Stolen Property Recovered by Police! 👮‍♂️ AirTag Leads the Way | Part 3  

The guy in the white shirt went to warn somebody in the smaller building who took off behind the bigger house as you were talking to cop and woman.

That’s crazy I am a retired state trooper. I would have applied for a search warrant for that whole property inside and out and I would have got it. The air tag proves it was stolen and taken to this property. My investigators would have had a field day with these crack head scumbags.

The man and woman that live there are guilty as hell, there’s no way they didn’t know what’s going on.

Time for justice to be served the old fashioned way!

Surprised landowners aren't charged for possession of stolen property.

I am a retired Police Officer with 32 years' service. I have worked in every area of law enforcement, and I have to say this to the Deputy. Sir this was a piss poor effort on your part. I mean damn man at least take some info from those people that live there, write a report and forward it to a detective for possible investigation. It's obvious they are running a theft ring right there; don't you want to shut something like that down in your area? It may be small to you but it's a big deal to the owner of the stuff. You don't always have to have a serial number if the owner can describe the item in detail prior to. I would think the Air tag being present would be enough probable cause. That old man is absolutely part of it, for crying out loud he went around back and warned someone when he saw you pull up. If this were in my state and this were my call, I would have arrested that old guy for Theft by Receiving. Thats his house and he was in possession of stolen property. At least that might make him think twice about allowing those thugs to bring stolen items to his property next time. At the very least write him a Criminal Citation (Summons to court) and write a report. Just because someone is old don't mean they aren't capable of willfully breaking the law. I am sorry but this should have been looked into further. You as the Deputy should have been the one asking all the questions. Since when does law enforcement stand idle and have the citizen conduct his own investigation lol.

During the depression when Grampa’s neighbour went to church some firewood would go missing .Farmer drilled a hole and put one shotgun shell in a few pieces of wood .To say the least in a couple of days it blew the chimney off .They found out who was stealing wood .

you all need to elect a new sheriff.

You should file charges for steeling your air tag and your tire, as long as the people there confess to who actually brought it there, the home owner could be charged with receiving stolen merchandise and that may make them roll over on the real thief. Even if it is only a misdemeanor charge if they have prior convictions that could lead to a longer sentence in jail.

You were a whole hell of a lot calmer than i would have been. I think I would have blown a gasket if I had seen my stolen stuff at a thief's home. I work hard for my stuff, and I'm sure you do too.

Discouraging how awful it is trying to get cops go after the thieves

20 years ago I just moved into the home I am in now and we had some neighbors down the road who thought they could intimidate us. I worked away quite a bit and they would throw fireworks in the yard etc. Then on Christmas we had our decorations stolen along with other people in the area. My decorations fell apart and it trailed right to their yard along with beer cans. The police could not do anything since there was no evidence at the home just on the dead end road leading there. The other peoples decorations were found later by some hunters all thrown in a little creek. I had some time off and they had never saw me before Then one day they came down the road as I was at the end of my driveway and I had my pew pew on me my hunting pistol a 44 mag super red hawk with a 9 1/2 inch barrel. The boys rolled down their window and jokingly asked what do I shoot with that. I said anyone that pisses me off and enters my yard to steal stuff which includes your dumbasses. Its been 20 years and I never had another problem. Of course my big dogs were also a deterrent.

Nothing good ever happens when the police are called. Ever. Great video, thanks for a front row seat to a chop shop.

You know it doesn't matter if it runs or not, it's the point of someone stealing from you.

You're a better man then me. If that was my stuff that house would suddenly catch fire during the next thunder storm.

My son has a small farm and his 9 year old grandson hunts for groundhogs. On the land there is an old dirt road with a creek that runs along the road. No one uses this road . He was out one day hunting and stopped and was in the creek like kids do. An old green pickup with 2 guys stopped and asked if he wanted chocolate. He got out of the creek and picked up his shotgun . One of the guys yelled get out of here. He walked to a neighbors house and they called the police. When his dad showed up the policeman you don't have to worry about him talking care of himself. Just teach your kids and grandkids to be careful.

