After over 40 years of owning a wrecking yard I'll give you my best guess on how the tow company got your truck. If they didn't actually steal it when they towed it from wherever they picked it up there will be a police report written of the recovery or impound...have you seen the report? If the truck was towed legally they most likely decided to keep it and run a lien sale on it. Have you seen any lien sale papers or even more important where is the proof of service that would prove they did it legal like and served you. Talk to the worst enemy of any yard....DMV investigative service. They will check for you and make sure it was done right. I'll tell ya right now ..the tow service didn't do it right. Now go get your truck back.
This should have been caught by the police/DMV/auction house. When it went to auction, wouldn't the auction company need to make sure all the vehicles being sold are legit? If not, wouldn't it raise any flags with the DMV? There are too many things going on here. The more I think about it, the towing company seems to be the one to look at. But never overlook the laziness of law enforcement.
He is not getting the truck back, that isn't how it works. If everyone followed procedure in the entire chain of custody, there is nothing to get back or even sue over. Yes the system is probably horribly broken, but that is describing most of the government.... As you have probably know, the local jurisdiction pocketed the money from selling the truck and they are not going to change that procedure or even give Tom the money..
I am wondering why if Tom's entire life is in Michigan, why was the truck registered in Florida? Hate to say it, but if the truck had been registered in Michigan, Tom would have gotten his truck back sucks that it happened but moral of the story register it in Michigan next time.
Also the tow yard says they dont have a way to run the vin. The police already ran it and could have gave them the name of the owner. But we had a program to run vin numbers to find last registered owner.
I would definitely give Steve lehto a call because it sounds like the sheriff's department or the local law enforcement there really dropped the ball on this one the truck should still be yours hes a lawyer that deals with this kind of stuff and hes right there near you
I dropped Lehto a message when the other video was released because Steve had just done a video on the exact same thing that happened to a woman who got a ex-hertz car and Hertz took the car back themselves and still have the car. I don’t know if Steve checks his emails but it would a good idea if more people dropped him a line to get his attention.
In 2023 principles are no more for 90% of Americans. I'm glade Tom is doing this. He is standing up for all of us who don't have the means to fight these types of crimes
they didn't the tow truck guy said as much truck was offered at December auction with * next vin they took his stolen vehicle report but were too lazy to do any more work once it came back out of state on recovery.
Here in Fl, once it sits for 30days, tow company had to mail a letter to listed address(registration) to inform that the vehicle is going to be auctioned for storage/tow fees. When it's auctioned, any money over what towing/storage fees are is supposed to be sent to previous owner. So if you see a truck that would easily sell for 10k get sold for $1500 tow/storage at their "auction" you can bet it's a screw job.
Sorry to hear about the bs with the truck! Puts you in a pickle now that someone else "owns" it. The police department that auctioned it off needs to give that guy his 5k back and give you your truck back ..in a perfect world. Good luck 🤞
I'd guess the PD decided it was a out of state problem and wrote the car off without any follow up. If so PD owe Tom for the actual value of the truck. Problem is PD will not admit fault till you have them in front of a judge.
Just seems irrelevant that it was registered in Florida when they could have looked at the stolen vehicle report and seen that it is a local resident vehicle within a few miles of where it was stolen from. Definitely a case of zero fucks given on their part. I hope you figure out a way to get your truck back and “the new owner” getting his money back.
Follow the trail. It's the principal of the matter at this point. I would literally go out of my way to make sure I get it back. Legal or not. Someone dropped the ball and bureaucracy says there's more important things then someone truck. Keep up the hard work
I would have gotten it back the second I found out where it was. Roll up with a truck full of fools with tools and watch me get handed the keys. This is probably why NOBODY has ever stolen from me. Like you said, it's the principle of the matter.
@@picklefart he has or had the keys and drove it back to his shop before being told he actually stole his own truck and it was returned to the person who bought it at auction. F'n Crazy right
@@picklefart He literally stole his own truck back simply with his own keys, then told the police he recovered his stolen property only for them to take it away... because it had been "sold" lmao, fked up!
Turn one of your enclosed trailers into a faraday cage. Use it to haul off a Waterford police vehicle, part out and profit. FOIA how many out of state vehicles at sheriffs auction have gone through Beyers.
I hope you continue to pursue the stuff with the truck. Something is definitely not on the level. I wonder how many other people have been through that who don't have the audience you have? On a different note the Durango is looking sick!
Aw how quaint... You think that a lawyer is going to get the police department to answer for its laziness. No their unionized.... The second you get a lawyer they will tie you up with paperwork until you go broke and nobody will ever be punished and you'll never be issued any restitution instead you'll be harassed incessantly. You have to just take it up the tailpipe and thank them for all their bravery or whatever strokes their ego that day.
Tom, check into the auction. Who held the auction and who benefits from the proceeds to the auction. I work in automotive industry down here in Akron and know the procedure in Ohio in getting abandoned or unclaimed vehicles here. Most of the time tow or impound yards the vehicle has a lien holder to start with that they contact them letting them know the cars recovered and two things happen. One the finance company makes the decision to come pay any tow and storage bill on it and return to there customer depending if insurance company has paid off on the car or not. If paid it goes to a recovery auction or car port yard. Second option they can do is if the tow and storage bill is higher than there loan is too high they can just release the car to the tow yard or repair shop that has the car. That takes longer than 3 months. Now here's where here in Akron we had a problem we found was tow companies here that were doing police tows etc. would tow in a car and if they wanted to because of the value of the car what ever reason. They'd hide the car and say they did all that with no reply and would contact the DMV and put a mechanic lien on the car and Ohio would give them a title for the car to do what they want. Yeah it's a big known tow yard scam. I'm not saying that the tow company did anything . My bet is on whoever profited the most from the auction your truck sold at. Keep in mind they didn't even have it 90 days before putting it in an auction. Something here does not add up at all
The law wonders why many choose to handle situations themselves and not even bother reporting it. Majority of the time it seems like they dont even care one bit
Sad part is the Lions probably have a better chance at winning a Super Bowl than whoever admitting to Tom that they dropped the ball on returning his truck
Follow the trail from the current buyer to anyone in the police department, not just officers but who handles the release of stolen vehicles. This is a gut feeling from how fast everything happened.
