Stolen Trailer

[Steven Vaccaro]

It is out in the middle of friggin no-where, and just an FYI, a lot of the racers leave their boats /equipment under their canopies at night with no issues other than some dew to contend with in the morning.

Its very remote and safe.

I second the idea that it wasnt as bad as i hear about in the news or other media.. We never felt at all at risk at either the hotel or the race. A a matter of fact, most of the places we drove though were nicer than Boston.

And we also left all of our stuff out at the race site. That site is awesome.

[RaceMechaniX]

No need to pick on Detroit. I have worked there for 12 years and practically lived there for the last 6 years. The whole Detroit area gets a bad rap when its really only a few bad pockets that earn the reputation. Enough with the bashing and let's keep an eye out for the stolen boats.

[dmitry100]

I'm sure there are nice areas with 20 foot walls around the gated community where all the GM execs sleep at night... Just like everywhere else. I was obviously talking about bad areas not the upper-class ones.

Anyways, change of subject: Shouldn't the hotel parking lot have had security cameras?

[Doby]

And we also left all of our stuff out at the race site. That site is awesome.

It also helps that the site is pretty much a private lake surrounded by homes probably close to the million mark.

[T.S.Davis]

Shouldn't the hotel parking lot have had security cameras?

I totally agree. For what ever reason that appears to have not been the case. You would think an Embassy Suites would have such a thing. It's not like they stopped at a Super 8 or something. They get like 200 a night at the Suites there.

Ken's beat himself up pretty well with the "if only" scenario. If if if x,y,z. Hind sight is so crystal.

I used to wonder what the house on the hill across from the Elks lodge was worth. Until I noticed the one across the hedges from them to the north. Holy crap. Huge house with a big ole' ceeement pond. Who has an in ground pull between their house and a private lake? WTH.

We did batten down the hatches on Saturday night as we had some stray people we couldn't account for that made us nervous. It was nothing. Paranoia. We were all a little tweaked after Ken's ordeal. You'd have to be crazy to mess with anyone's gear with a dozen of us sleeping 50 some feet from the pits.

[Fluid]

Not if me and my crew each had an AK.........






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[madmikepags]

Yea and I've heard the "Bronx" is really bad too, you shouldn't walk alone there ever!!!! Yeah right I've been working here since I'm 10 years old and never had a problem, and that was in the 70's when the Bronx "was" actually bad. Don't sterotype, everyone thought Steve Vacarro was just another Boston idiot, but after meeting him and hanging out with him he's actually a nice guy!!!!

[T.S.Davis]

None of us talked baseball. We probably would have had to hose the two of you down.

I get lots of questions outside of the forum. "Any progress?"

For those concerned, I've been talking to Ken most days. By phone or text. He was concerned about wearing me out but no worries there (remember....super freak). He's holding up better than you would think though. Like having an itch you can't quite get to I think. Frustrating too when the Romulus PD seems to not have any new information but they haven't dropped his case or anything. They've just been up to their elbows in crime of late. Maybe it's the humidity. Makes people stupid.......er.

So keep look'n. Nobody has given up on finding this equipment. This we must make happen as a model boaters.

[dmitry100]

Has Ken or anyone else submitted the info about the boats over to the Pawnshop alert sites? (I posted these links earlier).

If not, I guess I'll go ahead and do it.

[properchopper]

Nothing on Craigslist L.A. as of yesterday. Will continue to scan......

[Ken Haines]

Thanks to everyone here again for your diligence and support.
Overlapping efforts like posting again with the pawn shops or
many checking Craigslist at the same time really should not be
a problem. I do think most everything has been covered,
but yet again better too much than miss something thinking it is
covered by someone. Automated searches would be great, but I
do not have that skill, others here may already be working on that.
Probably best not to discuss traps setup on this forum either.
Pm's would be best for that.

While we are talking here......a few weeks ago someone was boasting
on Facebook about having faster boats than someone else, a picture I
had posted of my boats was shown. When someone saw it they immediately
said..."hey that looks like those stolen boats". Well that quickly ended the
posting and messages were quickly deleted.
I mention this because at some point in time pics or information about the
stolen boats may appear. I am sure most of you would be cool enough and smart
enough not to make an accusation that would scare the person away. Please
contact me or Terry Davis immediately. Baiting the person will be our strategy
in coordination with the police. Keep in mind I am asking all of you to please pause
before you reply to anything involved with this case. Seconds of not thinking like
this last incident could permanently cost the recovery of all the boats and equipment.
I realize most of you do not need this message, but thinking a lot tonight I thought it should
be mentioned here just this one time.....without much further discussion.
Thx Again,
Ken :)
post regarding this

[dmitry100]

Ken, did you or anyone else get the chance to the name of the poster? You'd be surprised what I can find with just a name combined with approximate location or facebook profile.
Btw -- did you keep any phones or ipads in your trailer that might of been taken?

Hang in there, they WILL show up somewhere. It's just a matter of time. I had a new Ipad mini stolen from my car once... and I recovered it more than a year later.

[AlanN]

Ken, sorry to hear about the incident. Was just lurking and saw your posts. I don't come here much anymore.

Life has lead me away from the boating scene but I still have some equipment you may be interested in. If you would like to know what's available let me know.

Again very sorry for the situation,

Alan

[Hi8iS]

Jeez. Detroit is such a sh*t hole. Those corrupt mayors of theirs surely turned it into a 3rd world country probably worse than Mexico and Africa...

One word, IGNORANCE! Just skimming through this thread to catch up & see if any good news was to be heard. Then read this BS……..wow.

[fweasel]

One word, IGNORANCE! Just skimming through this thread to catch up & see if any good news was to be heard. Then read this BS……..wow.

No kidding. Everyone knows the new Detroit is Chicago. Sheesh.