Stolen Old Judge Baseball Cards, Please Beware

[gfgcom]

So, hats off to a great job by the LAPD, and thanks to them, I got all the cards back, the last eight came back today and were delivered to me.

The detective put a real scare into the suspect and we will just leave it at that, I am happy I got them back!!

Dave

[Leon]

Originally Posted by gfgcom

So, hats off to a great job by the LAPD, and thanks to them, I got all the cards back, the last eight came back today and were delivered to me.

The detective put a real scare into the suspect and we will just leave it at that, I am happy I got them back!!

Dave

That's awesome!
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[gabrinus]

That's great David...glad to hear of cops doing their job...Jerry

[LEHR]

Originally Posted by gfgcom

So, hats off to a great job by the LAPD, and thanks to them, I got all the cards back, the last eight came back today and were delivered to me.

The detective put a real scare into the suspect and we will just leave it at that, I am happy I got them back!!

Dave

Great news!

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Wow, I'm amazed that law enforcement could be bothered doing anything. You must have some pretty strong ties to the LAPD.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

Wow, I'm amazed that law enforcement could be bothered doing anything.

What's that supposed to mean?

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

What's that supposed to mean?

When is the last time you heard of police actively chasing down a handful of (relatively speaking to the larger thefts they deal with) moderate value baseball cards? Maybe it happens on occasion, but I've heard many more stories of police not being bothered, citing, among other reasons, more important things to do. And this is the LAPD. You can't tell me that they would take time away from all the usual L.A. crime to deal with a stolen Ned Williamson unless OP knew someone on the force. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, and if that's the case, OP won the lottery in actually finding someone who cared.

Not to mention, SoCal has even more things to worry about than usual these days. A few stolen baseball cards should rightly be at the bottom of a to-do list at the moment with everything that's been on their plate. It's great that this story had a happy ending--I'm just surprised that law enforcement was that proactive.

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

Dave can you share how they were stolen?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by ajjohnsonsoxfan

Dave can you share how they were stolen?

Yeah, I was wondering if Dave knew Melissa, or just learned her name in connection with some of the cards being sold to Burbank. These would certainly be crimes of a different nature.

[BioCRN]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

When is the last time you heard of police actively chasing down a handful of (relatively speaking to the larger thefts they deal with) moderate value baseball cards?

Not a cop, but if an assigned investigator gets an easy enough assignment it's not moving a mountain to feel it out.

I say this as someone who used to live in an "interesting" neighborhood and it was not uncommon at all to have an investigator show up at your house to ask about a lead or address of some name they have that might be in the neighborhood.