He did meet the current owner, he bought it from the auction, fair and square.. This is a balls up from Tom's police department that did not do their due deligence to make contact with him and just said sell it..
@@Cent51 Actually, the fellow, buyer did not purchase it 'fair and square' though he may have been unaware at the time of the auction. A. This man clearly saw the delivered packages, boxes in the truck after receiving the vehicle, which have the addressee as Tom Bailey or his shop, which he left them inside along with the other personal items. B. These specific items, especially the addresed boxes are clear, certain indications of the owner, and the buyer should have contacted both the addressee, Tom, auction seller, and the PD =>Thus, at least reasonably, humanly, ethically, and morally obligated to make proper efforts. C. after Tom was notified of the truck's location, then went, drove it to his shop: 1. who contacted the Waterford PD ?! => Tom 2. Why did the buyer, 'new registered owner' not report it stolen to the PD ? D. Possession is 10/10th -> thus, the PD sent a towing truck, told Tom to allow it to be transported [by his cost], relinquish possession, control = Huge mistake !! 1. Toma can recover this mistake and his vehicle, by taking possession again, thus requiring the proper due process of law which will reveal the negligence, intentional, directed, illegal, unlawful, Unconstitutional process, Constitutional Violations. 2. The buyer can recover his purchase price from the towing company/PD too ! All The Best, Sincerely
@@newtonfirefly3584 Packages mean nothing dude, it was stolen recovered vehicle on police auction, packages is an added bounes to the new owner, and it not the job of the buyer to check that information or even run around trying to do the PD job, they trust that the PD and towing yard did their due deligence (which they did) to be able to auction it off. Meaning bought and paid for fair and sqaure.. If you pay attention, the truck was kept at the tow yard for 2 months before it was auctioned off, by the time frame, the new owner had just got it to his place and not bothered about cleaning it out or fixing it up, and that when somone saw it and told Tom about it.. Tom basically stole the truck, from the new owner, Tom could not stop Waterford PD from taking it back.. It got nothing to do about packages, Tom, New owner and towing company, it all about the bad apples is Waterford PD that just swept the truck under the carpet and moved on as fast as they could..
PD dropped the ball. Just like you're saying about a investigation, even if they overlooked the Amazon packages by thinking it could have been stolen mail, they should have looked into that aspect of it.
Pretty infuriating how efficient this situation is with the government. Everything else moves at the speed of cold molasses but selling a stolen vehicle is done clean in less than 90 days.
There's no outreach for out of state stolen vehicles? I guess if someone ever starts an interstate auto theft ring, the best place to base it is in Michigan.
That OBS F350 SuperDuty PowerStroke in the condition your pickup was in is worth quite a lot of money. I have a 97 F250 4WD SuperDuty PowerStroke and I'm seeing comparable pickups selling for upwards of $30k+. Theres a significant demand for these pre-smog / IH diesel builds. I would pursue this with some gusto.
I for one am so glad to see Bobby out and about feeling better. Mainly though it's because I don't want to see Bobby in a hospital gown again. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for your content.
Ive had this happen to me personally and seen it happen to others. They find it in a persons parking lot, learn its stolen and tow it to the impound yard. It sits, and the impound lot (police) call you to come get it. In my case they called 2 days prior to the auction requiring me to tag and insure it in order to retrieve it. I was able to do all this quickly and get it back. But often times they just dont call or care to call or get notice to call in the specified time. Mine was an automated call too... so it might be easy to pass this off as spam. Once you miss the call, they print up a new title and auction it off asap. Its the cops you need to look at.
My Dad was a Sargeant with the LA County Sheriff's Department from 53' to 72'. I could just hear him say about your truck....."Hmm, something stinks here". He would also say to me often, "your Dad's got a dirty mind...and I got a nose for sniffing out when somethings not right". And that he did. He later became a Senior Special Investigator, with the Department of Mental Health, investigating patient deaths and abuse allegations at State Hospitals. A more fair & just man I've never met in my 65 years on the planet. I do hope you get some answers to the questions about your truck, and that you're made whole (financially) at some point soon. ✌😎
When the guy started with “state law says…” he was already in defense mode. I don’t believe it for a minute. He’s been stealing cars for a living, he knows what to say.
So if what you say is true, tell us why the tow company would sell the truck local with all of the stickers in place risking Tom seeing it? I'm starting to think that 5G really is scrambling the minds of low IQ people.
Lehto just did a video on a case similar to this where a rental car was stolen then towed and resold, then the rental company recovered it and then had to return it to the lady who bought it at the auction
@Greg yup, I saw that one. Definitely same thing. Something suspect in the process. Good views if him and Tom work together on this. But Steve will have to vet it out and make sure it is what it seems.
It was interesting as I was watching Steve Morris’s video of him, rebuilding your sons engine when the notification popped up about this. Update after watching the video of Tom with the towing company and going through the timeline of everything. This whole situation is a rotten fish that stinks from the head down and out in every direction …it’s time to get a lawyer involved maybe get a hold of Steve Lehto he’s a Michigan car attorney. He does mainly lemon law stuff but he might be somebody that could shed a little bit of light into why certain things happen the way they did. Otherwise I’d start investigating the local law-enforcement as to why they didn’t do their job And to what ends,why they didn’t do their job.
I said in the first video and I am saying it again. The police department found the truck and realized it was stolen rather then notify you they found it they sat on it in their impound yard until they could right it up as abandoned. Then they sent it to the auction. More then 50% of a department's yearly budget is from property seizures.
I can't back up you 50% claim, but no doubt seizures are very profitable. police, generally, do not handle stolen items well. just think what pawn shops get-away with on 30 day holds. It would take more than a month to search every back room, cops aint doing that. the play it off and say, "Thats an insurance problem"
I would get your local news involved. Get this on the news. I mean seriously, Waterford police couldn't swing by and tell you, oh wait they probably picked up their clipboard after the truck was already recovered. SMH. Don't let this go! Also, you should make the wiper arm, the handle for the gate. Super cool!
