Sneaky Pete
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ChattanoogaPhil
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I wouldn't throw the person in jail just yet.
Ok... so I do my grocery shopping. After loading the groceries in my truck I notice a Sneaky Pete in a cart in the parking lot.
I see it has the initials JFK on it. I know the guy cuz I seen him at the gun club with it. Big fat guy with a huge "gut". I look around the parking lot for him. Must be gone. I grab the gun, get in my truck and turn on the air cuz I don't want the frozen stuff melting. I've got the grocery store's phone number in my iPhone because I call now and then to check on a prescription. I call and tell the girl in customer service what's up. I leave my phone number for when the guy comes back looking for his gun. She says fine. I drive off. I call the gun club pres. Pres says he knows his name and will call him. Pres gets distracted with a customer at his shop.
Meanwhile... the guy discovers he's lost his Ruger and races back to the grocery store. The girl at customer service only worked a half day and has already gone home. She didn't tell anyone about it before she left. Cops show up. They look at surveillance tape. The guy doesn't recognize me but the video is good enough to get my plate number.
Cop arrives at the door (he's my neighbor). Phil, I understand you've been running around stealing guns in parking lots. Yup, that's me. Look, I got one right here. We both chuckle. Ring ring... the club pres called the guy with the gun and it's him on the phone thanking me.
End of story... no one goes to jail.
Ok... so I do my grocery shopping. After loading the groceries in my truck I notice a Sneaky Pete in a cart in the parking lot.
I see it has the initials JFK on it. I know the guy cuz I seen him at the gun club with it. Big fat guy with a huge "gut". I look around the parking lot for him. Must be gone. I grab the gun, get in my truck and turn on the air cuz I don't want the frozen stuff melting. I've got the grocery store's phone number in my iPhone because I call now and then to check on a prescription. I call and tell the girl in customer service what's up. I leave my phone number for when the guy comes back looking for his gun. She says fine. I drive off. I call the gun club pres. Pres says he knows his name and will call him. Pres gets distracted with a customer at his shop.
Meanwhile... the guy discovers he's lost his Ruger and races back to the grocery store. The girl at customer service only worked a half day and has already gone home. She didn't tell anyone about it before she left. Cops show up. They look at surveillance tape. The guy doesn't recognize me but the video is good enough to get my plate number.
Cop arrives at the door (he's my neighbor). Phil, I understand you've been running around stealing guns in parking lots. Yup, that's me. Look, I got one right here. We both chuckle. Ring ring... the club pres called the guy with the gun and it's him on the phone thanking me.
End of story... no one goes to jail.
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(being silly) It's not theft. It's just The Universe compensating the finder for the things that he/she has lost in the past.
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Well...at least me know your imagination is still active!
But ya know... these type of things aren't too far fetched. I bet some guys here with badges have true stories that are far crazier than that.
We have yet to hear the Paul Harvey from Faulkner. Who knows... maybe the story has some unexpected twists and turns.
Protected One
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But ya know... these type of things aren't too far fetched. I bet some guys here with badges have true stories that are far crazier than that.
We have yet to hear the Paul Harvey from Faulkner. Who knows... maybe the story has some unexpected twists and turns.
I see what you did there!
(being silly) It's not theft. It's just The Universe compensating the finder for the things that he/she has lost in the past.
Consider that stolen! [emoji1]
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But ya know... these type of things aren't too far fetched. I bet some guys here with badges have true stories that are far crazier than that.
We have yet to hear the Paul Harvey from Faulkner. Who knows... maybe the story has some unexpected twists and turns.
Things do take a slight twist.
In an attempt to gather information to identify her, a more detailed review of the surveillance video while she was in the store has revealed clear evidence of shoplifting perpetrated by the lady who a short time later picked up the Sneaky Pete.
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Dun....dun....dunt....plot thickins
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sneaky shoplifter...
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We were eventually able to identify the woman who snagged the Sneaky Pete from the grocery cart, although it took about 24 hours. The next afternoon another deputy and I drove to the address we had and, sure enough, the vehicle that fit the description of the one she got into on the video was sitting in the driveway.
We went to the front door and rang the bell. A man came to the door, we identified ourselves (although we were in uniform) and asked to speak to "Mrs. Doe."
"What do you want with my wife?" he asked.
"We have a question we'd like to ask her" I replied
Before he could say anything else, the door opened a bit wider and Mrs. Doe stood beside her husband and said, "can I help you?"
