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Never give up on those stolen guns, guys
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:44 pm
by tector
I have a friend moving from Coconut Grove to Flagstaff this week. A few days ago he got a call from some cop in Michigan. He is getting back two (of six) guns stolen from his apartment--in 1978.
Re: Never give up on those stolen guns, guys
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:25 pm
by Tenzing_Norgay
Wild. I can't imagine records were digitized in '78. Wonder how/when they were updated into the NCIC...?
Re: Never give up on those stolen guns, guys
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:30 pm
by tector
Tenzing_Norgay wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:25 pm
Wild. I can't imagine records were digitized in '78. Wonder how/when they were updated into the NCIC...?
No idea. He is not really a gun guy. These were all hunting guns in his youth (the two recovered are 20 gauge shotguns). He was living in Illinois at the time of the theft.
Side note: they turned up in a warranted search in Michigan.
Re: Never give up on those stolen guns, guys
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:00 am
by Wakko
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!!!
Oh wait. Wrong banner.
Re: Never give up on those stolen guns, guys
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 8:45 am
by OSD
They were updated on a regular basis if the theft was in Illinois. The FOID system is run by the State Police in Illinois and was only in use for 10 years in 1978. Once a firearm was reported stolen the system automatically updated the notice every 5 years til the item was taken off the stolen list.
I don't know how it is run now, but that's how it use to be done in Il.
Re: Never give up on those stolen guns, guys
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:14 am
by rentprop1
my dad had a Colt returned to him 13 years later after it disappeared from a UPS shipment, they found it 1
state away during a DUI stop, guy said he bought it at a gun show.
Re: Never give up on those stolen guns, guys
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:33 am
by rug357
I wonder what condition those shotguns were in when recovered after 40+ year?
Re: Never give up on those stolen guns, guys
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:07 pm
by tector
rug357 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:33 am
I wonder what condition those shotguns were in when recovered after 40+ year?
One is very good. The other is pretty beat up.
Re: Never give up on those stolen guns, guys
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 3:44 pm
by BerettaRacer
About 15 yrs ago, here in So Fla, my apt got broken into and one of the things stolen was my nightstand pistol. At the time there was a website, probably by Florida police, that you could type in serial #'s and check on recovery.
Anyone know what that website is?
Re: Never give up on those stolen guns, guys
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 4:09 pm
by rentprop1
BerettaRacer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 3:44 pm
About 15 yrs ago, here in So Fla, my apt got broken into and one of the things stolen was my nightstand pistol. At the time there was a website, probably by Florida police, that you could type in serial #'s and check on recovery.
Anyone know what that website is?
https://lmgtfy.com/?q=florida+stolen+gun+search
it also all depends on if the Cops enter the numbers correctly