Stolen R10 Tulsa, OK
I had an R10 stolen today in Tulsa, last 4 of the serial number is 5432. It was running as a base on a post (not a tripod). I got back to it in time to see a raggedly looking couple on foot walking nearby. I questioned them, they said no, they were just coming from the highway (fenced interstate, so doubtful). The woman had a large hippie purse, so I suspected it was in there, but I didn’t want to have a confrontation, so I called the police. They went into a nearby convenience store, then came back out, crossed the road and went in to Lowe’s. I think they knew I was watching them. The police got there then, and confronted them when they came back out (after being inside for 20+ minutes). They said they went in to Lowe’s to get a soda (which they had one bottle, but they had also just come from the convenience store). I believe they stashed it somewhere inside Lowe’s. Unfortunately Lowe’s only has cameras on the entrance and exit.
When I called the police the 911 operator asked if it was stolen from a vehicle, I said no, and she said I had to fill out an online report, that they could not come for a larceny. Only after I said I was following the suspected perpetrators did they agree to send a car there. Four cars showed up. But no proof, so they had to let them go. It is most likely in the store somewhere, or they could have stashed it in the area near where I had it. I seriously doubt it was anyone else, as it was not in a location where any vehicles were likely to be.
Second receiver lost in less than a month (R8 into the river), with nothing similar for the last ten years or so (at least). But, I imagine the insurance company will drop me, so that is another problem I will have.
Thinking back, I should have just offered $200 to give it back in the initial conversation I had, but I didn’t think of it then.
So if you find an R10 in a Lowe’s…
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