Has anyone caught a thief in the act?

[Verynice]

So we all know how many little shits have nothing better to do these days...

I'm wondering if anyone has ever caught scumbags in the act...

e.g, stealing your car?, breaking into your house?, vandalising your property? etc etc.

And if you wish, what you did with them, muhahaha.

[acarmody]

And if you wish, what (some random person whos name, address, phone number and description you don't know) did with them, muhahaha.

Fixed it .

[ClairBear]

Few years back I was locking up the office with a colleague. It was still daylight. We turned to leave and saw 3 lads across the road where her car was parked breaking into it. We both started yelling and running towards them. Between them and us was a very busy main road, with 3 lanes each way, so we had to wait for a break in the traffic.

They knew we were onto them but continued their attempt, one watching us, one under the dash obviously trying to get it going and the third in the front passenger seat. Talk about bold as brass. We eventually got across the road and they finally decided the game was up and legged it. No way we could chase them, both in business suits and high heels. Her car ignition barrel had been ripped out in the attempt and the window smashed. Luckily her best mate was a locksmith so he came and fixed it for her on the spot.

[nemesis_adrasteia]

fairly petty but a guy i used to work with stole my 12" shifter which had my name engraved in it and crossed out my name thne wrote his on it, a week later i had to borrow "his" shifter because mine mysteriously went missing. anyway when i saw it was my shifter i took it to the boss and showed him, the other guy got called into the office and i assume the boss had a bit of a chat with him(wasnt the first time he'd done dodgey shit). couple of weeks later he got canned.

[Krisp]

tool theifs are the biggest bastards they give me the massive shits

[TinSnips]

Used to all the time! One of the 'benefits' of being a retail store manager in a past life! Allowed to hold the scummy shoplifters until police arrive (usually hours)

Also caught a 14yo (ish?) actually breaking into a staff member's car after I finished night shift (in another past life) - wasn't allowed to hold him in this instance, but for some odd reason, the fker waited for the cops (minutes this time) - no idea why.. honest!

[87RB30VL]

One of the guys who works at my work (He's a casual, only works weekends) just got a unit down the road from work, and inside it now contains:

1 x Motorbike (Dirtbike) in the shed, stolen from someone's house using bolt cutters.
1 x Motorbike (Road) in the shed, same as above but he rarely rides it now.
1 x DVD Player, stolen from a spare room at my work (I work in a nursing home type complex).
1 x Surround Sound System, stolen from a local Football/Cricket/Soccer Club (From the building they all use for food, breifing whatever).
1 x Laptop (1 of 6), Stolen from a school at Bracken Ridge (Near the Tafe)
1 x Automatic Air Freshener sprayer thing, Stolen from my work.

Also, various things such as stationary, extension leads, batteries, air freshener refills, fly spray, tea towels, a few spare work shirts, needles (You can guess what for), and also Adrenaline. Oh, and of course, sharps containers.

I think that's about it. Nothing I can really do as there's no proof he stole the items, only that I know because I work full time with his brother at the same facility.

[nemesis_adrasteia]

tool theifs are the biggest bastards they give me the massive shits

yeah i have all the tools in my tool bag knocked off and then the bag filled with rubbish, i know who did it(was 2 years ago) i havent run into that bloke since, not sure what id do if i did.

[ClairBear]

Does this count as catching one in the act? I just read this online in our local paper:

A MAN who was trying to sell his car at Ingle Farm Shopping Centre has been threatened with a firearm by a "buyer" who stole the vehicle.

The man met with the potential buyer at the shopping centre to allow him to view his black 2008 Holden Barina sedan on Tuesday.

But instead of purchasing the car, the potential buyer threatened him with a firearm before stealing the car and the man's identification.

Police are searching for the car, which has the registration S268AKP.

The offender is described as of Middle Eastern appearance with an olive complexion, 185cm tall, 110kg, heavy build with short black scraggly straight hair, blue eyes, bushy eyebrows, stained teeth and with a piercing in his left ear.

[Verynice]

Yeah heard about that one sash, getting pretty low these days.

87RB, surely it can be proved he stole the stuff???

Good stories guys, keep them coming

[Krisp]

yeah i have all the tools in my tool bag knocked off and then the bag filled with rubbish, i know who did it(was 2 years ago) i havent run into that bloke since, not sure what id do if i did.

work is introducing insurance for workers tools up to 1000 dollars, my tool box empty is worth more than that. so i get very narky when wankers use my tools and trust me they put them back straight away after they see me rant at the bosses

[Julie]

Hubby caught some shithead older teens 17/18 ish stealing out christmas display pieces. We had wooden candy canes and one of these douchebags walked over to the park hitting shit with our candy cane. Hubby was pretty pissed off cos this was the second time it happened prior to that some bastards stole an elf, a little girl elf that my at the time 2 year old daughter was quite fond of. Anyway hubby confronted this prick and he just talked a load of shit and hubby then took the wooden candy cane and smacked him in the head with it.