So you own a vehicle and if it is registered out of state you have no rights and the sheriff sells your vehicle and keeps the cash and you are screwed ! how many times can you be ripped off on one vehicle ! Thank you Michigan , Good Job ! Sounds like a hell of a good deal for them ! Crooks helping Crooks is the Michigan Way !
It's as if someone in your local police didn't do their due diligence and actually really check who owned it, when the vehicle was initially recovered!
I think there is more going on than the lazy police department. There is no way it sat at that apartment complex the entire time until getting picked up. Someone would have stolen the amazon packages for sure.
The person that stole it dumped it there after seeing Tom's video.The apartment complex will have a vehicle with no plate towed. I think it was 3 days after being reported stolen it was towed.
WOW, here in the deep south in a state called Florida , do have a DMV also . So when you called it in as stolen ,with a Florida registration , it looks like your local PD drop the simple ball of investigation . Or they are swamped with bigger crimes in your area .So stolen vehicles are not high on there priority list . Tom we think you know who is at fault on this one . Looking Forward to Summer Sick Week . Florida Sick Week was a blast.
The gaps in the story are on the law enforcement side! They are supposed to serve and protect but they only served themselves! They were lazy and didn’t do their job and made a few bucks on the auction! I bet this has happened many times over and the Tom Bailey news team is about to uncover a scandal in the Waterford police department!! I would say your next stop should be the detective office that was in charge of this “investigation”
There is a national database for stolen vehicles. If that was checked the police department should have had a way to track down the owner or at least contact the police where it was reported stolen. You’d still have a tow charge and storage to pay but it beats losing the truck.
Can you get your phone records? It sounds like the police didn't call at all and assumed it was just some regular guy that has no voice and just thought they would get away with it no questions asked. Keep going mate you deserve your truck back
They have a police union and they are immune. They will lie and pat each other on the back. They didn't want to do any paperwork because they're lazy and they're not going to ever be punished for being lazy. They will tie you up in court until you're broke and the entire time they will harass you incessantly. You just suck it up and thank them for all their hard work. Cops can do whatever they want or whatever they don't want. In this case they didn't want to do paperwork or investigate the crime.
if the LEO did a third party inventory as stated by the tow service they would have a list of all your property that was left in the truck when you found it. you should put another hoop / cage system in the rear of the durango similar to whats up front
Government incompetence? No way! It sounds to me like they saw your FL registration and decided you didn't deserve the same level of effort as a truly 'local' stolen vehicle.
Just a couple of thoughts: 1 You report it stolen,you get a police report from them and call your insurance company you then have to wait 7days to see if it's been found ,if not then you get paid from the insurance company and they then own the vehicle "on paper" until the insurance company determines it a lose. 2. If the tow yard / cops or any one with the IQ higher than a house plant spent about 3seconds looking in the vehicle they would have found your registration and insurance info( If it was in there) and by some stroke of intelligence the Amazon package. Even my dog could have done a better job than what was done.
The truck is registered in Florida, not exactly legal if your residence / business is in another state. As for insurance, I'm betting Tom self insures as no insurance co is going to insure his other cars.
@@bobroberts2371 Assuming Tom doesn't have residence in Florida when he spends half the year there is pretty funny. Nothing illegal about registering vehicles in Florida when you live there 6 months out of the year. As for the insurance, if companies insure GT3 Porches, they'll insure Tom's trailer hauling truck lmao.
@@theKashConnoisseur Based on the vids and the location of Tom's security business, it does not look like he lived in FL for any length of time. Got proof otherwise? As for insurance, I was referring to the Camaro being self insured and all other vehicles falling under that system.
@@bobroberts2371 Florida law allows registration of a vehicle by an out of state person if that vehicle is used within Florida State for 90+ days out of each year. If you watch any of Tom's drag and drive footage, you'll come to realize he's in Florida a lot more than 90 days each year lol. Why would you be referring to the Camaro's insurance when the OP is referencing the truck being insured as part of the auctioning process? Doesn't make any sense at all.
@@theKashConnoisseur said " Florida law allows registration of a vehicle by an out of state person if that vehicle is used within Florida State for 90+ days out of each year. " Except his state of residence is what matters not FL. MI is going to require anyone living in that state to have vehicles registered in that state. I bring up the Camaro because, if he self insures the Camaro, just why would be pay extra to insure the truck or any other stock vehicle?
We had a very similar issue with a stolen car happen many years ago in Memphis. Car turned up on side of interstate and we only found out because someone saw it. It got towed and auctioned by the city.
It really sounds like someone didnt want you to get that truck back for whatever reason. That police department 100% needs to be sued. Call local news and get them involved.
Before you send the bumpers out for chrome paint, how about trying to get them wrapped in chrome. You've seen the amazing wraps done and yours would be a good fit.
@@toddlittles2786 Too many people like you blame others for not succeeding rather than you making an effort. Those " evil forces " trying to keep you down only exist in your mind. You now have a choice, either take responsibility for your life or continue to complain.
@@bobroberts2371 well Waterford pd did me wronge in the past with my car same event that tom has to deal with. I get your idea but look at it this way, that auction how much it sell for and if im right waterford pd gets 35% of the selling price as sold ....
It seems so simple that they would start with calling the person who reported it stolen. Duh! Didn't they have the address from where it was stolen? As you mentioned, it all happened within a few miles. This is just laziness by law authority.
The phantom phone call that can't be proven proves ill intent. How many days did the impound lot sit on it before the detective was notified ? Are the thieves, cops and towing service working together ?
About your truck, keep pursuing the issue, you are doing a public service. I once had a buddy in a large metro police department, he stated often about said department, “ We are the biggest, best armed, best trained gang in the city”. Makes you think.
