California DOJ Authorization to return stolen firearm

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As many of you know I was burglarized 14 May 2020......

Just got authorization to release my stolen M&P Pro 9mm from California DOJ, then I send California Highway Patrol the original, they in turn send the firearm back to Billings Montana Evidence Techs and then upon it's arrival I get to go and bring this one home for real!!!!

Only one left in evidence is right here in Billings Evidence, that was the most valuable one to me....My Dad's service revolver (K-38)....

Still being held in evidence.......at least I know where it is.....the other 8 are still gone.

Randy

PS. Many thanks to all for your outpouring of support and encouragement.
 
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My stolen revolver ended up in CA. The defendant caught with it had a lot of exposure, and for reasons I could not understand, it took about 3 years to resolve the case. (Can't come to an agreement? You have a right to a fair trial, not an offer you like. I do this stuff for a living.) Going through the CA process when they were going to return the revolver to a police agency in another state (here) which would have to do its own background check before returning it was stupid, aggravating, and mandated by their law. A friend had to cough up his BUG after an OIS, even though it was not used or drawn and an idiot could have confirmed that in minutes. It took him a YEAR to get it back. I have no idea why anyone would live in CA.
 
Very seldom do you get them all back. Serial numbers and pictures help a lot in the recovery of stolen firearms. A secure place to store them also helps. Over a 40+ year career in law enforcement I have recovered hundreds of stolen guns and other items. There were hundreds I could not find. The most memorable one was where I had investigated a break in in a rural area. It was a large nice home and 35 guns were taken. I finished my report and left the house as the evidence techs were doing their thing. About a half mile down the road I saw something bright pink in the woods about 100 yards off the road. I'm thinking that shouldn't be there and remembered one of the beds in the burgled house had pink sheets. I walked through the woods and found a pink top sheet spread evenly on the ground. I pulled it back and there was 34 of the guns under the sheet. One was missing. I remembered a not so bright convict who had done this same thing before. I thought he was still in prison, but upon checking I found he had just been released. On the way to his mother's house he passed me going in the opposite direction. As I turned around on him he tried to run. His old crappy car wasn't very fast and I soon caught up with him. As I closed in he threw a gun out the window. He stopped and I hooked him up and placed him in the back of my cruiser. I found some .38 special ammo in his pocket. I went back and picked up the gun. It was the one missing from the burglary. The perp said he didn't know anything about the gun he tossed. I convinced him I could match the ammo in his pocket to the gun and he confessed and gave a statement. We sent him back to prison on a parole violation until his trial date came up on burglary and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He wound up serving 11 years. I saw him at a gas station a couple of weeks ago. We didn't talk but I purposely let him see I was carrying.
 
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