It sure looks odd to me to have the electronics he has and no mention of how he came to have them. And he doesn't know how to spell the name brand LOWRANCE.

If you have had you electronics stolen take a look.


http://dallas.craigslist.org/spo/723164074.html

Kyle

tell ya a little secret. look at the bottom right picture. now look at that humminbird mount.. you see where its bent(where the screw holes are at).. its been pulled and prodded to yank it off whatever it was mounted too.. if I were a betting man, I would bet this is all stolen property.

Didn't some on this board got ripped off a couple weeks ago?

SkeeterRonnie,

I see what you are talking about. Did not notice that at first. Just the variety he has and the pics raised my suspicion.

Kyle

hes in north richland hills(the poster). those are all older units, that many use on thier pontoon boats. there is one I cant see in one of the pictures that is a big screen(and it looks like a big lowrance or humminbird unit - big $$$$$). the poster cant type proper english, or spell.(me either, at times! ) I would love to be an undercover officer and have a detective job!

I wonder if you could turn this into the PD, and if they would actually follow up with it. because the mount on that unit gives it away that it was ripped off something.

I called the guy this morning to feel him out. I asked him about the Hummingbird units and he said he would have to wait until he got to the shop to give me any specifics. I then asked him where they came from, he stumbled around with his speach for a bit and said they came from a boat, I asked, "Your boat?" He said, "yes". I lighthartedly said, "with three units on one boat, there was not a fish that could get away from you, huh". He just said, "I guess not."
I then asked if he could at least tell me the model numbers of the Hummingbirds. He said, "no." I asked again if these were on his boat and he said, "yes." I asked how he could not know the model number of the depth finders that he had obviously spent a lot of money on and used? He then said, "I go through so many boats and fishing stuff, I dont know." I asked him where he likes to fish and he said, "I have not been in a while"

Sounds like these items are very likely stolen.

I figure he means that he goes through so many other peoples boats and fishing stuff, stealing, that he cannot remember what he stole


Hope somebody sees there stuff and goes and buys it back from him...........with a 36" long piece of 2" pipe......

Sent the link to Criminal Investigations in NRH. Not sure if they can do anything but I tried.

Kyle

i see the bend in the mount.
if poliece find the serial # they can return them to te origional owners

somebody call and tell him you've been looking for that kinda of depth finder for while, you'll give top dollar for it(to buy him in). Just tell to find the serial number for you , have him thinking you checking how much manufactory warranty is left on it. Tell 'em you give him $650 for it tonight you need the serial number first.

Ronnie, looks like some big saltwater lures there too...

I would love to see this guy get busted...nuthin worse than a thief

That stuff is NOT STOLLEN I just borrowed it !!

I would bet $10 it was stollen in a Wall Mart parking lot or at some local lake...

i am the guy on craigslist you all are talking about!!!!!! the stuff is not stolen!!! i used it all on my jon boat at the same time. I have since upgraded to a humminbird SI and decided it is all i needed. I have also purchased a snoopy reel to replace all of the reels that i have for sale. LOL!!!!!!!

wrong.. you can spell.. the poster on craigslist- not so much..

He sure aint no fisherman. Guys who use ambassodors put line on their reels not string. 99.99% sure them goods are hot.

Get'him!

I got $5.00 that says it stolen.. I mean borrowed.

This is like watching a good detective movie! Hope justice is served...hey Ronnie you need to quit fishing and go into law enforcement!

trying not to assume anything, but it's kinda hard.

Will have to agree. Would be interesting to see if the po-po can do anything about this. I normally wouldn't care (all that much) but my father and I have had our stuff taken before. Hate me some thieven sissies.

i see one really big screen in the background of all those graphs. I imagine its either a bird 1197 or one of the Lowrance 113,or 110... someone got ripped.

Law enforcement.. heck no- then I would start looking like Mike Keenan!! ewwwwwww !!!!

Like they will really do anything, the cops in this town are too busy giving out tickets generating money so the Chief of Police can go get another DWI. We had a work Van window broke, they were kids though. Windows Broke all the time up and down our road. The cops would not even throw the almost 20 year old young Man sniffing around my at the time 14 year old daughter in jail. They do not care

what are yall talking about thats my post!

"not being serious"

HaHa about the string comment. I put 10 pound "cord" on my reels. haha. This is too funny but more sad than funny. Whoever found this is exactly right, the guy couldnt catch a fish off of his plate in red lobster. Nothing worse than thieves that prey on fisherman.

Doesnt look ripped out but i would say it looks to new!!!! Fu%&ing low lifs

No reply so far for NRHPD.