@TokyoCraftsman; Tokyo Craftsman, Your buddy in the MPD, was partially 'gloating' and 'boasting' along with some exaggeration !! A. That MPD, each City PD, many local PD, Sheriff's Dept, FBI are certainly among the Authoritarian 'Gangs' ! B. They are among the best organized, but still "Organized Crime" are larger more extensive, better organized, and certainly the larges, biggest, better weaponized, armed, equipt, trained !! C. Also as partially portrayed in 'Batman" and other comic, entertainment series, they are clearly, obviously, certainly well connected, interconnected, integrated along with the 'politicians'; as intended, directed, dictated, controlled by "The Big Guy(s)" = "Globalists/Elite" All The Best, Sincerely
I agree with you, What in hell do people do in that town. It’s weird that this happened in the same area. I hope you get it all sorted out and that you can get all back.😮😊
Why are you shocked? There's good reason people want the police de-funded. Even if they didn't harass people unjustly, they sure as hell never protect or serve.
In Florida all tow companies, mechanic shops must legally send the last registered owner a certified letter to the registered address notifying them of due process and location of Thier vehicle , unless it's been seized ,
If this is true, do you really think that he would have continued to drive it local with all of the stickers? This is exactly how an innocent person gets shot or BLM riots start.
Law enforcement let you down big time, in their bureaucratic ineptitude they couldn't link a stolen vehicle report to a recovered stolen vehicle 👍🏻👍🏻😂😂
I can tell you from being a property crimes Lieutenant in our sheriffs office once that VIN comes back stolen the notification to the Original Reporting Agency is made through the NCIS computer system into the agencies dispatch center. That information is given to the investigator handling the case. It’s the investigators responsibility to reach out to the owner. That is how it’s handled in Tennessee and as far as the recovery it’s an FBI based system and is nationwide. Sounds like the investigator made one or two phone calls without speaking to you and then said to hell with it and released the vehicle. The tow yard should have to publish for an amount of time in a local paper telling of the impending auction.
am i understanding this to be that if it is stolen from out of state the owner may not be notified? and the lot that has it can eventually get a title for it and auction it off?
It sounds like Waterford PD is to blame because it sounds like they dropped the ball and said "too damn bad it's not our problem", it sounds like there needs to be an internal investigation into the detective who handled the case because it sounds like pure negligence.
You need to fabricate a 4 bar hand lift that uses the straps like Justin Swanstrom has for his blowers to lift them on and off with limited personnel. It makes it safer, faster, easier, and less apt to bend the mounting studs or Mar the mating surfaces Tom.
It sucks that you didn't get your car back but at least you know what happened to it. They still haven't found my Mazda that was stolen in Battle Creek and yes i would love to see a motorcycle class!
Normally a tow company has to send a certified letter to the registered owner informing them that they have your vehicle in their lot. Maybe this process is different if it is reported stolen and that notification is done by the police? Either the tow company or police department did not do proper notifications before sending it to auction.
Great to see Bob back in the shop!!! Happy to see you're trying to get to the bottom of this. Sounds like your local PD screwed the pooch on this. The guy that bought your truck at auction is a total D-Bag for not offering it back to you.
Waterford P.D. needs to answer to somebody! How can they let a vehicle be auctioned off in the middle of an investigation. They had no right! Lazy fuckers could have easily stopped by the shop and told you they found your truck.
It’s a racket the tow truck co got the money from the “police auction” Talk to the officer who authorized the towing or did they just towed the stolen truck ? I had to pay the tow co for my truck same deal the sheriffs department said they call me at 1 am but I never got the call but I did get a notification of Lien sale a month later
Tom I can tell you exactly what happened I've been around one of the cops family members or friends bought that truck one of the cops or tow people said wow I would really like that its pretty simple
The system sucks when someone can report a vehicle stolen, then the police can find the vehicle, and then decide it’s got out of state plates so doesn’t matter. It should go off the VIN so once the police found it as an abandoned vehicle it’d show up as a stolen vehicle they had a report on. Kinda makes me wonder if the cops didn’t file a stolen vehicle report or something. The ball got dropped somewhere.
You're expecting way too much of your local police department. Returning your property to you has no clear method of them making money for the city. The time spent following up with you would be far more productively spent handing out traffic tickets or otherwise shaking down citizens for their cash. Expecting police to actually investigate crimes is simply last century thinking.
I tell u I'm born and raised in Michigan and to get ur tags for ur vehicles it cost like $100-$400 in Michigan Tennessee it cost $30 to get a tag for a year so yes Michigan is all about money
Please consider a lapel mic or at the very least an external mic with wind sock. It was really difficult to discern what was being said while you were outside with Byers. I hope you get to the bottom of all this - sad to say looks like once again our state is failing us. Good luck buddy.
After over 40 years of owning a wrecking yard I'll give you my best guess on how the tow company got your truck. If they didn't actually steal it when they towed it from wherever they picked it up there will be a police report written of the recovery or impound...have you seen the report? If the truck was towed legally they most likely decided to keep it and run a lien sale on it. Have you seen any lien sale papers or even more important where is the proof of service that would prove they did it legal like and served you. Talk to the worst enemy of any yard....DMV investigative service. They will check for you and make sure it was done right. I'll tell ya right now ..the tow service didn't do it right. Now go get your truck back.
This should have been caught by the police/DMV/auction house. When it went to auction, wouldn't the auction company need to make sure all the vehicles being sold are legit? If not, wouldn't it raise any flags with the DMV? There are too many things going on here. The more I think about it, the towing company seems to be the one to look at. But never overlook the laziness of law enforcement.
Looks like Waterford police is holding the bag of tricks along with the Sheriff's department. You'd be surprised how often happens in Michigan.
He is not getting the truck back, that isn't how it works. If everyone followed procedure in the entire chain of custody, there is nothing to get back or even sue over. Yes the system is probably horribly broken, but that is describing most of the government.... As you have probably know, the local jurisdiction pocketed the money from selling the truck and they are not going to change that procedure or even give Tom the money..
