Recovered 3 Toyotas

[MasterDirt]

I'll make this brief.... :)

Toyota #1 Stolen 85? Toyota "2 door" (per KCSO)from Maple Valley Aug 4th. (KCSO would not release any specifics to me about this vehicle.)

Toyota #2 (Mine) 88 Toyota P/U Stolen from East Hill of Kent (King County)

Toyota #3 Stolen 86 4 Runner from Issaquah Plateau 4,5 or 6 Aug, owner was out of town.

Aug 8th, KCSO recovered Toyota #1 between Hobart and Ravensdale on 276th Ave SE ne SE 272nd St. Per the detective I talked to this vehicle was totally stripped, including engine. This was an 85 Toyota truck, KCSO wouldn't tell me anything more about it

Aug 10th, KCSO recovered Toyota #2 at 196th Ave SE and SE 248th st. (1.6 miles West of the front door of KCSO Maple Valley Precinct 3 offices.

Aug 15th, KCSO recovered Toyota #3 at Fred Meyers - Covington (KCSO contracts to city of Covington) 167th SE and SE 272nd St (Kent-Kangley)

The front license plate from Toy #1 was found on Toy #2, KCSO would tell me nothing more about this vehicle and deputies did not follow through on my requests that they contact this RO to find out what else he was missing from his. I had other stuff on my rig that wasn't mine. Toy #2 winch and winchbumper gone! along with about 3,500 worth of wheels, tires and other equipment.

Just by pure chance (actually extremely high odds) my wife is a co-worker of the owner of Toyota #3 and as he was leaving his office to recover it he mentioned to my wife were he was going. As soon as he explained this to her she called me. Short story pictures received from TOY #3 on Friday the 19th showed some of my personnel gear in it. I was not able to get to that stuff until Monday as #3 Toy didn't catch my late email on Friday. I only recovered some tools an ice chest and my floor mats, but this positively linked all three of these Toyotas (probably all stolen the night of Aug 4th-5th)

On Monday the 21st after recovering some of my stuff from #3, I went directly to the Precienct 3 offices and hooked up with a couple detectives. After over an hour of what I now percieve as a condescending discussion with 'the system', I learned that they probably would not find these guys no my missing equipment. I had given them a 9 page outline with pictures of everything I could not account for off my vehicle, two pages on Toyota #3, including pictures, and a single page on Toy #1.

I think they were more concerned with how I had learned so much while they didn't have any connection with either of these vehicles with any other. #3 lost a lot of stuff and ended up with a lot of junk/garbage Toyota parts.

The only thing I really gleaned from my discussion with KCSO deputies was that Toyota #1 was totally raped, stripped, gutted and wiped clean by 'professionals'. I'm as cynical about this 'condition' as they were about me having more information in 3 days.

So, that's the "brief" version! I can go on :bounce1:

And as a footnote:, my discussion today with a local journalist who has discussed these Toyota thefts with a detective Sgt. indicated that 'since January only ~500 autothefts in precinct 3 so far, but there 'is no evidence of a Toyota theft ring working in the area', only 41 of those vehicles were Toyota trucks. The way I see this, if those numbers are even close to accurate, that's a paltry 8 percent of Precinct 3 stolens! (Heck that's less than 10 percent!)

Now, if we were to get the numbers of recovered Toyota 'trucks' in 3, I wonder what those statistics might show?. (Maple Valley and Covington's figures are not included in KCSO statistics.)

And a certain detective doesn't think their is a problem with Toyota thefts in the Maple Valley area? If I used my figures for the information I know of, I can say that 100 percent of the Toyota trucks stolen on Aug 4-5 in a 20 miles radius ended up in the Maple Valley area. But 'there's no evidence of a pattern!' :beer:

[crapyota]

this worries me. i work nites and sometimes have to leave mine alone.

[GMC]

I often wonder if there are any of these guys who steal stuff here on the boards or know people who are involved one way or another. From my own personal experience in buying used stuff for cars and trucks over the years I've ran across a few people who seem to have what seems like more stuff collected than there means would afford if that makes any sense. I know though that some people are really in to 4x4 or other things and wheel and deal to get stuff so without proof you can never tell as most people are probably legit. There is one guy I'm thinking of that has a crazy amount of everything and I mean tons of good stuff. He's not rich and I'm not even sure what or if he works and it seems weird. I also talked to some guy who is supposed friends with him and I asked where he gets all that stuff and he wouldn't really say so...............again no proof. I have seen him post on this board on a few rare times and also other places on the net. I won't say who it is, so don't ask because I have no evidence of wrong doing so it's not right for me to say. My $.02.

[landbruiser1]

MasterDirt, my wifes 4runner was stolen from the hospital in Covington a few years ago. She called the cops and they told her they had a pretty good idea who has it. that was at 10pm. We got a call at 1:30am the same night saying they found the runner in the McDonalds parking lot one exit away. They had taken the top and the head rest, the floor mats and her small tool kit in the back. We need to find the BASTARDS that are doing this in that area. Somebody has got to know somthing, step up!

[MilitarYota]

i had my tacoma stolen by a kid i used to know in high school. hes suspected of stealing over 200 toyotas in the pierce and king area. he was recently released from prison i hear so i dont know if hes straightened out or if hes back to it again. if any of you are talking to authorities about this stuff, PM me and ill give you a name to ask them about.

[toyota4x4matt]

They tride to still my toyota from my house on easter sunday, of all nights. But the did not get it thank God. I think we should do some thing about it. one thing that dose suck is that you can still 7 cars/trucks and then finally get a felloney. wtf. IF i ever catch the mf stilling my rig or anyone ealse i will take the law in my own hand. this needs to stop.

[JonsYJjeep]

See thats why you should have a jeep. For some reason they like yota's. :finger:

[MasterDirt]

Yes, they do steal Jeeps also, Cherokees and Wranglers are the favored vehicles in that catagory.

If you've got a 4x4, lock it up, nail it down, chain it to a telephone pole and put an alarm system in it.

Please guys, keep this thread down to reports and follow-ups of stolen vehicles, specifically 4x4 types.

[toyrunner95]

i watched as my cousin's toyota was stolen from a safeway in federal way, it literally too them 2 min and the truck was out of the parking lot, they had a trailer and a really fast winch, looked kinda like a repo truck.

maybe we should trap these guys, any body got a ems device like for skiing or something, see if we cant get the cops, and search and rescue in on it. maybe we could rig one to a truck so when the door is opened, the ems goes off, follow it on a gps locator and just have the cops waiting, catch them in the act. or better yet park a truck out as bait, watch it, then follow them with the detictive in the car. this isnt rocket science, if they wanted to cath these guys they would. kent pd and kc are just lazy asses sometimes.

i keep my rig in a storage locker, one of those u rent places. no one knows its there i move it in and out on a trailer. works great as a shop, plus there is security so if it is stolen i can sue the locker company.

[MasterDirt]

:WTF:
Just a few moments ago I overheard KCSO recovering another Toyota P/U, this one was an Auburn stolen 86. And of course it was recovered in the same general area of SE King county. (But I didn't catch the location.) Ignition punched, no other damage was indicated by the deputy.

Sat 17th, about 4:20pm

[carnuck]

Vehicle #1 sounds like our outside sales guy's rig. It was a bitching Toy 4x4 with all the REAL wheelin goodies and was used as such.

[Brian H]

Toyota matt dont you think taking the law into your own hands will put you back into pierce county again ? Last time you did that you did 6 months or something like that.