If the cops would start holding the owner of the property accountable, maybe the thieves would go somewhere else 😡 Make sure you keep your receipts and serial numbers and I love the fact that he put a tag on the item! That’s infuriating!!

I am also a retired State Trooper. The Deputy should have gotten a warrant.

That family knows what they are doing. Why would you take the time to put a AirTag and not get serial numbers? Boy, that cop sounded like he could care less. People should get their tax money back. Could have hired mall security for much less.

Possession of stolen property isn’t a crime in that area? Cop refuses to investigate the name of the guy who supposedly sold them the stolen items?

I call bs, the air tag should have been enough to charge them! A real live investigation needs to be done, monitoring the property, what and who comes in and goes out. The cop obviously knows what's going on and no one seems to want to pursue it. That is the real issue here!

Wow & WTF...?!? Everyone there should've been arrested...!!! Possession of stolen property or dealing in stolen property, or maybe investigate them...! Wow...!?! Thanks, keep up your awesomeness...

At 12:22 in the video you can see a person heading for the woods between the shack and the house after the man in the white shirt apparently lets them know the cops are here. I got the distinct sense that old man knows much more than he lets onto...just watch his behavior closely.

Take pictures of all the serial numbers and keep all the original purchase paperwork. So sad that society has come to this. Thank you for the update. Have a better day tomorrow. Cheers

That's a bummer that you can't get them even know you had an air tag. Sorry that you have to go through all that.

When we had tools stolen from a job site and reported it to the cops. But the thief tried selling are tools back to us on the job site and report to the police. They said they couldn’t really do anything. So when he came back with the stolen tools we took them back. Since the police aren’t going to do their job.

The man and woman who lives there and owners of property should be held accountable for allowing this to happen. They should have been arrested for possession of stolen. property

Law enforcement needs to make a project out of this property. If no one is on probation, or parole that is a law enforcement failure. None of this is difficult, or all that time consuming. It is called doing your job!

Arrest the couple for receiving stolen goods since it's on their property. If someone else IS involved, they'll roll on them for a reduced sentence!!

Appreciate all the comments by retired Law Enforcement ... who have much to say to some in uniform today. American citizens are getting fed up ... Women going through this amount of work too. Sometimes during/after funerals ... on deceased family members properties ...

Thank you so much Officer for being realistic, however, still patient and compassionate!

Thank You For the Update , we Had a same situation where I live air tags and all , but the County Sheriff Said if They Personally didn’t witness the property being delivered to the location they would not act on it , and the city police Didn’t care at all said it would be a county problem !!! Who in Hell Helps Us ??? If we Deal Out Righteousness ourselves ! We Go To Under the Jail !!!

You must be a really good man not to go ballistic on these people

I don’t know why RU-vid suggested your videos but I’m so happy they did! I’m so very sorry about your property theft. Truly, because I’ve had so much trouble with theft and our local LEO don’t do anything about it. But like I said I’m happy I found your channel because you are terribly handsome and I can come back and look at you as often as I want. Don’t worry, I’m not a stalker. Just a mature woman who appreciates a good looking man. I’d never leave my area because I love it here and have grandchildren who I love so very much. I hope you’ve found a way to keep your property safe from sticky fingers!

Sadly, even if you caught them with the item in their hands, standing on their property, at most after a year of back and forth through the court system they might wind up with a few days in jail and or a little bit of probation. But if you really want to get even with him, and make sure that they get punished, call the FBI and say that you saw them at the Capitol on January 6th. They'll lock them up as quick as you can imagine, keep him in jail for a couple years until they get their day in court. The FB hired probably even make up some b******* evidence or have one of their confidential informants testify, and convicted of the so-called crime. Government's real big on political persecutions more so than prosecuting actual crimes.

I had a pick up stolen when I was in my early 20's, 40 years later I still despise anyone that steals.