I am wondering why if Tom's entire life is in Michigan, why was the truck registered in Florida? Hate to say it, but if the truck had been registered in Michigan, Tom would have gotten his truck back sucks that it happened but moral of the story register it in Michigan next time.
Also the tow yard says they dont have a way to run the vin. The police already ran it and could have gave them the name of the owner. But we had a program to run vin numbers to find last registered owner.
I would definitely give Steve lehto a call because it sounds like the sheriff's department or the local law enforcement there really dropped the ball on this one the truck should still be yours hes a lawyer that deals with this kind of stuff and hes right there near you
Do this Tom. That would be awesome to watch playout.
You beat me to it! Can't think of a better course of action.
Definitely contact Steve Lehto.
Steve is in Michigan too
I dropped Lehto a message when the other video was released because Steve had just done a video on the exact same thing that happened to a woman who got a ex-hertz car and Hertz took the car back themselves and still have the car. I don’t know if Steve checks his emails but it would a good idea if more people dropped him a line to get his attention.
Glad you're pursing the stolen truck more. I know it's not about the money, it's the principal. Hope you get to the bottom of it soon.
In 2023 principles are no more for 90% of Americans. I'm glade Tom is doing this. He is standing up for all of us who don't have the means to fight these types of crimes
Subpoena the phone records of the police Dept to see if they actually made the call.
they didn't
the tow truck guy said as much
truck was offered at December auction with * next vin
they took his stolen vehicle report but were too lazy to do any more work once it came back out of state on recovery.
@@d500mag2 Tom could look thru hid own phone records to see if the call ever came in.
they didnt, and even if they did, a phone call is not legal notificaiton.
The call will have a VTR complaint with it. I'm sure they didn't steal it. Don't park where you're not supposed too
Here in Fl, once it sits for 30days, tow company had to mail a letter to listed address(registration) to inform that the vehicle is going to be auctioned for storage/tow fees. When it's auctioned, any money over what towing/storage fees are is supposed to be sent to previous owner. So if you see a truck that would easily sell for 10k get sold for $1500 tow/storage at their "auction" you can bet it's a screw job.
The vehicle could normally sell for 20k but if at auction the highest bid is 1500...... that's it.
Sorry to hear about the bs with the truck! Puts you in a pickle now that someone else "owns" it. The police department that auctioned it off needs to give that guy his 5k back and give you your truck back ..in a perfect world. Good luck 🤞
I'd guess the PD decided it was a out of state problem and wrote the car off without any follow up. If so PD owe Tom for the actual value of the truck. Problem is PD will not admit fault till you have them in front of a judge.
@@FlynnTaggart23 qualified immunity THEY DON"T CARE
Just seems irrelevant that it was registered in Florida when they could have looked at the stolen vehicle report and seen that it is a local resident vehicle within a few miles of where it was stolen from. Definitely a case of zero fucks given on their part. I hope you figure out a way to get your truck back and “the new owner” getting his money back.
Follow the trail. It's the principal of the matter at this point. I would literally go out of my way to make sure I get it back. Legal or not. Someone dropped the ball and bureaucracy says there's more important things then someone truck. Keep up the hard work
I would have gotten it back the second I found out where it was. Roll up with a truck full of fools with tools and watch me get handed the keys. This is probably why NOBODY has ever stolen from me. Like you said, it's the principle of the matter.
@@picklefart he has or had the keys and drove it back to his shop before being told he actually stole his own truck and it was returned to the person who bought it at auction. F'n Crazy right
@@picklefart He literally stole his own truck back simply with his own keys, then told the police he recovered his stolen property only for them to take it away... because it had been "sold" lmao, fked up!
MONEY
Turn one of your enclosed trailers into a faraday cage. Use it to haul off a Waterford police vehicle, part out and profit.
FOIA how many out of state vehicles at sheriffs auction have gone through Beyers.
I hope you continue to pursue the stuff with the truck. Something is definitely not on the level. I wonder how many other people have been through that who don't have the audience you have? On a different note the Durango is looking sick!
Time to get your lawyer involved now I would say it's not about the truck now it's doing the right thing and getting to the bottom of it
Aw how quaint... You think that a lawyer is going to get the police department to answer for its laziness. No their unionized.... The second you get a lawyer they will tie you up with paperwork until you go broke and nobody will ever be punished and you'll never be issued any restitution instead you'll be harassed incessantly. You have to just take it up the tailpipe and thank them for all their bravery or whatever strokes their ego that day.
@@TheCorruptedHuman THEIR unionized... SMH
@@TheCorruptedHuman spoken like a true beta. Stand up for your rights and stop bowing to the "authority"
@@TheCorruptedHuman How far do you think he will get WITHOUT a lawyer?
More money you will never see again. They all work together. Everyone gets paid except for the good guy. System is broken
Tom, check into the auction. Who held the auction and who benefits from the proceeds to the auction. I work in automotive industry down here in Akron and know the procedure in Ohio in getting abandoned or unclaimed vehicles here. Most of the time tow or impound yards the vehicle has a lien holder to start with that they contact them letting them know the cars recovered and two things happen. One the finance company makes the decision to come pay any tow and storage bill on it and return to there customer depending if insurance company has paid off on the car or not. If paid it goes to a recovery auction or car port yard. Second option they can do is if the tow and storage bill is higher than there loan is too high they can just release the car to the tow yard or repair shop that has the car. That takes longer than 3 months. Now here's where here in Akron we had a problem we found was tow companies here that were doing police tows etc. would tow in a car and if they wanted to because of the value of the car what ever reason. They'd hide the car and say they did all that with no reply and would contact the DMV and put a mechanic lien on the car and Ohio would give them a title for the car to do what they want. Yeah it's a big known tow yard scam. I'm not saying that the tow company did anything . My bet is on whoever profited the most from the auction your truck sold at. Keep in mind they didn't even have it 90 days before putting it in an auction. Something here does not add up at all
I love how calm you are about this.
But I get the sense that you're not letting this go until you get some answers.
