Update on Stolen Merlin Extralight
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Originally Posted by timmhaan
sounds like this guy is using it very casually. meaning that it could get stolen from him just as well. i hope you find something out soon though.
The guy who has it might be too stupid to know the value of the bike. Though you might have to swallow hard, possibly you could buy it for some low figure. The guy who has it now, might have bought it from someone else, or, if not, you might get added information without tipping your hand as to who you are.
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Originally Posted by timmhaan
sounds like this guy is using it very casually. meaning that it could get stolen from him just as well. i hope you find something out soon though.
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Originally Posted by trayer350
The guy who has it might be too stupid to know the value of the bike. Though you might have to swallow hard, possibly you could buy it for some low figure. The guy who has it now, might have bought it from someone else, or, if not, you might get added information without tipping your hand as to who you are.
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Originally Posted by koffee brown
Seriously, I would contact a local reporter of a news show or something. They grab at stories like that. If they have an investigation unit that's dedicated to showing our inadequate law enforcement wasting our tax dollars, this is right up their alley. And the news folks will sniff down that bike, call the PD, and follow through with the story. That's what happened with my great uncle was lost in the Katrina storm. It was folks from CNN that tracked him down after the FEMA folks lost him in the system, which was a nightmare.
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I was told that the PD is short staffed and is only interested in major crimes like **** and murder. What?? And the taxpayers are accepting of that? Apparently so, I was told. So, that was my second angle, complancency. They didn't buy that either. My guys loved it. In fact, one of my reporters started calling the PD to check the bike theft problem in Dallas to see if it's a story here!
I if was a taxpayer in Denver, I'd be raising heqq right now.