Probably not the best reponse and I was half expecting a knock on the door from police all night and I told off hubby but nothing happened and never had any trouble with these tools again.

[Pub247]

My old boss has stolen money from his employees including super, holiday pay and redundcy totalling over $10,000 but due to stupid laws he can just say im bankrupt and walk away while he still owns a house and drives around in a ve calais (all in his wifes name now).

You then have the nerve to accuse me of theft and defrauding the company
You're a ####ing scumbag Peter Bailey you better not ever run into me on the street

[87RB30VL]

87RB, surely it can be proved he stole the stuff???

He MIGHT be able to get done for the work stuff since it's pretty coincidental he works there, and the day stuff goes missing is the day it turns up in his apartment, but we usually engrave all our main things like gourneys and tools etc but these DVD players were part of the new building that was built which came decked out with heaps of appliances etc so we didn't engrave them.

As the for the motorbikes/laptops etc it was aaaaages ago that he did it, though I think most of the laptops have been pawned for drug money, the moto's he still has, and the rest of it he still has. I can't believe he rode the road bike around with the same rego and plates etc all showing after he stole it? It's people like that who need to be locked up.

[87RB30VL]

The same guy I work with (Brother of the theif in my last post), his other brother (he has like 5) just recently got fired for taking cash from the cobbler shop he worked at, apparently he got caught by like, the chain owner lol pwnd.

My dad owns a replica gun, well, it's my bros but it's at my parents, and he has had it out a few times when people have been snooping around their house as they live in a pretty remote area, and hoons frequent the park down the road, and since dad's boat is chained up outside you can see it in the moon light but you can't see anything out the front since there's no street lamps on the street, and opposite the road is thick bush so when he came out waving a 45 they bailed in the car and a few ran into the bush, and at 2am you can't exactly run after them in your boxers

[nemesis_adrasteia]

work is introducing insurance for workers tools up to 1000 dollars, my tool box empty is worth more than that. so i get very narky when wankers use my tools and trust me they put them back straight away after they see me rant at the bosses

yeah the place i worked at had insurance unfotunately i couldnt prove what tools i had in the bag as they were my old tools(i left my new tools at home from fear of having them stolen) unfotunately i had no proof of what tools i had in the bag and my boss and supervisor couldnt have cared less.

it was a bad situation, ive moved on. lesson learned, retaliate.

[M01ST]

my old man was driving to work at 4 AM and seen a vl commo on the side of the rd in my neighbourhood thinking weird never seen that before 2 minutes later the vl was overtaking him with my best mates KX60 in it and his little brothers peewee 50 (this was when i was 10, currently 20) he rang the cops and they said sorry the owner has to report it and they hung up so dad rang em back and reported it accept saying they were pointing a gun at him (btw he followed them for about an hour and ahalf around perth) the cops responded with the gun report and tried to find and catch them but failed. My mate ended up getting new bikes through insurance, and the old bikes were found along with 80 grand in other stolen goods 4 months later and 30 grand in drugs were also found.

[GMHCalais]

Last year two thiefs broke into our house while we were all asleep at about 2:30AM. grabbed a chair from the kitchen and jammed it shut under the parents room not before they stole my mums engagement & wedding ring ( she takes it off at nights some times?, Also not the first time the rings have been stolen) anyway they left my old man a nice present beside his bed. Nice big plank of wood with tape at the bottom. Anyway so their snooping around and ive woken up thinking what the f***. Still i lay in bed not moving, they shine torch into my room so i pretended i was asleep lol. As they were walking out thru the crappy sliding door which is about 4 metres away from my room i grabbed my baseball bat and smacked one of them over the head knocking him out. yelled out to my old man and chased after the other dude with the bat hahah

aaaaanyyywaaaay he started jumpin fences bailing hard and it was around the time of me training up to compete in the Brissy muay thai tournament interstate so in my prime hell fit. i chased this bloke over 22 fences and out through the linear park until he went out onto the main rd the idiot and low and behold a cop was cruising past. pretty much went up the curb to stop me but let the other thief run! I was that puffed out by that time running with a 20kg baseball bat and jumping fences i could not breathe. I couldnt talk so the copper just cuffed me up :| An hour later after explaining what had happend i got a pat on the back for chasing after him for so long. They never did catch that second thief.. just goes to show, maybe retaliating doesnt always solve the problem. eh true story. freaky though haha

[acarmody]

.. just goes to show, maybe retaliating doesnt always solve the problem. eh true story

Solved half the problem didn't it? Also bet it felt pretty good when the bat connected.

