Posted by Ed on February 9, 2008, 10:59 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — After Adam Grove had his custom
motorcycle helmet stolen, he turned to eBay. Turns out, so did
the thief.
Grove went to the online auction site looking for a replacement
http://snipr.com/eBayHelmets , but he became suspicious when he
noticed the seller lived near where the helmet was stolen. The
thief had clipped the cable lock lashing the helmet to the
handlebars when the bike was parked outside a Mechanicsburg
restaurant in August 2006.
Grove outbid another suitor, offering $139, and called police.
Jurors last month convicted Christopher J. Blatnik, 23, of
theft. He had claimed he had found the helmet while jogging at 1
a.m.
However, Grove can't wear the helmet just yet — it's sitting in
an evidence room until Blatnik's appeals end.
Posted by David T. Ashley on February 9, 2008, 11:56 pm
> HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - After Adam Grove had his custom
> motorcycle helmet stolen, he turned to eBay. Turns out, so did
> the thief.
> Grove went to the online auction site looking for a replacement
> http://snipr.com/eBayHelmets , but he became suspicious when he
> noticed the seller lived near where the helmet was stolen. The
> thief had clipped the cable lock lashing the helmet to the
> handlebars when the bike was parked outside a Mechanicsburg
> restaurant in August 2006.
> Grove outbid another suitor, offering $139, and called police.
> Jurors last month convicted Christopher J. Blatnik, 23, of
> theft. He had claimed he had found the helmet while jogging at 1
> a.m.
> However, Grove can't wear the helmet just yet - it's sitting in
> an evidence room until Blatnik's appeals end.
It happens.
A female acquaintance did a couple years in prison for dozens of B&E's she
committed with her then boyfriend.
They got caught when they were at a hotel on their way up north to go skiing
(naturally, with stolen equipment) and the original owner of one of the
pairs of skis just happened to be at the same hotel. He looked in or on
their car and noticed "Hey, those are my skis!".
That was the beginning of the end ...
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Posted by P. Roehling on February 10, 2008, 12:52 am
> A female acquaintance did a couple years in prison for dozens of B&E's she
> committed with her then boyfriend.
> They got caught when they were at a hotel on their way up north to go
> skiing (naturally, with stolen equipment) and the original owner of one of
> the pairs of skis just happened to be at the same hotel. He looked in or
> on their car and noticed "Hey, those are my skis!".
I'd just built and delivered a fancy new banjo to a friend of mine when his
home was burgled and the banjo was taken.
Very next weekend he went to a Banjo & Fiddle contest, and what should he
spy but his very own one-of-a-kind banjo up on the stage, and an unoccupied
County Sheriff standing right next to him.
He got his banjo back, and they got the name of the thief from the
contestant, who'd bought the banjo at a swap meet.
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> motorcycle helmet stolen, he turned to eBay. Turns out, so did
> the thief.
> Grove went to the online auction site looking for a replacement
> http://snipr.com/eBayHelmets , but he became suspicious when he
> noticed the seller lived near where the helmet was stolen. The
> thief had clipped the cable lock lashing the helmet to the
> handlebars when the bike was parked outside a Mechanicsburg
> restaurant in August 2006.
> Grove outbid another suitor, offering $139, and called police.
> Jurors last month convicted Christopher J. Blatnik, 23, of
> theft. He had claimed he had found the helmet while jogging at 1
> a.m.
> However, Grove can't wear the helmet just yet - it's sitting in
> an evidence room until Blatnik's appeals end.