You should press charges on the guy with the white shirt because he went back to the house in the rear and told someone who ran out the back you could see it in the video. these people need to get jobs in prison.

Maybe those people should get charged with receiving stolen property. They would probably give up the thieves.

Somebody in that Sheriff's Dept is being lazy. That deputy is lying when they say nothing can be done. That's bs and he knows those people are stealing.

my state has STAND your Ground backed up with Castle Doctrine. Hopefully yours does too. Just keep repeating i feared for my life with a glazed look in your eye, then call your lawyer🤣🤣🤣

Just out of curiosity, where is all this occurring? Would you like a guarantee that these thieves never steal your property again? Ive dealt with chicken heads several times already. If you'd like to fight fire with fire we can come to some sort of arrangement im sure. But FYI you may want to keep a eye out on your property at night for a while. Now that you've found their place and brought the cops they know where they got the blower from. Dont think they wont retaliate and tear your stuff up or burn it!

The deputy said the problem himself" we've been there 100 times".

I live out in the country and a while ago, someone (porch pirate?) was taking stuff out of folks' yards. When an Amazon delivery of mine showed up as having been delivered, picture and all, then disappeared, I manufactured my own bait box. No tellin' what was inside THAT one, although I will give you a hint: several notoriously- aggressive venomous creatures. Suddenly, all that piracy in these parts came to a screaching halt!

Sounds like Detective Smith and Deputy Wesson need to swing by that house..... ;)

The cop actually saw you take your property off of their property and he did nothing? I would have arrested the property owner. Nobody squirms and screams more than an innocent person being accused. The property owner may even likely hand deliver you the theif and your property that hasn't been sold for crack cocaine.

Sorry for your loss. Where I live, we lock up things we like/love/need. It’s easier than what you’re doing!

That really sucks man. i hate that for you. You should take a day to go around and write down all your serial numbers and get pics of your vin plates. then they will have to charge them. I'm sure they will be back seeing as they got away with it and obviously aren't too afraid of getting caught because they came back multiple times already

@12:20 12:22 you can see that the guy in white notified someone in the house behind the main house. If you look between the houses, you can SEE him leave and go behind the main house.

Everyone just calm and nonchalant and appreciative Thank You !!! I would have been raising hell. I would be hiding around my equipment and catch the guys myself which would not be good for them !!!. Why bother with air tags.

Try having the property declared a public nuisance by the organized crime unit

Keep serial numbers on all of your purchases. This is also important for warranty covered repairs.

this has motivated me to take good pictures of my belongings, and serial numbers!

Police saying they cannot do anything is BS. Start by arresting both home owners. BOTH even the old lady for allowing the thief to use their property. Hold them both in jail as long as you legally can. Make their family so upset over it that they rat on the thief and then BAM you can arrest him. Otherwise Id just take matters into my own hand and since it looks like youre in the country there is lots of places to hide a DB.

Stealing stuff from your neighbour is bad, but taking a man’s beer, that’s beyond awful

We had a family like that living next to our property in the mountains. When I was a young man their parents were friends of mine and helped me a bunch. When we moved back to the property they constantly stole things from us. Without going into detail we tried the cops and found them to be impotent not doing much of anything. Eventually, I took a more aggressive approach and, I hate to say, threatened them if they didn’t keep their family away from mine. Totally unacceptable nowadays, but it worked. This sparing the Rod crap does not work. These guys including their family, who know exactly what is going on need a blanket party out in the woods. One can only hope they’ll get it from someone some day. Good luck

Go after the property owner for having a chop shop full of stolen pieces.

I was told this by a police officer. He said there's only one set of numbers you need to have on your equipment. It can be stamped in to any part of the item. The number is your social security number. You can buy a set of harden steel stamp. After stamping the numbers in different places, take pictures. Set this guy up, he will be back, air tags will get the cops with you, that number will get the scum arrested. You should still get the state police involved. They would have taken some one to jail. You had proof it was stolen from you. Something is a little fishy going on here. The local police know and not doing anything.

