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To: Ish who wrote (12917)	9/27/1998 10:59:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I didn't mean to impugn police about drugs. So much. As that, a theft of two expensive bikes in two hours is not an "opportunistic" crime. Therefore, the car description is a lucky break. Locating the car is do-able; locating the sale point of the bikes is do-able; breaking the ring is do-able. $200,000 a year "less" in stolen goods is what we pay these people for. Maybe they finally broke the ring when one of them bought a bike. On their hot sheet. Bozos.

To: Ish who wrote (12917)	9/27/1998 11:31:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Ish, Yup, I found the car. But don't be too impressed. It didn't take a Sherlock. The city streetsweeepers were posting parking tickets on the car. As the car's registered owner, the tickets came to my house. I believe there were six tickets in all, and that is how I found the car. To my knowledge, the thieves were never cited for moving violations. When the first ticket arrived in my mailbox, I called the police and I called my insurance company. The police reassured me that I did not have to pay the ticket(s)?????!!!!! The insurance company informed me that they had paid off on the car--and handsomely--and regarded that as the end of their obligation to me. Although the car was recovered on the move and very good fingerprints were lifted from inside and outside the car, the district attorney refused to prosecute the thieves--it should not be construed that I think this was a bad thing, however. When I decided to sell the Cougar last year, I was amazed at how many potential buyers were more interested in its colorful history rather than its cosmetic condition and mechanical specs. It seemed to add to its desirability in their minds. Me? I'd be real wary of a car that had been out of it's owner's possession for two-plus months and had acquired some 1500 miles that could not be explained or accounted for. Holly