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sgt bull
02-07-2006 13:55:53
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This is just a warning to anyone who has tractors...I collect and rebuild tractors as a hobby and have for over 20 yrs. I'm also a Sgt w/ the Illinois State Police. Those two lines crossed a few yrs ago when I became involved in an investigation into numerous thefts in my area of tractor parts....good stuff... weights, grills, airbreather precleaners,fenders, manifolds, carbs, etc. I found that a guy in Sandoval, Il. was the culprit. (Sandoval is east of St. Louis on US Rt 50) Served a search warrant and took a TRAILER LOAD of stolen property from his garage. Locked him up on 7 felony counts of theft and he ended up pleading out to a misdemeanor. (yeah, his mother was "connected".) I recovered a lot of stolen stuff and got it back to the owners, but alot of stuff in there i suspected as stolen couldn't be returned as I had no idea where it came from. ANYWAY, today, I spoke to a man who recently had the rear seat assbly and a precleaner stolen off of a farmall H parked in his elderly mother's yard. He gave a description of a guy who had stopped by asking about the tractor a month or two before the theft occurred. Then, he saw what he thought was the guy's truck parked on a side road a ways from his house. Next thing you know, parts were gone. Ironically, he remembered that the guy was from Sandoval, and he matched the description of my former arrestee. It looks to me like he may be at it again.. can't prove it, yet, but IF you have someone come up to you wanting to buy something from you, take down a license plate, or at least ask some ?'s that would help track him down later...and then lock up your stuff! IF you answer an ad from someone in Sandoval wanting to sell you stuff, beware!... I won't give his name here,but if you need more information, feel free to contact me through this forum or through my district HQ. Thanks, Sgt K. Hulsey, ILLINOIS STATE POLICE, D-12 EFFINGHAM, PH 217 347 2711
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