I believe the plates were MN plates. This seems to be a new thing
that they are doing, and easily getting away with, and I would love to see
them caught. Maybe you know this vehical from your neighborhood~ or know of
someone who was bragging about getting some stuff this weekend that fit what I
had stolen. Maybe you were the person who had the money box stolen last
weekend. If so, maybe you can add into the description. The thing that bugs me
themost is.. it could keep going, if we don't nail him soon. Since he was not
the driver of the vehical, the person who was driving, would be held
responsible, unless he rats out his buddy. Either way, I'd like to see them
caught forwhat they are doing. I don't know who else he has done this too.. I only
know about the one other incident we were told about.
Thank you.

It is post # 15673 over at freecycle, so information, if any, can be sent via there, or even posted here and it will be passed along.

Comments

i overheard several different people at the park point sale saying they were getting ripped off too. ASSHOLEISM!


You might get the best "action" out of this by posting a message in the rummage sales section of the newspaper. You'll have the eyes of all the rabid rummage sale fanatics on the case.


How old were they?


That really sucks. You should definitely post this info where people look for rummage sales, like Craigslist, papers, etc.


You need to be really careful when you are having a garage sale to cover or hide your personal, not for sale, items. It's very easy for someone to case your garage out.


All I know is what is quoted above. Figured I'd pass it along in case the vehicle happened to be in your (collective your) neighborhood. The posting in the newspaper is a decent idea and I might pass it along to the person who posted at freecycle. I suspect the paper may be a bit skittish about publishing someone's lisc plate number though.


looks like the DNT got wind of it .. good job working together

i think crime like this is so ridiculous .. like the thieves looking for open cars just to steal tapes and CDs [happened to me]. It is such a violation of ones privacy.. and for what?

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=43947


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