Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group another theft

Richard, tampering of an aircraft is a federal crime similar to tampering with the US mail. It carries a hefty punishment of up to 20 years imprisonment. Any tampering or theft of aircraft parts brings the feds into the crime.

I was once told by an FAA employee that folks in his small town would find the thief and take him out in the country and have their way with him to teach him a lesson.

Ralph

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Williams" <rkwill@...> wrote:
>
> Richard B,
>
>
> It is good that your district has good response, etc.
> I'm in rural Washington state.
>
> Around here, during the critical wee hours of the morning, there is no police on
> duty (small town USA). (their time is spent ticketing speeders and taking theft
> reports)
> Even during the daytime when police are on duty, the response time is over 1/2 hour.
>
> We know who the thieves are ( even I their names and where they live) (the ring
> leader and his followers)
> The ring leader was caught on camera when he broke into the local high school.
> The court threw out the evidence with the excuse that the police did not witness
> the event.
>
> I have been warned, several times, by the police, to not take any action as I
> would then be arrested for assault and battery or illegal imprisonment and/or
> similar charges.
>
> Currently, the ring leader has been arrested over 150 times.
> He is never kept in jail for longer that the next available arraignment date
> Except once, when he was seen dragging stolen property into his house.
> A search warrant found the stolen equipment
>
> The police also found a homemade pipe bomb in his backpack.
> The pipe bomb evidence was tossed out due it not being mentioned in the search
> warrant.
>
> For the stolen equipment, the ring leader got 4 months.
> (I think a more fitting punishment would have been the removal of his right hand
> and 40 years of hard labor).
>
> The police tell me the ring leader performs some 5-6 separate thief's each week
> and that this has been going on for several years.
>
> To me, this makes the police useless.
>
> R. Williams
>
>
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: "Richard Bauer" <rk911@...>
> To: <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, 3 Aug 2013 18:46:17 -0500
> Subject: RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group another theft
>
> > that's not entirely, true. thieves are arrested, charged, prosecuted
> > and convicted after the fact. the LEOs in my home town recently
> > cleared a ton of burglaries with the arrest of a pair of career
> > criminals. they will be prosecuted and convicted...the case is
> > strong. some of the loot was actually recovered and identified making
> > it that much easier. burglar alarms can be monitored at a central
> > station where upon activation the operator will make notification to
> > whomever you want...police, friends, the airport manager, you, etc.
> > and in some jurisdictions premise alarms can be monitored at the
> > police station or central dispatch center. my comm center had nearly
> > 4000-alarms...burglar, hold-up, fire...connected directly to us. that
> > cut down on the response time. btw...video surveillance footage is not
> > automatically excluded from court.
> >
> > '73,
> > rich, n9dko
> > My bark is definitely worse than my bite...but it's my left hook ya
> > gotta watch out for! _________________________________
> >
> > You may note that the laws all favor the thief.
> > I.E. you cannot detain the thief
> > you cannot harm the thief
> > you cannot punish the thief.
> > etc
> >
> > And the thief will treat the jail as an overnight, fully luxurious
> > accommodation, with supplied meals, warm place to sleep, etc.
> > Then out in the morning with no more than a warning/slap on the hand.
> >
> > the thief might accidentally hurt themselves, while in your hanger,
> > through no fault of your actions. For instance, if you are a trapper
> > and have a few open leg traps (which sadly are no long legal to use)
> > but you might have some laying around the hanger as antiques.
> >
> > Another suggestion is using the services of something like ADT, costs
> > ~50usd/month plus initial installation. Even then, what are you to do
> > when the alarm goes off?
> >
> > Note: a thief is typically in and out in less than 4 minutes, so all remedies
> > must happen during that time span.
> > This means you cannot expect any help from the police, etc.
> > And the police/court will throw out video evidence because the police
> > did not personally see the thief in action.
> ------- End of Original Message -------
>




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