Monday, January 17, 2011

Stupid is as Stupid Does - A Car Story

Is there a “Stupid” scale? Two local brothers are master repossession agents. They also do bail enforcement and are meticulous in doing their work “by the book”.

One of their repossessions had been hard to find. They were paying me to do some sleuthing to help them out. I found the debtor’s new job location and the brothers visited the employee parking lot mid morning. They got the car and, per procedure, called the local dispatch number with their information. About thirty minutes later, the brother, Boyd, driving the repossession, was pulled over and then two more police cars pulled up. Boyd realized they were doing a felony stop. He totally cooperated.

Seems the debtor had seen the car drive away. He called 911 and said he was car jacked at gun point.

Slowly the facts came out. The call to dispatch. The repossession documents. The pat down with no weapon found. When asked if he minded if the car was searched, Boyd readily agreed. A revolver was found under the drivers seat. Oops! Soon the trunk was opened and more guns were found. It wasn’t long before some were linked to recent burglaries. Drugs were found.

The car was impounded and it took Boyd a few days to get it released. Two officers drove to the debtors job site to “get a statement”. The debtor was waiting. His first words, “When do I get my car back”? Not sure of the answer, if any, but the hand cuffs and seat in the back of the police car probably was a definitive answer.

Just how stupid are you to have the police out looking for your “dirty” car?

2 comments:

Texas Ghostrider said...

Can't fix stupid! lol

Old NFO said...

Good one... and yeah, can't fix stoopid...