View Full Version : Dumb Crook News: Okay, so who would want to Steal 12,000 Ipods?
tucsoncoyote
06-07-2005, 05:20 PM
related Article: http://www.lapdonline.org/press_releases/2005/06/nr05334.htm
Okay now this is just whack..seriously it is.
I heard this yesterday on "Rush Limbaugh" and I thought to myself.."Okay Maybe Mr. Limbaugh is pulling my chain. Maybe it's a Twisted Joke.. or maybe someone really wants to really really download a Lot of Music very badly.
but it's true.. some guy yesterday definitely waltzed away with about 2.6 million dollars worth of Apple Ipod MP3 Players and in fact it's funny.. this guy was so dumb.. He even had himself literally Photographed by the Security Surveilance Equipment within the warehouse in Los Angeles where these Ipods were being kept! And yes, Police are looking for this guy..
So you see.. This guy Definitely had no life.. not if he's going to "Hijack" 12,000 Ipods worth about 2.6 Million bucks.. I mean what is this guy going to try and do with all those devices? Sell them? Probably..
but your thoughts on this..?
:coyote:
solarflere
06-07-2005, 05:27 PM
Nothing too unbeliavable. 2.6 mil worth of something valuable that would go on the black marcket or *ebay* for lets say hundreds less. Its not, like its news. Theves used to steal VCRs back in the day, TVs, DVDs are still popular. Things like this always happan.
12,000 Ipods stolen you say? Guy on the run you say? Probably looking to sell them as fast as possible and get rid of the evidence?
(>.>)........(<.<).........*Checks Ebay*
Natey
06-07-2005, 07:11 PM
holy schmell. What an iddiot. I bet someone like Billy (from Billy and Mandy) could of noticed someone like that. I swear.
~Nate~
If the crook was so dumb why are the police still looking for him?
People stealing stuff worth money... wow, mighty novel.
Eddie G.
06-07-2005, 08:37 PM
Yeah, he will probably be able to sell off the I-Pods for a great deal of money. Hell if he wanted to he could sell the I-Pods for fifty cents each and make six thousand bucks.
I mean what is this guy going to try and do with all those devices? Sell them?Yup, pretty much...
Where do you think the black market gets its stuff?
Youko Recca
06-07-2005, 08:50 PM
I don't think it's that simple. Sure you would think he would sell them, and he probally is, but not as the same product. Look at that guy. He obviously has nothing to lose. They got his idetification, the officials are on him. Though he's not the type who'll care. Why? Because of his employer. Probally has someone powerful on his side that'll have him not looking over his shoulder. I'm thinking they'll maybe implant some sort of brain scanner within each before selling them on the black market for half the price. And we'll all fall prey.
solarflere
06-07-2005, 09:07 PM
I don't think it's that simple. Sure you would think he would sell them, and he probally is, but not as the same product. Look at that guy. He obviously has nothing to lose. They got his idetification, the officials are on him. Though he's not the type who'll care. Why? Because of his employer. Probally has someone powerful on his side that'll have him not looking over his shoulder. I'm thinking they'll maybe implant some sort of brain scanner within each before selling them on the black market for half the price. And we'll all fall prey. you read too much science fiction.
Youko Recca
06-07-2005, 09:12 PM
Are you kidding? I could never limit myself to one genre.
......Or maybe he just really likes music. :/
you read too much science fiction.Heh, I can't wait to get my very own my brain scanner iPod. Perhaps I'll listen to some music.... or maybe, y'know, scan some brains.
Yep.
Tenku
06-07-2005, 09:21 PM
I don't think it's that simple. Sure you would think he would sell them, and he probally is, but not as the same product. Look at that guy. He obviously has nothing to lose. They got his idetification, the officials are on him. Though he's not the type who'll care. Why? Because of his employer. Probally has someone powerful on his side that'll have him not looking over his shoulder. I'm thinking they'll maybe implant some sort of brain scanner within each before selling them on the black market for half the price. And we'll all fall prey.
you read too much science fiction.
Y'know...I give it at least 10 years before that happens. Maybe .... 5! o_o
Yea he took a lot of risks.. but unless they catch the guy.. He must have a lot of confidence in hiding and disposing of that high amount of goods. Nice set of change he could probably get. Technology sells, even in the black market I'd imagine.
solarflere
06-07-2005, 09:26 PM
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Y'know...I give it at least 10 years before that happens. Maybe .... 5! o_o Thats when MRI scans become obsolite, you will use your ipod not some giant tube to scan your brain.
