Interesting story about police finding a thief's buried treasure.
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I read a local Bay Area paper today and found an interesting story from down south out of LA LA land.
A guy spent his days breaking into homes across So. Cal. stealing valuable items (watches, jewelry, precious metals, coins, paintings, etc.). He would break in, steal and leave without leaving obvious evidence that he was there, thus delaying the discovery of his thefts. He apparently is hooked on the "thrill of the hunt". Once he had his ill gotten gain, he lost interest in it and turned his attention to the next theft [Sound familiar cherrypickers?].
So he accumulates quite a big stash of stolen items. He chose to bury the items [for safe keeping
]. Well he finally was caught, arrested and tossed in jail. While in the slammer, he decides to clense his soul. Thus he got a sheet of paper and drew a crude map showing the location of the buried treasure. The map even included the proverbial "X" to mark the spot where one should dig. He finished the map and gave it to the police. The police were skeptical, but they followed the map and started digging [the "X" was located adjacent to a freeway].
"Eureka". The police uncovered a large stash of valuable items. In the newspaper story was a picture of some of the items that were found buried. They included watches, jewelry and what looks to be gold or silver coins. The police were astonished at the size of the treasure. The police did not comment on value and stated that they were going to have the items appraised. The article gave a value of $15,000,000.00 for what the guy stole, including rare paintings valued at $10,000,000.00 alone [though the article did not state that the paintings were found buried].
Quite a story. One which may very well be picked up on by the general media and have legs.
All I can say is "Where is my metal detector?".
A guy spent his days breaking into homes across So. Cal. stealing valuable items (watches, jewelry, precious metals, coins, paintings, etc.). He would break in, steal and leave without leaving obvious evidence that he was there, thus delaying the discovery of his thefts. He apparently is hooked on the "thrill of the hunt". Once he had his ill gotten gain, he lost interest in it and turned his attention to the next theft [Sound familiar cherrypickers?].
So he accumulates quite a big stash of stolen items. He chose to bury the items [for safe keeping
]. Well he finally was caught, arrested and tossed in jail. While in the slammer, he decides to clense his soul. Thus he got a sheet of paper and drew a crude map showing the location of the buried treasure. The map even included the proverbial "X" to mark the spot where one should dig. He finished the map and gave it to the police. The police were skeptical, but they followed the map and started digging [the "X" was located adjacent to a freeway]."Eureka". The police uncovered a large stash of valuable items. In the newspaper story was a picture of some of the items that were found buried. They included watches, jewelry and what looks to be gold or silver coins. The police were astonished at the size of the treasure. The police did not comment on value and stated that they were going to have the items appraised. The article gave a value of $15,000,000.00 for what the guy stole, including rare paintings valued at $10,000,000.00 alone [though the article did not state that the paintings were found buried].
Quite a story. One which may very well be picked up on by the general media and have legs.
All I can say is "Where is my metal detector?".
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And just think how much area he must have dug to fit it all. If he did not get caught this thing could have been huge in 10-20 years from now.
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<< <i>Assuming someone innocently dug it up and kept the stuff, would he/she be prosecuted for possession of stolen goods? >>
Yes they would and that is because this would be quite apparent that these items were not "lost" but stolen and not only would you go to jail for possession of stolen goods, you would stand a good chance of being tied to the thefts. So if you need to "cleanse" your soul, send any maps you might have to me and I will take care of them for you.
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<< <i>Assuming someone innocently dug it up and kept the stuff, would he/she be prosecuted for possession of stolen goods? >>
Yes they would and that is because this would be quite apparent that these items were not "lost" but stolen and not only would you go to jail for possession of stolen goods, you would stand a good chance of being tied to the thefts. So if you need to "cleanse" your soul, send any maps you might have to me and I will take care of them for you.
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