"Gutter" Cleaners

Have you notified the police, Earthmom?

The neighbor who had the trailer stolen turned in a police report. I could not get the license number. Is light blue pick-up enough info to mention?

1. White men, Mexican men, Negro men, Asian, etc...

2. Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, Nissan, Toyota, etc... (step side, fleet side, camper shell...)

3. Alabama plate, Mississippi plate, Tennessee, etc...

Approximate age, height, weight, tatoos, defining marks or scars, etc.

Time of day observed working this neighborhood..?

Thanks for the warning, Earthmomma!

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Originally posted by earthmomma:
The neighbor who had the trailer stolen turned in a police report. I could not get the license number. Is light blue pick-up enough info to mention?

Plenty to mention; if a light blue pick-up pulls in and someone asks to clean our gutters, I'll definitely recall this post w/o needing any other information. Thanks for the warning!

Slightly built white men, Time around noon. I was watching from an upstairs window. I later found out that a few days before the trailer theft two men in a white car stopped and asked if the trailer was for sale. Guys, you are dealing with women, who I am afraid, are termed elderly , when you ask about make of cars, twin pipes, etc.! Owner of the trailer which was parked at his sister's home reported that there has been a rash of trailer thefts in Sheffield (police info), Thieves are reportedly selling them in MS. As in original post, women and all older people "Watch out!"

Thanks for the heads up Earth.

On the other hand, maybe if you live in Muscle Shoals, you can get a good deal on a trailer.

I doubt if the police will do much unless they catch them smoking pot while they are stealing stuff. Drugs and murder are about the only thing they are interested in prosecuting.

If you catch people stealing your stuff, you better just go on and shoot them.

Sorry, victim said they were selling the trailers in Mississippi- not Muscle Shoals. If anyone does offer a custom made trailer at a good price, please post!

Thanks very much for the info Earthmomma. I'll be watching for this in Tuscumbia.

Good job raising awareness Earth Momma...reminds of a story I heard about an elderly man and his wife. They were getting ready to go to bed when the wife says, "you've left the light on out in the garage." The old guy steps to the back door to turn it off when he sees three men loading all of his tools and equipment onto a trailer. Quickly, he dials 9-1-1 and tells the dispatcher, "I need a patrol car, three men are stealing all of my shop tools." The dispatcher tells the old man there are no available units, just turn off all your lights and lay low, an officer will be by after a while to take a report. The old man waits 42 seconds then dials 9-1-1 and tells the operator, "Never mind, I shot all three of them." Within two minutes, three patrol cars, a swat vehicle, two detectives, ambulance and Medical examiner show up..the three thieves are arrested, and the shift supervisor says to the old man, "I thought you said you shot them.."

The old man says, "I thought you said you had no one available..."

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Originally posted by earthmomma:
Sorry, victim said they were selling the trailers in Mississippi- not Muscle Shoals. If anyone does offer a custom made trailer at a good price, please post!

Sorry, I didn't catch the typo of the capital S

Thanks for the info. Even though I live in Lauderdale County-you never know if things get "hot" in Colbert County they may cross the river.

Good story, Sheldiver.
So in addition to the warning, if it happens to us we will know how to get a police reaction.

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Originally posted by luvurnabor:
Good story, Sheldiver.
So in addition to the warning, if it happens to us we will know how to get a police reaction.

.............I AGREE

I wonder if this could be the same guy who used to want to work for "gas money". He had a blue truck too but it was in pretty rough shape with very worn paint on the hood. He used to travel sometimes with a woman. He started appearing right before the Sheffield break-ins. Several of us called the police but they could never find him.

Salty, I thought about that too. I don't recall hearing they ever caught those two. Could be the same scam artists. I really wish we had better information and updates on these things going on in the Shoals from the media and law enforcement.

I know. We never hear anything. I'm still waiting to hear something on the chase involving the plumbing van.

Yep, you would think it would have been some mention of it by now !