UPDATE: Happy ending... Post 26...
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Not super exciting or stellar video (obviously), but underscores the importance of live monitoring.
I live in a VERY rural area with about 1/2 mile between driveway aprons on a dead-end gravel road. My neighbor (about 2000' from where camera is located) has a 24' trailer parked on the road. It's been there for over a year. Aside from wrong turns, the only traffic we see is UPS/FedEx/USPS. It is so sparse, that I installed a driveway alert sensor across the road to alert me anytime someone comes down the street. It never goes off after dark unless it's wildlife... which is what I thought it was tonight.
Instead I see two vehicles - a Nissan Frontier towing a small single axle trailer, and a Jeep Liberty without a trailer - they drive to the end of the cul-de-sac and turn off their lights. That got my attention. I zoomed in a bit, and once realizing they were backing to the trailer, I immediately attempted to phone the neighbor. No reply.
So I jumped in the car and headed up my driveway and towards their location. At 9:33:30, they can hear me hauling ass to get to them. They abort and flee in my direction. I try to wave them down, but they blow right past me. I do a 180° and chase down the slower vehicle (Frontier with the trailer). Their tag was bent upward so that it was not visible. Eventually I get around him and stop broadside so he can't get by. I arm myself, and approach their vehicle. The immediately shout, "we're on the phone with the law!" I tell them, "Good!" and ask them what they were doing. They said they were chasing the other vehicle since it had just tried to steal from their home. Not having had the benefit of seeing the video below beforehand, I suspected they were together, but couldn't prove it.
I walked behind their car, bent the tag down, and took note of it. All the while they were telling me how they tried hard to catch the other guy. They had scabs all over their faces and looked emaciated. Tweakers all the way.
Needless to say, I let them go, and called the sheriff's office to report the tag number. After getting home and watching the various angles, I have no doubt they were together. My LPR didn't the tag of either vehicle, since both were bent straight up in an attempt to obscure their identity. That tells me the tags are likely legit.
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Not super exciting or stellar video (obviously), but underscores the importance of live monitoring.
I live in a VERY rural area with about 1/2 mile between driveway aprons on a dead-end gravel road. My neighbor (about 2000' from where camera is located) has a 24' trailer parked on the road. It's been there for over a year. Aside from wrong turns, the only traffic we see is UPS/FedEx/USPS. It is so sparse, that I installed a driveway alert sensor across the road to alert me anytime someone comes down the street. It never goes off after dark unless it's wildlife... which is what I thought it was tonight.
Instead I see two vehicles - a Nissan Frontier towing a small single axle trailer, and a Jeep Liberty without a trailer - they drive to the end of the cul-de-sac and turn off their lights. That got my attention. I zoomed in a bit, and once realizing they were backing to the trailer, I immediately attempted to phone the neighbor. No reply.
So I jumped in the car and headed up my driveway and towards their location. At 9:33:30, they can hear me hauling ass to get to them. They abort and flee in my direction. I try to wave them down, but they blow right past me. I do a 180° and chase down the slower vehicle (Frontier with the trailer). Their tag was bent upward so that it was not visible. Eventually I get around him and stop broadside so he can't get by. I arm myself, and approach their vehicle. The immediately shout, "we're on the phone with the law!" I tell them, "Good!" and ask them what they were doing. They said they were chasing the other vehicle since it had just tried to steal from their home. Not having had the benefit of seeing the video below beforehand, I suspected they were together, but couldn't prove it.
I walked behind their car, bent the tag down, and took note of it. All the while they were telling me how they tried hard to catch the other guy. They had scabs all over their faces and looked emaciated. Tweakers all the way.
Needless to say, I let them go, and called the sheriff's office to report the tag number. After getting home and watching the various angles, I have no doubt they were together. My LPR didn't the tag of either vehicle, since both were bent straight up in an attempt to obscure their identity. That tells me the tags are likely legit.
Attempted trailer heist
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