Maybe you need to fence in the area and have guard dogs patrolling the fenced in area. You could set up something tempting to be stolen, but wired with a trip wire or motion detector to alert you about the theft in progress. Fully document that you own the property, and make sure the value is over $1,000, so that it will a felony charge. You could put a hidden tracker on the thing too. Depending on the gun laws in your state, you might be able to protect your property with firearms. If you don't live in a law and order state or city, then the only choices are to accept being a repeated crime victim or vote with your feet, and move to a Red state or Red city.

I live in Aiken, and I hate a thief. My camper was stolen. You didn't see a pop-up in their yard, did you?

I'm happy for you guys

Reminds me of that well known saying, if the criminal is not behind the wheel, it's just too much effort to investigate

Im glad i read the comments..im not the only sad about how this all turned out.. id love to say im stunned and confused..only im not. To see you basically only owned an air tag, made me sick.. id love to say i have paperwork and serial numbers on all my stuff, but i dont..well maybe somewhere... those who say you should have may be right but dont live in our world

Too many people get away with theft because of technicalities. Some people need to suffer ramifications that they'll learn from.

So lesson learned now you know start taking serial numbers down off all your tools and machines pictures will also help besides airtag’s.🤔

You gotta watch doing that out in the country because you’re likely to get fed to the hogs. It’s not just something you see in movies. It’s real and I can promise you that.

How frustrating! They need to be fully prosecuted and I don't quite understand why they aren't going to do anything about all this

That cop is there Kinfolk

Wow, i just watched your series on this subject. The whole situation sucks but it taught me a couple of things that I need to do. I need to make a photo inventory of my equipment. It needs to include pictures of each piece of equipment, the serial numbes plates, and dates of purchase.

It amazes me how ppl don't keep track of their stuff and keep documentation of anything over $100. Takes 2 minutes when you first get it. Log serial numbers, take a pic. His complacency is what keeps the thieves going. He should be pissed.

Only time cops will do anything is when the news says “Man claims someone stole his gasoline filled drum filled with grenades that owners of the chop shop decided to kick and it went boom 💥 “!

Seems like a Neighbors From Hell episode. A bit surprised air tags were used without some form of motion detect camera systems.

Damn you have patience of a lion stalking prey.. I would be furious not the right way but hard earned money purchase them to be a thief property for free.. WOW.. good luck with future items..

SC? freakin hell i thought the law would do alot more than that here.

Well, that was eye-opening. The yard is full of stolen property, and nothing can be done. I'm sorry, but it's called detective work. You have to put in some time. I'm ordering a custom metal stamp right now. Then I'm going out and stamping every piece of metal on everything I own.

One good thing my mom taught me in life was NEVER steal a working woman’s or man’s tools ….. that’s how they feed their family 🙏🏽

Years ago i was talking with some guys in my workshop. The subject of stolen parts came up and one of the older guys said" ive never had anything stolen from that big open shed,right on the road " Nobody said anything because it was his sons who were known as the biggest thieves in the disrict....😮

This is what happens when you have a society. There is no consequences to your actions.

This may be strange but I really like listening to your voice. I don’t know what it is but it just seems calming to me.🙂

Lead will stop that crack problem.

You’re a good guy. I would be tempted to leave my phone at home and take a long walk, might just so happen to come across a house that’s on fire. 🔥 😂

You need to put a tag on that cruiser cuz that cop sits in a lot all day doing nothing just like he did nothing for you. Why couldnt you get a ticked off cop to come, gheesh

Take the police with you get your stuff

Yep hand it over or charged with possession of stolen property. It's simple. Lazy cops .. 100%

The cop is on the take. Only explanation for his non concern. Not kidding one bit!

