A reader sent this from southwest Morgan Junction:
On Wednesday night we (my 9-year-old and I) came upon this guy attaching my rooftop carrier to his own car. Stolen from top of my car with a tool that he left at scene. Fauntleroy at Holly SW. He was late 20s/early 30s with a woman in the car too. Sped away in a very loud Mercedes, all-black super-tinted. No front plate, rear was obscured in image.
Police report # is 24-940633.
Hey! I bought a box just like this off of OfferUp a few months ago and picked it up from this exact car. I met them downtown and everything meets the same description. I just checked and they are selling the same box again on the same OfferUp account. I’ll try and contact SPD regarding this to give the info!https://offerup.co/gXPE3EKMdNb
Hmm. I guess that would explain why he had the proper tools for removal. Maybe paying for all those Mercedes repairs is is leading to serial rooftop box theft? Getting a job and a reliable Toyota Camry for transportation has got to be easier. As my mechanic friend once told me; owning German/Italian/British vehicles doesn’t prove to your friends that you are wealthy. It is showing them that you can afford to keep them running that does. Sorry about the theft…
My mechanic friend once told me someone who drives a Toyota Camry and bashes a fine German automobile wishes they had friends. Don’t knock it until you have tried it bud… Sorry to hear about this theft original poster. I’ll keep an eye out.
No visible plate numbers AND a handicapped tag? This is one unfortunate member of our community.
One of these containers was stolen off a neigbor’s vehicle on Queen Anne a few months ago. What makes these items a commodity? Is this the new catalytic converter? Maybe start etching numbers into these as well.
They are very expensive, probably easy to resell, hard to track, and frankly since they are all over the place probably lots of easy pickings. Look at the offerup link in the comments above and see how much the thief is selling these stolen goods for. The one with the felt lining and lights is over $1k used.
Definitely making me consider how I can be careful with mine…
I’ve been looking to buy one of these used, and there are a couple of people with low rating who seem to selling stolen cargo boxes. This person regularly has boxes without keys for sell, for instance.
https://www.facebook.com/share/mbHuav9b554PfR4f/?mibextid=79PoIi
They must be watching the blog because now the link doesn’t take you to that seller now.
The car does have a front plate mounted on the passenger side, but it has one of those smoked cheat-the-tolls covers on it. I guess it helps when they steal cargo boxes too. I really wish they would start ticketing these thieves. Might need some more cops for that level of enforcement though.
These license plate obscuring frames seem to be everywhere now and they’re incredibly difficult to see into even in bright daylight. Can’t be legal? If there was ANY traffic enforcement in this city those fools could be pulled over and cited and should be put on a list of potential criminals or auto scofflaws. Ridiculous that their usage is allowed unchecked
SPD won’t even pull you over if you have no plates. What makes you think they would pull people over for having plates that are hard to read?
They are actually getting back to traffic enforcement. We even saw an officer idling in wait for the stop-sign-runners at our two-arterial intersection recently, which used to happen every few months back in the pre-pandemic years. Four citations issued. Here’s the X log of recent traffic stops (“onview” and “officer-initiated” are the key phrases)
https://x.com/search?q=onview%20traffic%20sw&src=typed_query&f=live
That car is special. It’s an (approx) 2016 Mercedes AMG C45 or C63. Not your average C class Mercedes. There aren’t many around.
I had a iKamper that was stolen off my truck. I found it on OfferUp and it was sold to a buyer. I contacted OfferUp and they removed the account. People suck. I recommend installing a tracker.
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