FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane

[Guntrader]

Ya, that looks a little bit suspicious. Must be 40 feet long.

"Apeler told investigators he was moving the pole because it was on the ground close to traffic lanes, according to the report.
A database search found Apeler had 72 scrap metal-related transactions for recycling since January."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/09/14/2- ... -wake.html




These two were caught stealing a JEA pole just this morning! Citizens watching out and officers cleaning up = partnership! #Irma #JSO pic.twitter.com/q6VKOvPKuU
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) September 13, 2017

[Pablo]

Crime. Apparently not paying much lately!

[OhShoot!]

Hey at least they flagged the back end of the pole for transport.

[Ops]

if it had fallen and was damaged, I see no harm , but if they took it down its different. it looks like the base is sheared on the front.

yet the don't go after the people who actually break into stores and steal.

[OhShoot!]

if it had fallen and was damaged, I see no harm , but if they took it down its different. it looks like the base is sheared on the front.

yet the don't go after the people who actually break into stores and steal.

Actaully, if you get caught by the state patrol even picking up a single WSDOT traffic cone and putting it in the back of your truck, you will get a big ticket.

[AR15L]

if it had fallen and was damaged, I see no harm , but if they took it down its different. it looks like the base is sheared on the front.

yet the don't go after the people who actually break into stores and steal.

Actaully, if you get caught by the state patrol even picking up a single WSDOT traffic cone and putting it in the back of your truck, you will get a big ticket.

They have WSDOT cones in Florida?

[jukk0u]

See? White people don't loot...

[Pablo]

Haha hahaha. White people have pole envy.

[Ops]

just trying to clean up the mess, getting hassled by the man.

[Nate]

They're being marginalized...

Attica! Attica!

[TINCANBANDIT]

if it had fallen and was damaged, I see no harm , but if they took it down its different. it looks like the base is sheared on the front.

yet the don't go after the people who actually break into stores and steal.

Actaully, if you get caught by the state patrol even picking up a single WSDOT traffic cone and putting it in the back of your truck, you will get a big ticket.

sounds like you have first hand knowledge?

[dreadi]

That's my hometown and this doesn't surprise me.

[OhShoot!]

if it had fallen and was damaged, I see no harm , but if they took it down its different. it looks like the base is sheared on the front.

yet the don't go after the people who actually break into stores and steal.

Actaully, if you get caught by the state patrol even picking up a single WSDOT traffic cone and putting it in the back of your truck, you will get a big ticket.

sounds like you have first hand knowledge?

I manage construction work. So yes.

[Guntrader]

Figure a lamp post weighs 250-300 pounds, that's $75 to $100 IF the junk man will pay going rate for scrap from a couple of shady looking fucks.
Which I highly doubt.
Lot of fucking around to make a buck. They would make a lot more as laborers cleaning up all the debris from the hurricane.

Someone knocked down a lamp post in our development.
It sat on the sidewalk for a couple weeks, not sure what happened to it.

[RockHopper]

In my profession, I've been to recyclers all over the country. This pole would have ended up laying on the sidewalk somewhere on the side of the road like it started out. Dumb asses.