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STOLEN RIFLES - THE POWER OF THE THF!!! #6414554 08/18/16 08:28 PM
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I doubt many of you will remember this, but in April of 2014 I had five very nice rifles stolen out of my truck while it was parked beside my house. My fault, I know and I've never forgiven myself.

I made a post on the THF listing all five guns, scopes, serial numbers and descriptions. I really never expected to see any of them again.

Last night, a THF member sent me a PM stating they thought they had seen one of my rifles in a local pawn shop. He remembered my post from 2014 and, because it was such an unusual rifle, it jogged his memory. We made contact today and the gentleman told me where to find my gun.

I first called Houston Police to notify them and ask what to do. They instructed me to go to the business, park outside but do not enter, and call for a police officer.

I did so, the officer showed up in five minutes, I explained to him what was going on and gave him the paperwork from the original police report. He then took me inside the store, told the manager that I had reason to believe my stolen rifle was on his shelf and told the mgr to unlock the case and hand him the gun. It was definitely one of my rifles and the serial number matched.

The gun has been seized and HPD's Motor Vehicle Burglary detectives are now investigating further. They'll be back tracking through the pawn shop's records and paying some visits to some bad guys banana

Thank you to the TFF and the member who remembered my post and notified me. I won't name the gentleman but he's free to reply here if he'd like.

One other thing. The gun was priced at less than 25% of what I paid for it. It is presently worth almost 200% more than I paid for it. I'm going rifle shopping at the area pawn shops! Had I walked in a store and seen that gun at that price, I would have bought it on the spot. I'm afraid that's probably what's happened to the other four.

Talk about faith in your fellow man. The THF member knew what the gun was and could easily have bought and resold it himself. He chose to reach out to me instead. May God bless you and yours, sir up

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Re: STOLEN RIFLES - THE POWER OF THE THF!!! [Re: fouzman] #6414564 08/18/16 08:36 PM
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Awesome stuff. Not often you see things work out like that.

Re: STOLEN RIFLES - THE POWER OF THE THF!!! [Re: fouzman] #6414569 08/18/16 08:40 PM
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That's great Fouz.

Re: STOLEN RIFLES - THE POWER OF THE THF!!! [Re: fouzman] #6414571 08/18/16 08:43 PM
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That is fantastic!!!!


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Re: STOLEN RIFLES - THE POWER OF THE THF!!! [Re: fouzman] #6414576 08/18/16 08:48 PM
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The power of the Internet.

Glad you got at least one of your rifles back.


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Re: STOLEN RIFLES - THE POWER OF THE THF!!! [Re: fouzman] #6414581 08/18/16 08:55 PM
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Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers
Re: STOLEN RIFLES - THE POWER OF THE THF!!! [Re: fouzman] #6414599 08/18/16 09:14 PM
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Great news. Hopefully it leads to the others.


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Re: STOLEN RIFLES - THE POWER OF THE THF!!! [Re: fouzman] #6414600 08/18/16 09:14 PM
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Great news! There are some great people that are members of this forum. cheers


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Re: STOLEN RIFLES - THE POWER OF THE THF!!! [Re: fouzman] #6414611 08/18/16 09:20 PM
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Hope you can recover the rest...but one is better than NONE!


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Re: STOLEN RIFLES - THE POWER OF THE THF!!! [Re: fouzman] #6414618 08/18/16 09:27 PM
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Re: STOLEN RIFLES - THE POWER OF THE THF!!! [Re: fouzman] #6414650 08/18/16 09:56 PM
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that's good to hear you got some of your
property back. if you hadn't had a list
of your serial numbers, you'd have never
gotten anything. i'm afraid way too many
gun owners don't have a list or two of gun
descriptions and serial numbers just for
this reason. i have 3 different lists here
and at the farm in case one disappears.
i have photos also

Re: STOLEN RIFLES - THE POWER OF THE THF!!! [Re: fouzman] #6414658 08/18/16 10:00 PM
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Nice catch by the confidential THFer cheers That is great news up


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That awesome
Hope they catch the scum that stole them



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Re: STOLEN RIFLES - THE POWER OF THE THF!!! [Re: fouzman] #6414703 08/18/16 10:22 PM
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Great news, hope you get them all back and they catch the scum that stole them. Think I will update my list and take some more pictures.

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Simply great, amazing the man remembered your post and the description from 2014. Maybe the other guns will be returned. up

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Re: STOLEN RIFLES - THE POWER OF THE THF!!! [Re: fouzman] #6414737 08/18/16 10:45 PM
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That's great to hear, I remember when that happened. The way I read this the cops still have your gun. This happened to me 25 years ago in Odessa, on a saddle that was stolen and they immediately returned my property from the pawn shop. Are you in possession of the rifle or are the police?

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Outstanding. Great news.


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Originally Posted By: scalebuster
That's great to hear, I remember when that happened. The way I read this the cops still have your gun. This happened to me 25 years ago in Odessa, on a saddle that was stolen and they immediately returned my property from the pawn shop. Are you in possession of the rifle or are the police?

Hi this is Fouz's wife
The police have it... I hope he gets it back to hunt with this season.

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Originally Posted By: fouzman
Originally Posted By: scalebuster
That's great to hear, I remember when that happened. The way I read this the cops still have your gun. This happened to me 25 years ago in Odessa, on a saddle that was stolen and they immediately returned my property from the pawn shop. Are you in possession of the rifle or are the police?

Hi this is Fouz's wife
The police have it... I hope he gets it back to hunt with this season.


Hi Fouz's wife. Make some calls and I'll bet you get the rifle back this week.

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Great news. Wonder why it didn't come back as stolen when the pawn shop bought it?
I figured there was a law they had to run the numbers to see if it was stolen. Maybe not.


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Originally Posted By: Big Daddy K
Great news. Wonder why it didn't come back as stolen when the pawn shop bought it?
I figured there was a law they had to run the numbers to see if it was stolen. Maybe not.


BDK, I have the same concerns. I personally witnessed the IDs of each rifle entered into the NCIC database. The rifle was in a pawn shop. National chain. I'd guess they'll be a bit puckered about now. up

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