This morning, The Herald published an article on a Sheriff’s
Office and Snohomish County Auto Theft Task Force bust near Cathcart that
recovered two stolen vehicles, a number of guns, thousands of rounds of
ammunition, and precious jewels.
A task force official pointed out that major stolen car
investigations often lead to solving other crimes.
The article also highlights a few other points:
- The first stolen vehicle had a
GPS tracking device hidden in it. This shows that tracking devices that
use GPS or the radio technology that Lojack uses can be very effective in
recovering stolen vehicles.
- 14 guns were discovered with 11
of them known to be stolen. Also, 3,000 rounds of ammunition were found as
well as several holsters. The large number of stolen guns and ammunition
points out the importance of securing weapons in a safe that is bolted to
the floor of your house. Here are a couple of links with suggestions on
how to secure guns:
- $50,000 of power tools were
recovered as well as plastic bags holding precious jewels including
diamonds, rubies and sapphires. Deputies assume that the stones were
removed from rings, necklaces and bracelets before melting the gold. Keeping
an inventory of your valuables, as I have mentioned before, can be an
important tool to recovery any items stolen from your home. Often, when
deputies recover stolen property they need help in returning them to their
rightful owners. If they cannot match the property to good descriptions in
their crime reports, they have to assume that the property belongs to the
suspect (even if they know that the property was probably stolen). Power tools
can be engraved with your own individual ID code. Pictures showing all
sides of the tools can also help. You would normally not engrave jewelry,
but pictures of the jewelry can help to identify it. Be sure to promptly
report the theft of your jewelry since the gold in it can easily be melted
down for cash.
- A small stash of methamphetamine
was found. Many burglars steal to feed a drug habit.
For more detail about the bust go to “Major bust starts with
stolen car:”
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