I'm about as sharp as the butter knife i tried to cut my steak with last night. but spelling is not my best attribute but i get by. And to bend a mount or break one and fix it to just get by is not unheard of these days with the price of everything. I have kicked a depth finder off the bow of my boat when i missed a big fish. the six pack added some fuel to this deal. but i did fix it to just get by. Old boat and didn't really care. but also have friends that buy things at yard sales and garage sales and then sell them on ebay. I guess my point is how does one know if things are stolen or if they are bought other places to resale or so forth. just food for thought.

WE don't know for certain if the items were stolen. We do have our suspicions however and based on the way the items were listed and the response the seller gave when someone phoned him, I would say those suspicions are not without merit.

I am impressed that they took my email serious and tried to pursue it.

Here is a reply from North Richland Hills Police Department:

Mr. Holcomb,



The North Richland Hills Police Department would like to provide assistance in this matter. We realize there is a possibility the equipment could be stolen. We encountered a problem immediately after beginning our investigation. Upon receiving your email about the suspicious fishing equipment I assigned a detective to look into this matter. We have not been able to get a response from the phone number listed on the advertisement. This may be due to the all the “chatting” about this issue by the many people emailing each other about the equipment on a public forum. The suspect may have gotten scared and shut down operations, at least temporarily.



The detective assigned to this matter is very familiar with the Texas Fishing Forum as well as many other people in Texas. Since the suspect is no longer returning calls we have to assume the suspect may have been alerted to all the talk about fishing equipment on the website. The suspect may even monitor Texas Fishing forum himself/herself.



I realize that a police department cannot please all citizens in all matters, but in spite of the negative comments about our department on the Texas Fishing Forum website, we are committed to providing a quality service and will continue to monitor this situation.



We do appreciate you bringing this matter to our attention.



Please contact us if there are any new developments.





Joe Slinkard

Sergeant

Criminal Investigations Division

North Richland Hills Police Department

817-427-7044

nice!!!

All they have to do is go to his house and check the stuff out. The reason there is no line or string on the reels is that is a sure recognizable by the owner. Also the price of the line he claims to have to spool them up with. Too much.

Nice reply by the NRH dept. It's nice to see a PD in that area take a positive attitude toward apprehension of criminals. I am very impressed!!

We had our equipment box trailer stolen in Arlington and never got it back, despite our finding the trailer in a drug dealer's back yard two weeks later. Turns out they were watching the house for drugs and didn't want to blow the investigation over something so little as our $20,000 worth of equipment. Still sitting in their back yard!!!! No, we won't go get it either, from the warning I got from the department out there.

Hopefully they didn't call from the station.I'm sure he has caller I.D..

I'm glad to see that the guys from NRHPD know about the forum and seem willing to help. I would love to see them set up some kind of sting operation to catch some of these thieves in the act. I bet we could get them a boat to use if they were interested.

Gee...the cops would never think of that.

I can call your house and make it appear to caller ID it's from George W. Bush.

BTW - nice to know we have some TFF'rs in the NRHPD too.

I would just like to get lights on at the ramps for us night guys at LRR or an occassional patrol. Think what we have a stake when we park our trucks at ramp parking. We have all seen the druggies drive through.

Good to know they really arent a waste of tax dollars despite the comments made on here

A little more info on what these people sell can be found by searching their phone # on Craig list.

I was looking for a truck a few months ago and was talking to a guy who sounded dishonest. I asked if he was a dealer, and he said no. I searched his phone # in Craig list and 60 other vehicles came up that he had for sale.
Every car he had for sale had a picture taken in front of a house in a normal subdivision or in front of an elementary school. I called him back and asked him why he lied to me about being a dealer. He started stuttering, and asking what I was talking about. So I started listing all the other cars he had for sale. LOL

I also signed up with carfax and found several others with the odometer rolled back. (From other sellers)

I called a guy off of Clist about a Trek bike that was a great deal. Too good, really. He first said the bike was his and that he bought it while in college. He knew nothing about the bike and the more questions I asked the more nervous he got. When I asked what the frame size was he said he didn't know. I asked if it had disk brakes and he said yes, an obvious discrepancy from the picture he had posted. The phone # he posted was an Ohio number and the bike was supposedly in Farmers Branch. Needless to say I passed on this good deal.

I hope the PD doesn't judge us all by one negative post,
as we don't judge all policemen by the actions of one or two..

i use 1/0 gauge cable on my abu lopez rellz

thats a good one lol

At least Keenan works out and is fairly cut!

why you looking at him , so closely........

I don't, your wife told me! TOUCHE!

MOD ALERT!!! LOL!! get back to fixing boats! you in your new shop yet?