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Old 04-29-2012, 11:58 AM
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Ron Olson
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Default Swap Meet thief.

As the title says, there is a thief hitting booths at swap meets/shows. He seems to hit while dealers are busy helping others or it could be possible that he has someone distracting the seller while he does some 5-finger discount shopping. This person has stolen from sellers from what we can tell so far from the Perry, GA swap meet to the Toledo show. He may have hit others along the east coast.
After this video was shown the thief did admit to it and returned the stolen goods to the seller who had the video camera up but so far his name is not known. A mutual acquaintance saw the video and turned him in to the seller at Perry. He was also seen in some photographs from the Toledo show, stupid enough to wear the same shirt and carrying an AMA shoulder bag for the stash.
No telling where else he has hit as if you figure the distance between Perry and Toledo, that covers a lot of territory for him to attend shows or swap meets.
I post this only to make everyone aware to keep an eye on him as he could steal from anyone with a swap meet table to a major seller. He seems to steal mostly electrical hardware so far, motors, servos and battery packs. In this video he is swiping 6 Hi-tec digital servo's.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j84ThCNUF2Q&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]