I don't think it's that simple. Sure you would think he would sell them, and he probally is, but not as the same product. Look at that guy. He obviously has nothing to lose. They got his idetification, the officials are on him. Though he's not the type who'll care. Why? Because of his employer. Probally has someone powerful on his side that'll have him not looking over his shoulder. I'm thinking they'll maybe implant some sort of brain scanner within each before selling them on the black market for half the price. And we'll all fall prey.
No Recca, this said dumb crook news not... well, you know...
tucsoncoyote
06-07-2005, 10:46 PM
Actually It's funny that i look at this.. this guy has plenty to lose and for what? A few thousand Dollars worth of Fun? Let's face Facts.. Sure the guy stole 12,000 Ipods, sure the street Value is 2.6 million bucks.. but in the end if he's Selling them black market, well then he's getting Pennies on the Dollar. Also if that's the case, well then in short, he's going to go to prison for a lot longer then usual because he's selling "Goods on the Black Market" all for maybe 1/10th the price here..
So in the end, is Spending 5 to 25 years in Prison Worth say.. 260 Thousand dollars worth of Sales?
I Think not..that's why I say this guy is really totally dumb.. he's clueless that he's a "Marked man now" and it's only a matter of time before he loses his entire freedom of life. pure and simple.
:coyote:
Chad Bonin
06-07-2005, 11:30 PM
A potential of being caught VS a guaranteed few hundred thousand?
Yeah, I know, that's a ridiculous thing to do.
(Not advocating stealing, but the guy at least weighed the good and bad)
guinaevere
06-08-2005, 12:27 AM
A potential of being caught VS a guaranteed few hundred thousand? No, 5 will get you 10 that this guy did NOT organize/plan the heist, and is getting a flat fee for whomever hired him...
Most likely some piddling amount, if it's even cash. You have to understand, if the guy is an addict, he might have done the job for little more than a moderate amount of the drug he wants.
solarflere
06-08-2005, 01:18 AM
No, 5 will get you 10 that this guy did NOT organize/plan the heist, and is getting a flat fee for whomever hired him...
Most likely some piddling amount, if it's even cash. You have to understand, if the guy is an addict, he might have done the job for little more than a moderate amount of the drug he wants. I disagree, this was not just a smash and grab job. It was planned, mapped and he knew what he was going after. It was well thought out and planned. This took time. So he made a mistake, a "high security camera took a blury picture". He is still out there. And they still don't know his name so obviously, the picture didn't help the police to identify him so they released it to the public hoping someone will notice him.
EightOh
06-08-2005, 08:46 AM
People stealing stuff worth money... wow, mighty novel.Why couldn't he be like all of the other crooks and steal old soda cans from the garbage? :sad:
Jaguar
06-08-2005, 10:15 AM
Why couldn't he be like all of the other crooks and steal old soda cans from the garbage? :sad:Or he could rob the gas station wearing a bra (as some idiot just did locally (http://www.abc24.com/mediacenter/?videoId=48453))...
Or he could rob the gas station wearing a bra (as some idiot just did locally (http://www.abc24.com/mediacenter/?videoId=48453))... I guess he just liked the support a bra could give during a hold up. :p
Squisheee
06-08-2005, 12:59 PM
because he probably just wanted the attention........so he stole something worth stealing instead....
I don't think it's that simple. Sure you would think he would sell them, and he probally is, but not as the same product. Look at that guy. He obviously has nothing to lose. They got his idetification, the officials are on him. Though he's not the type who'll care. Why? Because of his employer. Probally has someone powerful on his side that'll have him not looking over his shoulder. I'm thinking they'll maybe implant some sort of brain scanner within each before selling them on the black market for half the price. And we'll all fall prey.Why bother? They could very easily impant a device into the iPods that hacks into the mirror. Then, he could take control of "the voice".
EightOh
06-08-2005, 05:00 PM
Or he could rob the gas station wearing a bra (as some idiot just did locally (http://www.abc24.com/mediacenter/?videoId=48453))...You know... that was actually pretty well thought-out, all things considered. His face is wrapped, he's wearing a UNC cap pulled down low, and identification's made even tougher when you have to admit to the police that you were mostly looking at the guy's bra the whole time. :D
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