Welcome to modern law enforcement Tom. Big reality check when you realize they DO NOT CARE about the public.
Police are just modern day tax collectors. Shaking down citizens for bloated wasteful governments.
They exist to serve themselves
Yep, the world is out to get you. The question is, when you are at work do you go the extra mile or do you say " it is smoke break time, screw it" ?
@@bobroberts2371 not caring about the public and being “out to get you” are two entirely different things.
@@therileyobrien They out to get what's best for them and their handlers. Bottom line, they're either part of the problem, or part of the solution.
The law wonders why many choose to handle situations themselves and not even bother reporting it. Majority of the time it seems like they dont even care one bit
amen
Sad part is the Lions probably have a better chance at winning a Super Bowl than whoever admitting to Tom that they dropped the ball on returning his truck
Unless they get to use their weapon or give you a ticket they don't care...
I still do not trust tow companies. They have little to no scruples.
Just here for the paycheck ...... have a great day
Follow the trail from the current buyer to anyone in the police department, not just officers but who handles the release of stolen vehicles. This is a gut feeling from how fast everything happened.
60 days isn't fast.
@@bobroberts2371 It is for government work.
He did meet the current owner, he bought it from the auction, fair and square..
This is a balls up from Tom's police department that did not do their due deligence to make contact with him and just said sell it..
@@Cent51 Actually, the fellow, buyer did not purchase it 'fair and square' though he may have been unaware at the time of the auction.
A. This man clearly saw the delivered packages, boxes in the truck after receiving the vehicle, which have the addressee as Tom Bailey or his shop, which he left them inside along with the other personal items.
B. These specific items, especially the addresed boxes are clear, certain indications of the owner, and the buyer should have contacted both the addressee, Tom, auction seller, and the PD =>Thus, at least reasonably, humanly, ethically, and morally obligated to make proper efforts.
C. after Tom was notified of the truck's location, then went, drove it to his shop:
1. who contacted the Waterford PD ?! => Tom
2. Why did the buyer, 'new registered owner' not report it stolen to the PD ?
D. Possession is 10/10th -> thus, the PD sent a towing truck, told Tom to allow it to be transported [by his cost], relinquish possession, control = Huge mistake !!
1. Toma can recover this mistake and his vehicle, by taking possession again, thus requiring the proper due process of law which will reveal the negligence, intentional, directed, illegal, unlawful, Unconstitutional process, Constitutional Violations.
2. The buyer can recover his purchase price from the towing company/PD too !
All The Best, Sincerely
@@newtonfirefly3584 Packages mean nothing dude, it was stolen recovered vehicle on police auction, packages is an added bounes to the new owner, and it not the job of the buyer to check that information or even run around trying to do the PD job, they trust that the PD and towing yard did their due deligence (which they did) to be able to auction it off. Meaning bought and paid for fair and sqaure..
If you pay attention, the truck was kept at the tow yard for 2 months before it was auctioned off, by the time frame, the new owner had just got it to his place and not bothered about cleaning it out or fixing it up, and that when somone saw it and told Tom about it..
Tom basically stole the truck, from the new owner, Tom could not stop Waterford PD from taking it back..
It got nothing to do about packages, Tom, New owner and towing company, it all about the bad apples is Waterford PD that just swept the truck under the carpet and moved on as fast as they could..
PD dropped the ball. Just like you're saying about a investigation, even if they overlooked the Amazon packages by thinking it could have been stolen mail, they should have looked into that aspect of it.
Sounds like the Waterford Police did not refer to their own stolen vehicle report.
Pretty infuriating how efficient this situation is with the government. Everything else moves at the speed of cold molasses but selling a stolen vehicle is done clean in less than 90 days.
There's no outreach for out of state stolen vehicles? I guess if someone ever starts an interstate auto theft ring, the best place to base it is in Michigan.
Same scam in every State.
That OBS F350 SuperDuty PowerStroke in the condition your pickup was in is worth quite a lot of money. I have a 97 F250 4WD SuperDuty PowerStroke and I'm seeing comparable pickups selling for upwards of $30k+. Theres a significant demand for these pre-smog / IH diesel builds. I would pursue this with some gusto.
I for one am so glad to see Bobby out and about feeling better.
Mainly though it's because I don't want to see Bobby in a hospital gown again.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for your content.
Time to get a lawyer involved to figure it all out and get the truck back.
Ive had this happen to me personally and seen it happen to others. They find it in a persons parking lot, learn its stolen and tow it to the impound yard. It sits, and the impound lot (police) call you to come get it. In my case they called 2 days prior to the auction requiring me to tag and insure it in order to retrieve it. I was able to do all this quickly and get it back. But often times they just dont call or care to call or get notice to call in the specified time. Mine was an automated call too... so it might be easy to pass this off as spam. Once you miss the call, they print up a new title and auction it off asap. Its the cops you need to look at.
My Dad was a Sargeant with the LA County Sheriff's Department from 53' to 72'. I could just hear him say about your truck....."Hmm, something stinks here". He would also say to me often, "your Dad's got a dirty mind...and I got a nose for sniffing out when somethings not right". And that he did. He later became a Senior Special Investigator, with the Department of Mental Health, investigating patient deaths and abuse allegations at State Hospitals. A more fair & just man I've never met in my 65 years on the planet. I do hope you get some answers to the questions about your truck, and that you're made whole (financially) at some point soon. ✌😎
When the guy started with “state law says…” he was already in defense mode. I don’t believe it for a minute. He’s been stealing cars for a living, he knows what to say.
So if what you say is true, tell us why the tow company would sell the truck local with all of the stickers in place risking Tom seeing it? I'm starting to think that 5G really is scrambling the minds of low IQ people.
he was likely involved in this, and has been doing it for decades.
Follow the money, get in touch with Steve Lehto. Even if you don't get it back, this will help others.
Steve Lehto would be a good idea. Plus they are in the same state.
I second the Leto's law for guidance with the stolen truck.
