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Re:How I Busted a Thief Who Tried to Sell My Camera on Craig... by alenart on Saturday April 06, 2013 @07:15PM (#5505425)
How so? The only thing I'm skeptical about is I would imagine his local PD would be way busy to go on a petty theft bust but other than that it sounds legit.
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Re:How I Busted a Thief Who Tried to Sell My Camera on Craig... by crusso on Sunday April 07, 2013 @01:40PM (#5507931)
would be way busy to go on a petty theft bust

Please... this was probably the only real crime solving these guys did all week.

I'm going to leave myself open to the "citation needed" charge by generalizing here, but doesn't most police activity involve pointless traffic stops, traffic direction, prosecution of victimless vice crimes, domestic disturbance calls, and paperwork?

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Re:How I Busted a Thief Who Tried to Sell My Camera on Craig... by fsckin on Saturday April 06, 2013 @07:26PM (#5505455)
Depending on the lens, it could be grand theft.
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Re:How I Busted a Thief Who Tried to Sell My Camera on Craig... by alenart on Saturday April 06, 2013 @08:33PM (#5505616)
Good point, GT is above what amount in California? Unless it's really high, it's really easy for a lens to fall in that GT category.
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Re:How I Busted a Thief Who Tried to Sell My Camera on Craig... by fsckin on Saturday April 06, 2013 @10:30PM (#5505875)
Wikipedia says $400.
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Re:How I Busted a Thief Who Tried to Sell My Camera on Craig... by justin66 on Saturday April 06, 2013 @07:29PM (#5505461)
I assume their easy cooperation indicates the guy is living in a reasonably affluent suburb where the police are both well-equipped and not very busy.
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Re:How I Busted a Thief Who Tried to Sell My Camera on Craig... by andreyf on Saturday April 06, 2013 @07:40PM (#5505490)
They weren't too busy because the author did all the work for them: all they had to do was walk half a block and arrest a guy.
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