[hi_ryder]

Does this count as catching one in the act? I just read this online in our local paper:

id also like to ad that you should check your insurance policy cause companies like aami and some others dont cover the theft of your vehicle if it was stolen in the process of a meet and greet by a thief posing as a buyer....

[MasterOfReality]

Back when I was 14, I went to the RTA with my old man for some reason, I think he was paying the rego.

We come back out, and there is this young bloke (early 20's I'd say) going to town with a screwdriver on the drivers door lock of dad's 4WD trying to get it open.

The old man walks up and says 'get the fark away from my car'.

Young bloke turns around, points the screwdriver at dad's face and says 'what are you gonna do about it?'

Quick as, the old man grabbed the screwdriver with his right hand and pile-drove his left fist into young blokes nose (my old man is left handed so bonus).

I'm just standing there with my mouth hanging open, and the young bloke is on the ground yelling about his nose and the cops. Blood everywhere. A few people have stopped to look. Old man says 'get the hell into the car, we are out of here'.

Spent all that day waiting for a knock on the door from the cops but it never happened.

[ari666]

well. my VK was parked out front of my old house while i was driving work cars to work and back. it had been sitting for a few weeks and the battery was totally dead.

one of the locals who knew me and my car, noticed a strange person hovering around my car suspiciously. convinced the suspicious person was trying to steal it he called the cops. cops arrived within 3 minutes (you believe that? that NEVER happens!) nab the guy while he is jimmying the ignition. ask the guy:

"whos car is this?"
"its mine"
"where are the keys"
"i lost them"
"wait here while we put your details in the machine"

guy pissbolts.

cops persue. one on foot one in the car, chase the guy through houses and up onto an awning that collapses, cop jumps on him, he punches cop, other cop empties a can of mace into the guys face and our story ends.

the cops wouldnt tell me the true story, i got that later from 4 of the locals including the people whos awning he destroyed...

and now my VK doesnt have any door locks.


the end

[Calaber]

Back in the mid 70's, a mate of mine was an ambo and had to work night shifts frequently. On one occasion during such a shift, his car was stolen. It was recovered, damaged, three days later about 100km from where it was pinched.

Some months later, after the car had been repaired, Rick was again on a night shift. He finished the shift around 11 pm and walked to his car, which was parked just around the corner. As he approached his car, he saw the interior light go on very briefly. He crept up beside the car and looked in to see a young bloke with very long hair laying across the front seats with his head under the steering column trying to get the wiring out to short and start the engine. Rick noticed the driver's door was unlocked, so he yanked the door open, grabbed the young bloke by the hair and pulled him from the car, then wrapped the hair around his hand and dragged him about five hundred metres by the hair to the Police Station. All the thief could do was run after his scalp, Rick had such a firm grasp on it and was forcing the thief to crouch as he ran. He dragged him into the cop shop and pushed him into a chair, then told the cops, who were pretty startled, what he had just discovered.

The local cops and ambos works pretty closely together and recognised Rick immediately. They also knew his car had been stolen some months before and the thief was well known to them. Things were a bit different back then - the thief couldn't (or didn't) complain about assault the way they do nowadays and the cops certainly weren't sympathetic, so the matter ended up in court with a petty fine and slap over the wrist for the crim. But at least Rick felt better with the treatment he dished out to the thief.

[87RB30VL]

I just remembered this one: Back a good couple of years ago, probably 11 or more years ago when I was a wee lad, we used to live opposite a huge field that had a park on the top, and we always used to ride our dirtbikes on it etc, but that's off topic, & one morning I wake up to hear hoons and my dad raging on the phone, I wander into the living room and realise dad's outside the house, so as I get out there, I see some guys driving a car onto the field. Now, my dad was on the phone to the cops, saying that these guys had obviously stolen this car, and were doing doughies on the oval opposite ours. Cops said they'd send their first available unit there.

For the next 4 hours, my dad rung the police station roughly 20 or more times, and each time they told him the exact same thing. We had watched them do doughies, get the car bogged, get it unbogged, do more doughies, get it bogged a 2nd time, kicked in all the panels and smashed the windows, then tried to unbog it again, then eventually they set it on fire and ran different ways, and THEN the cops turned up about 2 hours after it was on fire. The owner of the car came up too, and dad told him how he had to sit there and watch as the guys car got abused and then burned right infront of us, and he showed the guy his mobile which had the times and number of calls made to the cops, then the cop had the attitude of turning on my dad saying he was interfering with a police matter and would be arrested if he continued & had to leave the scene of the crime or some shit, dad just told him to #### off and we went home. The owner of the car was getting his rage on at the cops when we walked off.

In a case like that though, what can you do, you know? We couldn't have gone over there and beat them up or anything, there was 1 of my dad, 1 of me (being like 9) and 5 of them

[PRAVX II S]

Every Thursday when i open up my payslip.