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FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 12:18 am
by 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
Re: FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 3:04 am
by Pablo
Crime. Apparently not paying much lately!
Re: FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 5:10 am
by OhShoot!
Hey at least they flagged the back end of the pole for transport.

Re: FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 5:35 am
by 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.
Re: FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 6:09 am
by OhShoot!
Ops wrote: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.
Re: FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 6:18 am
by AR15L
OhShoot! wrote:Ops wrote: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?
Re: FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 6:20 am
by jukk0u
See? White people don't loot...
Re: FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 6:25 am
by Pablo
Haha hahaha. White people have pole envy.
Re: FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 6:44 am
by Ops
just trying to clean up the mess, getting hassled by the man.
Re: FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:16 am
by Nate
They're being marginalized...
Attica! Attica!
Re: FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:33 am
by TINCANBANDIT
OhShoot! wrote:Ops wrote: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?

Re: FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:37 am
by dreadi
That's my hometown and this doesn't surprise me.
Re: FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:58 am
by OhShoot!
TINCANBANDIT wrote:OhShoot! wrote:Ops wrote: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.
Re: FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:52 am
by 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.
Re: FL looters busted stealing utility pole after hurricane
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 5:30 pm
by 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.