Wood sides made me a marked woman!

And I wasn't even out scrapping! I had run up town for beer after cleaning house all day and had just turned the corner when I saw the lights behind me. I knew I had paid for the beer lol.

Guy looked at my license and asked if I'm the only one drives this truck. Well yes I am and nobody had borrowed it.



He asked me if I knew a certain lady (no) and if I knew a guy that drives a dark truck with wood sides (he named him and described him) . I said I'd chatted with him a couple times while out scrapping but didn't know his name or where he lived.

He said they were looking for a dark truck that had been involved in a burglary. Well,obviously they weren't after me specifically but were just looking for information (since they knew it was that guy) but dang, scared the crap outta me!

At least you weren't guilty by association,,

Sorry to hear you went through that. It surely is a love hate relationship with those guys, but mostly love as they are many times putting their lives on the line even with just a routine traffic stop.

I respect them and thank goodness it wasn't one of the few bad ones that went over board just because your vehicle vaguely matched a description.

Originally Posted by parrothead

Sorry to hear you went through that. It surely is a love hate relationship with those guys, but mostly love as they are many times putting their lives on the line even with just a routine traffic stop.

I respect them and thank goodness it wasn't one of the few bad ones that went over board just because your vehicle vaguely matched a description.

This just happened Fri. He was from our area when he was younger.

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I think it would be naive to believe that when a police officer chats you up.. even in a very friendly tone, that they are not keeping a mental log of things. There is a guy in town that I now know- runs dirty. I used to be friends with him. A police officer pulled up one day when he got his rollback and spent a good 30+ minutes talking with him and all of us. I don't think for a second that she didn't take note of who was with him and what was on the truck. I have a sneaking suspicion that he is being watched, I have seen the police slowly creep by his place, and go around back down the alley as well- noting what he has.

As with any small town and knowing many other scrappers- the grapevine is buzzing that he is up to no good. If other scrappers on the street know it- you dang sure know that the law is aware.

I have no issue with that. I run clean, all my turn-ins are legit, hard earned, paid for or given to me by the property owner, standing there I had no issue having a conversation with the officer- but then again- I have nothing to hide either! He chalked it up to "I've known her for years.. she knew me when I was a baby blah blah blah" I sort of laughed at how unaware he really is!

Originally Posted by sledge42

I think it would be naive to believe that when a police officer chats you up.. even in a very friendly tone, that they are not keeping a mental log of things. There is a guy in town that I now know- runs dirty. I used to be friends with him. A police officer pulled up one day when he got his rollback and spent a good 30+ minutes talking with him and all of us. I don't think for a second that she didn't take note of who was with him and what was on the truck. I have a sneaking suspicion that he is being watched, I have seen the police slowly creep by his place, and go around back down the alley as well- noting what he has.

As with any small town and knowing many other scrappers- the grapevine is buzzing that he is up to no good. If other scrappers on the street know it- you dang sure know that the law is aware.

I have no issue with that. I run clean, all my turn-ins are legit, hard earned, paid for or given to me by the property owner, standing there I had no issue having a conversation with the officer- but then again- I have nothing to hide either! He chalked it up to "I've known her for years.. she knew me when I was a baby blah blah blah" I sort of laughed at how unaware he really is!

I knew I hadn't done anything but it bothered me a bit when he said ''funny you know him.'' Well no, I don't know him know him I just know of him because its a very small town and you can't not be aware of other scrappers.

So if you know something about a crime that happened, lets say a kidnapping or a homicide, you wouldn't say anything? Way to help your fellow man. Of course if you were the victim it would be a different story I guess.

Originally Posted by AuburnEwaste

If you need to report something to the police you can make an anonymous phone call. If I was a victim I would not bother to call them, they are not interested in helping people here.

Must be the Detroit (big city) mentality.

just got back from my parents..mom was just as mystified and ''omg'' as I was and dad yelled at me and said I said too much. I was like, ''but I didn't do anything wrong.''

He said I shouldn't have even said I knew who the guy was or anything. Well, the officer is the one threw the name out there and obviously whoever was stolen from knew it was that guy how else would the police know that right? And like I said, small town, all the residents/other scrappers know the various scrappers - they are out every week!

So ....what are you all saying here? that *I'm* the one under suspicion ? how did I get lumped in with this other guy? (by the police)