I can imagine me doing exactly what you (he) did. And here I sit playing woulda-coulda-shoulda. A month of thefts? Now the thief is spooked. Spray paint / photos / driveway alarm for when the thief is on your property. Yes, interesting. Scrap-yard (with photo proof) and while the yard will play dumb, the cops might be more cooperative. Sorry for your loss

As a former Auto Theft Det./Supervisor in Pa. , there is more than enough probable cause to lock this place down and get a search warrant for this place and attempt to identify stolen motorized property, which obviously already has happened here, ( cars, trucks, boats Atv's , tractors etc. ) the owners of the property should then be charged with operating a chop shop which in Pa. is a Felony. I'm pretty sure most if not all states have similar law's unfortunately most patrol officers aren't aware of such statues In addition all of the shop tools and equipment should be seized as evidence and later forfeited if the actors are found guilty. In my opinion this is an open and shut case however it appears that the officer isn't interested in getting involved. And by the way this victims stolen property isn't the only stolen property at this location, this place is a potential gold mine for solving cases far and wide. What a shame...

That cop is probably related to them or the thief!

Mr Digg, youget caught stealing in cards, you get your hand broken, these thieves need the same treatment, maybe they wont steal again, Hard lesson to learn ,but sometimes you need to put your foot down. Luv the air tags ,great invention.great video Diggs. ( Aussie John)....

Home owner is 100% responsible.

Amazing, I would have applied for a search warrant and searched that complex. I would have recovered everything and everyone's stuff. Absolutely ridiculous that a thief takes what was worked hard for.

That's why it's important to put the serial# on owner's manual etc, almost every Milwaukee cordless tool I wrote the # on manual just incase

I see people in the uk talking to the police like its there fault. Your politeness and application of not only the cop's workload but also the situation the people that stole it may be in and may have grown up around frankly made my day i watch active self protection videos from the us and the ease the have to mock the death of a human is shocking to me, if a 17 year old kid grows up around that life i'd rather offer him the opportunity to live a good life than shoot them, the thing everyone doesn't see or comprehend is a life of crime is hard very hard imagine everyone around you even your friends would steal from you or anything else like that. Its about treating people like they belong and when the 17 year old kid you give a chance to hits 40 and lives a good life i can guarantee you he will teach his children the same and would have your back until his last breath then his children would as they would understand both worlds. Thank you for the video.

Back in the day people used dirt cheap engravers or even punches then put thier name or intials on them. Really back in the day they used social security numbers. Do that and you really won't have to worry about serial numbers. The tools run $5-$15

The Title isn’t Correct because The Items was Located because the Owner GPS Device which is actually why we have on every piece of Excavation Equipment.

I cought 3 guys loading up my tools and all the cops did was make them give it back but they refused to make any arrest or even sight them they actually threatened to arrest me because I had their car blocked in with my truck and the cops said if I didn't move my truck and let them out they were going to arrest me and impound my truck off my own property and the cops 5 of them said they would make sure I was held without bale for no less than 90 days

Remove the noise beeping part of tag as then those who take stuff can't hear the beep/ping. Might want to also show a video of placing air tag on items to prove is yours ~ Glad are able to get stuff back in some condition.

I used to live in a condo there was about 100 units they came in at night busted one of the windows out in the cars stole all the stereos and radar detectors. They stole MyRadar detector but a ladies dog barked so they caught the guys on the way out, the whole trunk and backseat of the car was full of stolen radios and radar detectors I said to myself finally we got the guy I went to the police station and they said we can’t give it to you we need it for evidence. It took three years to get it back $160 to replace the window awesome.

Sue, the property owner. They are playing dumb. They know what is going on.

I’ve seen this done to someone who s had several old timers. Within a week they found ads in the local paper, the parts for sale. $35,000 gone and the sheriff couldn’t do anything. Sorry it happens to so many. 😢

No-pro tip: Write the serial# on the receipt if its not already there and snap a pic of the receipt when you purchase something worth $$. Convert it to a (OCR'd) text searchable PDF and save it to a receipt folder per year.