http://www.northescambia.com/2012/07/charges-dropped-against-century-men-for-stealing-selling-classic-cars-as-scrap Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:41:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2012/07/charges-dropped-against-century-men-for-stealing-selling-classic-cars-as-scrap/comment-page-1#comment-137062 joe Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:14:11 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=103424#comment-137062 A few years back.... I had someone to break the hinge on a locked gate to come onto my property, hook up to my old steel trailer and drive off. I called the closest scrap yard and described trailer to guy on phone, he told me that it had been delivered to him that same morning. We called and made a police report, the officer and I went to the scrap yard, the thiefs was on video driving into scrap yard and even split money in camera view. BUT since scrap yard was across state line from where it was stolen from, and it was taking officer so long to do NOTHING!!! I had to BUY back my trailer from scrap guy!! Later we found out one thief was a drug informant for a sheriff officer, the other was a lawyer's son...... and my case kept getting lost!!! A few years back….
I had someone to break the hinge on a locked gate to come onto my property, hook up to my old steel trailer and drive off. I called the closest scrap yard and described trailer to guy on phone, he told me that it had been delivered to him that same morning.
We called and made a police report, the officer and I went to the scrap yard, the thiefs was on video driving into scrap yard and even split money in camera view. BUT since scrap yard was across state line from where it was stolen from, and it was taking officer so long to do NOTHING!!! I had to BUY back my trailer from scrap guy!!
Later we found out one thief was a drug informant for a sheriff officer, the other was a lawyer’s son…… and my case kept getting lost!!!

]]> http://www.northescambia.com/2012/07/charges-dropped-against-century-men-for-stealing-selling-classic-cars-as-scrap/comment-page-1#comment-136337 Mike Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:07:04 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=103424#comment-136337 Why were the charges dropped? The article does not say. If known, I would like to know why. I like classic cars as well. Theft is theft. Anything taken, even if not of value, is still theft. So if these guys stole "junk" cars that could have been restored (especially the '64 Mustang which is the first year they were made) then the theft should be taken seriously. The value of the items taken should not be considered in assessing the punishment. They took things that did not belong to them. Pushish on the action, not on the item. Why were the charges dropped? The article does not say. If known, I would like to know why. I like classic cars as well. Theft is theft. Anything taken, even if not of value, is still theft. So if these guys stole “junk” cars that could have been restored (especially the ‘64 Mustang which is the first year they were made) then the theft should be taken seriously. The value of the items taken should not be considered in assessing the punishment. They took things that did not belong to them. Pushish on the action, not on the item.

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