LJ Sunday - Thieves among us!!!!!
 

Short story:
Fished from 5am-noon, plenty of bait (all types) around but rusty water and no fish for me.

Landed at La jolla shores with a few other familiar faces around 1pm Sunday afternoon and the beach was a zoo. I went straight to get my truck while the others where still on the beach.
When I drove up to the beach the guys stopped me and said they just saw some girl grab my Hobie peddles and jump into a truck and take off!!


Vehicle Description:

Late 80's (square hood/fenders) Ford F150 Brown/white trim
(also got the lics#)

Perp:
White Male mid-late 20's
shaved head
large tattoos on chest

He had an older GREY Hobie outback with the old style rudder that sticks out the back...and of course "his" nice new 2010 peddles (with the little bungie to keep the padded peddles inplace) .



Long Story:
So I guess when we landed the thief approched one of the other guys (who also had a hobie) and asked if he knew anyone selling the peddles drives. The guys talked for a while, apparently the thief is also a kayak fisherman (errrr!!!). He (the thief) had his truck parked on the sand with his yak in the back, but he also had a girl with him so I'm not sure if he actually was fishing or just casing the place?
Anyway everyone went about their business and I guess a couple minutes later they saw his girl with the peddles quickly walking off the sand and up the street to the truck which was now on the street ready to leave. Thankfully they got the dudes Lic# so hopefully the police can find the guy.

I'm guessing someone knows this guy or has seen him before, he sticks out like a sore thumb and I'm sure he'll be around...keep an eye out for this guy, he did this in the middle of the afternoon, at high tide, with no less than 100 people around and 3 or 4 of them where people I know! At this point he's probably thinking "geeze I sure could use some more rods!!":the_finger:


OHH yeah....once again a big huge THANKS to the guys at HOBIE and FASTLANE SAILING for getting me back on the water. :you_rock:

Un-fking believable

This boy needs to be taught a lesson!

It's not like there wasn't thieves in "the good old days"
we just dealt with them differently
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...mileys-577.gif

LAME!

OH MAN!!! its gettin real bad out there! Sorry to hear that. Maybe Old Rookie took a time laps video scene. I would PM him and see i he caught the thieve and his truck on video.

Scallywag,

Sorry to hear it, awesome that you got the license plate though. I hope the POS gets what he deserves.

:the_finger:

What an ASS, his time will come... hopefully sooner than later. :stickyman:

SUCKS. Hope you get your stuff back and hope he gets a good ol' "get right" session :viking:

Oh my god, that is horrible. Will keep an eye out for the perp. Hope the cops catch this guy soon.

that does suck and since he is probably checking this site im sure he knows he is screwed.....

:cheers1:

It makes me noxious to hear this kinda of stuff.

My 2cents: I was in the Navy for many years and when someone whom i lived with in a 80 man berthing compartment stole my scivvies I learned that anything is up for grabs.
I have had rip offs at the launch so I never leave the launch without taking my pedals and rods if I could find a way to take my bait tank I would or just start using my wheels more. Be careful everyone.

Hope you told them it cost more than $480. That makes it a bigger crime grand theft.which makes it a felony .
I have a feeling the kayak they had was stollen as well.
Good luck:confused:

Theif
 

Scally I was hoping you would post something. There are some images of him and his chick at the triangle.

I was the guy who noticed what happened. I spoke with another member who helped me get the photo of the guy. Guess his vehicle never shows up on the cam.

Big Tattoo on his chest. His hobie is an 03 outback it should be pretty easy to spot him if I see him again. Also not to many of those outbacks have the V2 turbo fins. He just lost his LJ privileges. Here's a photo. The other red arrow is where scally had his revo. Also this is a smilar picture of the truck

I hadn't noticed his chick until I saw a girl walking down the street with turbo fins. As soon as I seen her get in that car I took off trying to get the license info. Hope you can get these back.

Message to Theif...Return IT!

Take the thiefs DOWN:luxhello:

I think we should bring that back. Massively f-d up. A lot of bad things can happen to a person on the water. Long ways to shore too...

Jer- Stoked you got sorted some new jazzed up fins... Your gonna have some serious line ripping karma coming your way bud.... And ill bring you some coldies...

To the dreg piece of $hit thief-------your being hunted by every fisherman on this board...

To the San Diego guys all the way North to the La crew keep an eye out for this prick

Jeremiahs one of the nicest dudes in this secret mens/womens society.......


And if im not mistaken isnt there a cop on these boards???Attention Cop, its time to use your powers buddy..... step it up

Hobie mirage drive with v2's just under $600......

He's got a plate number, video of perps, and eye witnesses.........

There is definitely a silver lining in this story: the kayaking community at LJ knows you and has your back. Getting the license plate is huge, hope the police take it from here.

I doubt the cops are going to do much....I tried handing them a video of the Dbag who walked into my driveway and proceeded to steal the 600.00 spare tire/rim off the back of my Wrangler, they wouldn't even take the DVD video I made for them. Of course I didn't have a plate # so that may change things a little.

Hope somebody catches this little bitch, I bet he thinks he is slick shit right about now...:mad:

no way, impossible..too much bioluminescence..had to be an Eel or a Seven gill..:rolleyes:



http://www.license-plate-search.org/...ate-search.php







Sorry to hear about this Jeremiah..Lets Get Em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I call shotgun, ready when you are...
LJ Canyon Card REVOKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man that blows.:mad::mad::mad:


Scally and Ibsurf, please make sure that you run a "refresh" post about this every month or so. Make sure the truck photo is included each time.

