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How a fed up carpenter found his stolen power tools — and 15,000 others
(www.washingtonpost.com)
this post was submitted on 31 May 2024
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The most surprising part of this is they contacted the police department who obtained a warrant and actually helped them!!!
The value of the items was either high enough to meet whatever internal threshold they have for opening an investigation or they were already aware of organized tool theft rings in the area.
That, or they were bored and said "Fuck it, let's do it".
Or they had a few reports of missing tools and no leads when this guy shows up and says "I know where my tools are but you have to get them". Of course they will help him with the hope it pans out.
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