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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 09:10 PM
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Stolen Car / Commerce Home Depot

Hi guys,

A friend of mine had his green Honda Accord Wagon stolen today from Home Depot in Commerce. I believe it's somewhere between a 93-96. It has a roof rack and Arkansas license plates.

Anyways, here's the interesting part. He went into home depot and had security review the camera's. They saw the truck that took his car. It was a White Pickup truck that had been outfitted with a tow arm like a repo truck. He said the video was not clear but it looked like a Chevy or GMC. The tow hitch hides away in the pickup bed when not in use.

Just wanted to put this info out there, never let your guard down and assume you will just be parking your prized RX for 10 minutes while you run into the supermarket, that it can't be stolen in that short amount of time. Im sure his car was hooked up and on its way out in less than 30 seconds.
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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damn sucks to hear that...
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 10:43 PM
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Wow man thats pretty crazy. Sorry to hear about your friend's car and thanks for the warning.
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 11:14 PM
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dang all these cars getting stolen. this sucks
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 01:23 AM
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**** my front lip on my 91 integra DA got jacked to day.... idk how it was bolted down with 6 bolts on the bottom and one on each side with nuts.... ******* theives!!!! well i do live in baldwin park haha full of wanna be racers/ricers that think jdm is a religion

this crazy ******* world we live in today, people stealing others parts and cars.... damn this resession!!!!
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 01:34 AM
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Thanks for the concern guys. Like this economy isn't bad enough, now we got people stealing everything from everyone. Hopefully Karma will get them. I guess they figured no one would be out with the heavy rain.
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 01:50 AM
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probably.. but then again it was in front of my house??? no one saw a stranger they never seen before in the front of my car taking a lip off with tools??? some good neighbors i have
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 01:53 AM
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Originally Posted by DC 91 fc3s
probably.. but then again it was in front of my house??? no one saw a stranger they never seen before in the front of my car taking a lip off with tools??? some good neighbors i have
that sucks man! Any possibility they stole it before you got home and you just didnt notice right away?
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 04:10 AM
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nope was on today before i went to work with the 7... call from brother later in the day sayin the lip is gone
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 04:16 AM
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Originally Posted by DC 91 fc3s
probably.. but then again it was in front of my house??? no one saw a stranger they never seen before in the front of my car taking a lip off with tools??? some good neighbors i have
alot of neighbors would hate you for having a loud car. im pretty sure mines do, since i used to start it up at 6am every weekday

and this sucks, too many cars are gettin stolen, hope he gets it back. im getting more and more paranoid wherever i park
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 04:57 AM
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Good thing I stopped daily driving my FD. It attracted way too much attention. Most of it was people telling me its a badass car and whatnot but you never know who has bad intentions. I keep the FD locked up in a secure building. Sadly, theres no respect for others property anymore.
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 08:17 AM
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I guess Lojack won't help in a situation like this, huh?
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by BigBoss
I guess Lojack won't help in a situation like this, huh?

Lojack would have totally helped if he had it. If he had Lojack, it would lead the police right to the yard that they are taking these stolen cars.
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 05:51 PM
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Update: my buddy got a call from from the PD today.... I forget if it was Montebello, Monrovia or Monterey Park but anyways, it's not too far from where the car was taken. They recovered his car yesterday in perfect condition. He's gonna pick it up tomorrow. Neither one of us understand why it was stolen since it was dumped without even stripping it. He thinks maybe the tow yard is scamming and taking cars so people need to pay the impound fee's after the vehicles are recovered. The fee's are close to $400. Anyways, at least he's gonna get it back, unharmed
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 06:04 PM
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people gotta stop stealing cars shieeettttt haha
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by calicos
all these cars getting stolen
I can probably get a pic of it but the car was found.... are you asking because you think you might know who stole it because you might have seen it at a yard?

thanks
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nvm if you got it back
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by calicos
nvm if you got it back

cool, thanks for looking out anyways
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Wished this kind of good news happened to my brother :*(
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by MaczPayne
Wished this kind of good news happened to my brother :*(
I hope he finds his car too. Hopefully bad karma will come to those that stole it.
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 10:26 PM
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Thats great he got it back!
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by datfast1
Thats great he got it back!

Thanks man. I saw the car today...... It's perfect. I don't even know why it was stolen really, since they didnt strip it. They found it not too far from where it was stolen. Maybe the thieves dropped it for a few days to see if it was lowjacked.

the only bad part is my friend was already home in Arkansas so he had to fly back and pick it up. But it's well worth it. It's a clean car.
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