Lehto just did a video on a case similar to this where a rental car was stolen then towed and resold, then the rental company recovered it and then had to return it to the lady who bought it at the auction
@Greg yup, I saw that one. Definitely same thing. Something suspect in the process. Good views if him and Tom work together on this. But Steve will have to vet it out and make sure it is what it seems.
It was interesting as I was watching Steve Morris’s video of him, rebuilding your sons engine when the notification popped up about this.
Update after watching the video of Tom with the towing company and going through the timeline of everything. This whole situation is a rotten fish that stinks from the head down and out in every direction …it’s time to get a lawyer involved maybe get a hold of Steve Lehto he’s a Michigan car attorney. He does mainly lemon law stuff but he might be somebody that could shed a little bit of light into why certain things happen the way they did. Otherwise I’d start investigating the local law-enforcement as to why they didn’t do their job And to what ends,why they didn’t do their job.
I’d be at Waterford P.D. to meet the fucker that was supposed to have called me!!
I said in the first video and I am saying it again. The police department found the truck and realized it was stolen rather then notify you they found it they sat on it in their impound yard until they could right it up as abandoned. Then they sent it to the auction. More then 50% of a department's yearly budget is from property seizures.
I can't back up you 50% claim, but no doubt seizures are very profitable. police, generally, do not handle stolen items well. just think what pawn shops get-away with on 30 day holds. It would take more than a month to search every back room, cops aint doing that. the play it off and say, "Thats an insurance problem"
I would get your local news involved. Get this on the news. I mean seriously, Waterford police couldn't swing by and tell you, oh wait they probably picked up their clipboard after the truck was already recovered. SMH.
Don't let this go!
Also, you should make the wiper arm, the handle for the gate. Super cool!
So you own a vehicle and if it is registered out of state you have no rights and the sheriff sells your vehicle and keeps the cash and you are screwed ! how many times can you be ripped off on one vehicle ! Thank you Michigan , Good Job ! Sounds like a hell of a good deal for them ! Crooks helping Crooks is the Michigan Way !
It's as if someone in your local police didn't do their due diligence and actually really check who owned it, when the vehicle was initially recovered!
I think there is more going on than the lazy police department. There is no way it sat at that apartment complex the entire time until getting picked up. Someone would have stolen the amazon packages for sure.
correct
The person that stole it dumped it there after seeing Tom's video.The apartment complex will have a vehicle with no plate towed. I think it was 3 days after being reported stolen it was towed.
Glad to hear you're not giving up on the ol truck.
You guys need to keep fighting this. This is crazy. Hope it all comes back to you. But the way the law is probably not.
Saw all the stuff at Autorama last Friday! Looked awesome!!
WOW, here in the deep south in a state called Florida , do have a DMV also . So when you called it in as stolen ,with a Florida registration , it looks like your local PD drop the simple ball of investigation . Or they are swamped with bigger crimes in your area .So stolen vehicles are not high on there priority list . Tom we think you know who is at fault on this one . Looking Forward to Summer Sick Week . Florida Sick Week was a blast.
Easier to steal an out of State registered vehicle. Claim it's abandoned and run it through auction. Make up a lame excuse for the victim.
I loved seeing y'all in Detroit. Thanks for taking us along.
We need Rob Wolchek on the case. This is definitely some predatory system that deserves to be on the hall of shame. Frikin Watertucky.
100% fact! That would be my 1st phone call!
You should call rob
Great stuff, better than the majority of what's on Netflix!
The gaps in the story are on the law enforcement side! They are supposed to serve and protect but they only served themselves! They were lazy and didn’t do their job and made a few bucks on the auction! I bet this has happened many times over and the Tom Bailey news team is about to uncover a scandal in the Waterford police department!! I would say your next stop should be the detective office that was in charge of this “investigation”
Great update and a very weird story on the truck.Something there is not right. Thanks for the update.
There is a national database for stolen vehicles. If that was checked the police department should have had a way to track down the owner or at least contact the police where it was reported stolen. You’d still have a tow charge and storage to pay but it beats losing the truck.
And I gotta say, I love that Steve did those valve covers an intake for Aiden!!
Can you get your phone records? It sounds like the police didn't call at all and assumed it was just some regular guy that has no voice and just thought they would get away with it no questions asked. Keep going mate you deserve your truck back
Your law enforcement obviously needs to be sued for negligence. If not,
It will keep on happening to others.
They have a police union and they are immune. They will lie and pat each other on the back. They didn't want to do any paperwork because they're lazy and they're not going to ever be punished for being lazy. They will tie you up in court until you're broke and the entire time they will harass you incessantly. You just suck it up and thank them for all their hard work. Cops can do whatever they want or whatever they don't want. In this case they didn't want to do paperwork or investigate the crime.
Doubt it'll go anywhere. Cops aren't gonna admit they screwed up. EVER. Anyone he talks to will have the back of whoever screwed up.
@@picklefart a FOIA request might help...
Your not gonna stop the taxpayers funded scam that's been run by law enforcement for many years.
if the LEO did a third party inventory as stated by the tow service they would have a list of all your property that was left in the truck when you found it. you should put another hoop / cage system in the rear of the durango similar to whats up front
I feel this all boils down to your local police department dropping the ball. I feel like some shady activity happened here.
Answers that lead to more questions make for very interesting content. I hope you get your rig back.
This is actually really really simple. Someone at the sheriff's office wanted your truck
Yuuup!!
If that's the case, why did it end up sold to someone not with the sheriff's department? Tom talked to the guy who bought it on the last video lmao.
Government incompetence? No way! It sounds to me like they saw your FL registration and decided you didn't deserve the same level of effort as a truly 'local' stolen vehicle.
Just a couple of thoughts:
1 You report it stolen,you get a police report from them and call your insurance company you then have to wait 7days to see if it's been found ,if not then you get paid from the insurance company and they then own the vehicle "on paper" until the insurance company determines it a lose.
2. If the tow yard / cops or any one with the IQ higher than a house plant spent about 3seconds looking in the vehicle they would have found your registration and insurance info( If it was in there) and by some stroke of intelligence the Amazon package. Even my dog could have done a better job than what was done.
