Reply To: Stolen Motor and Parts

[RICK EICHRODT]

Well, it has been an experience I must say. The latest update is that the stolen motor in a box (Model 162 OMC Foldlite) has been found at a local pawn shop and the police have recovered it. The idiot thief, who first listed the item on Facebook Marketplace took it to a pawn shop in Indy. He listed the motor, using his wife’s Facebook account and when I found about it, he took the ad down pretty quickly. Now about 2 weeks pass and during that time I placed notices on Facebook Marketplace and here on the AOMCI website. Boy, am I glad I did because last Friday, the idiot took the item to the pawn shop, got his money and he thought he was in the clear. The pawn shop posted the item on Ebay for $299.99 and it was only a “buy it now” offer. Now I want to say “THANK YOU” to all those AOMCI Members who texted me telling me that the motor was on Ebay. So, I bought the motor and paid for it. Now that is not the end of the story by any means. This was Friday night (1/8/21) and Monday I received a phone call from the IMPD detectives who were newly assigned to the case as the first detective was transferred. After sending them several pictures of the items, clearly describing the motor in the box, the detective went up to the pawn shop and found out that it was my motor. The pawn shop had no idea that it was stolen and quickly took steps to hand over the information and the item to the police. I also got a full refund for the $300.00! Now talking to the detective, I told him that I would not be surprised one bit to find out that the guy who stole the motor was the same person who took it up to the pawn shop. The detective told me that it would be highly unlikely that the original culprit would do this. He said that in most cases items like this are handed off to others there by not putting themselves in jeopardy. The detective called me about two hours later and was laughing, told me that it was the thief in question who signed for the item. As it stands now, the theft recovery officer was going to make contact with the meth head, who has a criminal record and see if he still has the other item in question, a 1916 Evinrude AA powerhead that was also part of the theft. This item was in a green tote. As of today, I have not heard anything more. I believe that the meth head still had the tote because he is an idiot.

Thanks again for everyone keeping an eye out for this stuff. What a great club we have, eyes around the world!

Thanks,
Rick Eichrodt