Topic: So... I bought a thief's truck

[knucklebuster]

Part 2
So to recap, i bought a rolled truck off craigslist for the motor (putney stage 2.5 ). A few days after buying it I Google the guys name because it sounded familiar, like maybe i went to school with him or something, and this comes up as the second hit. http://www.actionnewsnow.com/news/chico-chop-shop-shut-down-in-probation-search/

Well poop, I know that I have a stack of receipts over an inch thick including a few from Jim (22reperformance) amounting to 3k for the motor, and that was my main interest.

So after asking some advice from the other thread I thought about it and deleted anything that i was selling from this vehicle (and the topic too!) ... aannd I called the chp, it took a few days but I got to talk with the investigator in charge of the case, he actually came over and looked at the 4runner, and he was familiar  with it. We had a nice chat about scumbags (22 toyotas where stolen around butte county this year ) and he gave me a g.t.g. with the vehicle.

I was talking with a buddy yesterday that knew the guy from him coming into his shop and i guess he got out of jail and was back at it almost immediately
http://www.actionnewsnow.com/news/chico-man-arrested-again-after-being-found-in-stolen-car/
 

[OVRAROK]

so in the first newspaper article, dude got 6 felonies, and they let him out. wow

[knucklebuster [OP]]

After talking with the officer all i can say is engrave your stuff! tools, parts, tvs, whatever... they had to give back a bunch of tools (6 dewalt cordless sets!) And a ton of other things, because nobody claimed them.

[1985CRAWLER]

man hes back out? if i see this guy up in my area im gonna run him over with my diesel, i know something was up when i started asking him questions that one day

[Cheesemaker]

Well it looks like you got lucky in buying a truck that wasn't stolen, from a guy that is known to steal them. 

[knucklebuster [OP]]

Well it looks like you got lucky in buying a truck that wasn't stolen, from a guy that is known to steal them. 

Yeah, i found out AFTER I bought it (from dude's wife), from my own research.
I never would of bought it knowing where it came from.

I do feel lucky, I've never had to call the police on myself before!