"Mrs. Doe, I'm Deputy Faulkner with the sheriff's office, and we've come to get the gun that you picked up at the grocery store yesterday."
The blood drained out of her face. She stood there looking right at me for 15 or 20 seconds, then she said "Okay", and she turned and went back into the house.
Her husband took a step towards us on the front porch and said, "what the heck is all this? Ya'll need to get the _____ off my property! Ya'll don't have no warrant to be here!" We just stood there looking back at him.
Mrs. Doe returned in less than a minute and handed the Sneaky Pete over to me and said, "I was going to turn it in to you guys tomorrow."
"Why didn't you just take it back into the store and hand it over to them?" I asked.
She replied, "It was raining."
"Mrs. Doe, according to the store video that's not true."
Mr. Doe jumped in, "are you calling my wife a liar?"
Mrs. Doe put her hand on her husband and pushed him back and asked, "am I in trouble?"
"No ma'am, not for this, but you will be hearing from the detectives about the shoplifting at the checkout, we have that on video too. Thank you for returning the gun to us, have a good day."
She started crying and turned and went back into the house, the husband slammed the door as we walked back to the patrol car.
After we got back to the sheriff's office we called the owner of the Sneaky Pete and told him that he could come pick up his gun . . . just ask for the sheriff. He showed up within the hour and the sheriff visited with him before handing the Sneaky Pete and gun back to him.
We went to the front door and rang the bell. A man came to the door, we identified ourselves (although we were in uniform) and asked to speak to "Mrs. Doe."
"What do you want with my wife?" he asked.
"We have a question we'd like to ask her" I replied
Before he could say anything else, the door opened a bit wider and Mrs. Doe stood beside her husband and said, "can I help you?"
"Mrs. Doe, I'm Deputy Faulkner with the sheriff's office, and we've come to get the gun that you picked up at the grocery store yesterday."
The blood drained out of her face. She stood there looking right at me for 15 or 20 seconds, then she said "Okay", and she turned and went back into the house.
Her husband took a step towards us on the front porch and said, "what the heck is all this? Ya'll need to get the _____ off my property! Ya'll don't have no warrant to be here!" We just stood there looking back at him.
Mrs. Doe returned in less than a minute and handed the Sneaky Pete over to me and said, "I was going to turn it in to you guys tomorrow."
"Why didn't you just take it back into the store and hand it over to them?" I asked.
She replied, "It was raining."
"Mrs. Doe, according to the store video that's not true."
Mr. Doe jumped in, "are you calling my wife a liar?"
Mrs. Doe put her hand on her husband and pushed him back and asked, "am I in trouble?"
"No ma'am, not for this, but you will be hearing from the detectives about the shoplifting at the checkout, we have that on video too. Thank you for returning the gun to us, have a good day."
She started crying and turned and went back into the house, the husband slammed the door as we walked back to the patrol car.
After we got back to the sheriff's office we called the owner of the Sneaky Pete and told him that he could come pick up his gun . . . just ask for the sheriff. He showed up within the hour and the sheriff visited with him before handing the Sneaky Pete and gun back to him.
gdc123
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i have to say, except for mrs doe's ahole husband mouthing off with his head up his a** it sounded uneventful and handled very professionally. mrs. doe screwed up and she knows she did and will be delt with. and sneeky pete also. iam glad no one was hurt and he got his gun back.
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I agree with gdc123, nice job Faulkner. Too bad the husband was a jerk.
Nice job! Sounds like a story line from "Dragnet"!
susieqz
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i would feel like a thief if i took a gun from a shopping cart.
but what if i found it in the gutter?
not sure i'd feel compelled to call the cops just because a stray wanted a new home.
but what if i found it in the gutter?
not sure i'd feel compelled to call the cops just because a stray wanted a new home.
joeintexas
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Like my folks used to tell me, "a thief is a thief, no matter what they stole, little or big, they're still a thief".
Here where I work(NC), once ID'd and we would make contact with her, she would be given the option of returning it with "no harm no foul". She picked it up out of a shopping cart and if I could prove her intent was to permanently deprive the owner of his property she could potentially be charged.
When given the choice, most people with common sense return the property. I usually give them my card and tell them that I return a favor for a favor, that's how informants are born
I see what you're saying but in both situations you're still taking and keeping something that is not yours
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great story
thanks for posting "the rest of the story" and not leaving all of us in suspense.
thanks for posting "the rest of the story" and not leaving all of us in suspense.