This idiot is probably thinking that he can wait out the "heat" a little.

There should be no launch that is easily available to him ......


Regular refreshers to "boil our blood" are needed.

After you get his address... post it up here so we can all avoid his tweaker home...!:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Sooner or later, the kayak is bound to pop up on craigslist with the mismatched pedals.

If I recall correctly, the difference between an 03 pedal and the new one is the mechanism used to pop out the retaining pin used for setting leg length.

On the 03 model pedal, you have to pull the pins out of the hole and the mechanism is made of wire, and the newer ones you squeeze the mechanism made out of molded plastic to re-adjust pin setting, is that right?

Just want to know what to watch out for if the thief knows he can't use the boat anymore and puts it up for sale somewhere.

I wanna hear a happy ending to this. Too many $%^& get away with it!!!

pchen yes you squeeze the plastic together on the new ones

Damn, thanks guys!!!

And great work with the launch/truck pics...and gettin the plate#'s on the scene Dominic !!! Thanks to you that guy is burnt!!

CA LIC# 8W0805?

Nail the bastard. With someone getting the license plate, there's no way police shouldn't get him. This can't be tolerated by our law enforcement officers, we have too much valuable equipment at risk.
Hopefully, he's not driving a stolen vehicle, too.

That really sucks. :mad:

But it sounds like it's going to be really hard for these guys to get away with their dirty chit.

Check out Mike's timelapse of the webcam - it may even be caught on camera. This is from Sunday 10/2

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WTG
 

What's happening w/ this thread, i.e., the heads up, pictures of the perps., their truck and, most importantly, the link to the site where a license plate number can be tracked, represents one of the best things about this kind of site. While there's no lack of competitiveness amongst us, banding together to identify, isolate and catch someone who doesn't "play by the rules" (i.e., rips any of us off) is - well its just very cool. Good work, amigos. Hope it helps bring this low-life to justice!

"VIGILANTE": An individual who intends - or a member of a volunteer committee organized - to suppress and summarily punish criminals (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate); broadly: self-appointed doer(s) of justice.

Avery

56 seconds

Here is a gray outback for sale on Craigslist put up around noon today.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/boa/2632349903.html

Listing says it's 4 years old, but based on the round front hatch in the photo, it is not... It should be older than 4 years old to have the round front hatch.

I asked for a photo and will see if he sends one, will update if he does send the picture of boat and drive. Or someone in the north county (Carlsbad) can go and see if a viewing can be arranged.

thats what i thought too, guy comes off the barriers then too....

This just blows man..it is an honorable sport with great peeps and then some scum bag does this!!!:mad:

Nice work, Dom!
 

Damn, Jeremiah, that sucks!

Is there any lower form of life on the planet? Not only being a thief, but talking your chic into swiping stuff for you? F'n thieves! :the_finger:

Is it just me, or does this kind of crap always happen to the nice guy? This might be the, one, time and place, where my natural scowl comes in handy. :doh:

I was parked just to the left of the web-cam image. Right next to the suspected criminals. I saw them, too. It's not like two people sitting by a kayak draws that much attention, though. My kayak was there, just out of camera view---with two Mirage Drives on board!

The ballsy display in the middle of the day is what's the most impressive: A packed beach, with other kayak anglers, going about there business loading and unloading. Thanks to guys like, Dominic, for watching his brothers back!

That's one fine way to break into a code group if you asked me. :luxhello:

Personally, having the information that's been presented, I probably would have kept it quiet. Then again, I would have wanted to warn other kayak anglers as well. So, good on Jeremiah for putting up a public warning. :cheers1:

I just know, that being the complete idiot this guy obviously is, he would come back to fish La Jolla. If he is indeed a fishermen, the luhr is just too great! Maybe after a couple of "Fresh To Death" reports---and I would most assuredly hit a home run with my Halibut-bat, take back my pedals, open his front hatch, flop his lifeless body in the Southbound current and keep fishing without missing a beat. If the thief is reading this, you better choose your victims wisely. I can assure you, street justice is alive and well!

Them?
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Thief2bmp.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Thief4bmp.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Thief3bmp.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/Thiefbmp.jpg

:mad:

(not sure the girl in pic 3 is the same has the one in pic 4)
A fast clicking job might get more pics? or someone with more computer skills?

Quit wasting time, the cops wont do jack shit. if i had the money id get the address right now & return with the peddles. you may have to extract some teeth from them though before your next outing. lets make a citizens arrest. i am ready right NOW!. i am not kidding, i am dead serious. lets go.......
i need one extra person (side lines) just in case his thieving girlfriend gets involved again or worse..
my email is linked to my blackberry sideversion@hotmail.
& as soon as i receive a bwe PM, remember to include your #

:svengo:Wow very hard to believe someone would do something like that. Good pics good:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

You can do it wade!

Any indication that the Police are not going to pursue, and I am in for the posse. It is about time for a happy ending on one of these damn crappy starting stories.

Sucks Jer. I got the plates in a similar scenario a few years back... two detectives knocked on my door wanting me to pick the perp out of a photo line up. The Asshat should be toast.

Didn't you see that truck with a screaming kicking kid being thrown inside.... That truck would be found really quick!

For real though.... Wouldn't a local news team do a little investigating for you? Especially if you include all the theft in the last few months / weeks...

I still propose we all mark our stuff, that way it is that much easier to identify!

Did you post this on bloodydecks? Them and all the fishing sites, someone knows this kid! He will get what is coming! you just need to blow it up all over the internet and facebook and eventually this piece of work will get what is coming!

what about those services online for searching public records for that license plate?