The truck is registered in Florida, not exactly legal if your residence / business is in another state. As for insurance, I'm betting Tom self insures as no insurance co is going to insure his other cars.
@@bobroberts2371 Assuming Tom doesn't have residence in Florida when he spends half the year there is pretty funny. Nothing illegal about registering vehicles in Florida when you live there 6 months out of the year. As for the insurance, if companies insure GT3 Porches, they'll insure Tom's trailer hauling truck lmao.
@@theKashConnoisseur Based on the vids and the location of Tom's security business, it does not look like he lived in FL for any length of time. Got proof otherwise?
As for insurance, I was referring to the Camaro being self insured and all other vehicles falling under that system.
@@bobroberts2371 Florida law allows registration of a vehicle by an out of state person if that vehicle is used within Florida State for 90+ days out of each year. If you watch any of Tom's drag and drive footage, you'll come to realize he's in Florida a lot more than 90 days each year lol.
Why would you be referring to the Camaro's insurance when the OP is referencing the truck being insured as part of the auctioning process? Doesn't make any sense at all.
@@theKashConnoisseur said " Florida law allows registration of a vehicle by an out of state person if that vehicle is used within Florida State for 90+ days out of each year. "
Except his state of residence is what matters not FL. MI is going to require anyone living in that state to have vehicles registered in that state.
I bring up the Camaro because, if he self insures the Camaro, just why would be pay extra to insure the truck or any other stock vehicle?
We had a very similar issue with a stolen car happen many years ago in Memphis. Car turned up on side of interstate and we only found out because someone saw it. It got towed and auctioned by the city.
It really sounds like someone didnt want you to get that truck back for whatever reason. That police department 100% needs to be sued. Call local news and get them involved.
Before you send the bumpers out for chrome paint, how about trying to get them wrapped in chrome. You've seen the amazing wraps done and yours would be a good fit.
Tom you know Waterford cops did not care! they was looking for payouts on the sale
Yep, a big conspiracy to hold pathetic people like you, todd littles down.
@@bobroberts2371 hold pathetic people like you, down. ? what u mean
@@toddlittles2786 Too many people like you blame others for not succeeding rather than you making an effort. Those " evil forces " trying to keep you down only exist in your mind. You now have a choice, either take responsibility for your life or continue to complain.
@@bobroberts2371 well Waterford pd did me wronge in the past with my car same event that tom has to deal with. I get your idea but look at it this way, that auction how much it sell for and if im right waterford pd gets 35% of the selling price as sold ....
Sure wish we had access to the almost viral tractor video!!!
Add a link, please 🙏
It seems so simple that they would start with calling the person who reported it stolen. Duh! Didn't they have the address from where it was stolen? As you mentioned, it all happened within a few miles. This is just laziness by law authority.
Makes you wonder what the point of filing a stolen vehicle report is if they can't be bothered to even call the owner.
The phantom phone call that can't be proven proves ill intent. How many days did the impound lot sit on it before the detective was notified ? Are the thieves, cops and towing service working together ?
Is that a racket going on Holy cow Thanks for sharing Rock and Roll 💯👀👀👀👀
I feel where your coming from. Somebody knows something. Keep digging, you'll find them. Crooks are dumb.
cool. thanks for the update.
IT'S CALLED THEFT BY CONVERSION. File charges if you have to. No one has the authority to just take your stuff.
Ummmm have you not met a police officer before? They are exactly who has the authority to "just take your stuff".....or your life.
@@picklefart is it their fault you're a virgin? Lol lighten up
About your truck, keep pursuing the issue, you are doing a public service.
I once had a buddy in a large metro police department, he stated often about said department, “ We are the biggest, best armed, best trained gang in the city”.
Makes you think.
@TokyoCraftsman; Tokyo Craftsman, Your buddy in the MPD, was partially 'gloating' and 'boasting' along with some exaggeration !!
A. That MPD, each City PD, many local PD, Sheriff's Dept, FBI are certainly among the Authoritarian 'Gangs' !
B. They are among the best organized, but still "Organized Crime" are larger more extensive, better organized, and certainly the larges, biggest, better weaponized, armed, equipt, trained !!
C. Also as partially portrayed in 'Batman" and other comic, entertainment series, they are clearly, obviously, certainly well connected, interconnected, integrated along with the 'politicians'; as intended, directed, dictated, controlled by "The Big Guy(s)" = "Globalists/Elite"
All The Best, Sincerely
Having a vehicle registered out of state is what broke the chain. The big question is why was it reg in Florida?
exactly! people are so great at thinking they know what the problem is but cant even listen for the details....
I agree with you, What in hell do people do in that town. It’s weird that this happened in the same area. I hope you get it all sorted out and that you can get all back.😮😊
I am in total shock that law enforcement are worthless there, as well every where else!
LOL
Why are you shocked? There's good reason people want the police de-funded. Even if they didn't harass people unjustly, they sure as hell never protect or serve.
So excited.... but can't jump to crazy commenting without seeing the whole video.
In Florida all tow companies, mechanic shops must legally send the last registered owner a certified letter to the registered address notifying them of due process and location of Thier vehicle , unless it's been seized ,
The guy that bought it at auction is probably the same people that stole it.
If this is true, do you really think that he would have continued to drive it local with all of the stickers? This is exactly how an innocent person gets shot or BLM riots start.
I believe you have a law suit there! Plain and simple they knew it was stolen and who it belonged to!
Hey Tom, your in luck. Lightfoot will soon be available to straighten out your town and police.
There is something shady about this whole ordeal and I hope you continue to pursue this and expose whatever scam is going on
Somebody owes you a truck.
Pure Michigan, feel your pain Tom
Law enforcement let you down big time, in their bureaucratic ineptitude they couldn't link a stolen vehicle report to a recovered stolen vehicle 👍🏻👍🏻😂😂
I can tell you from being a property crimes Lieutenant in our sheriffs office once that VIN comes back stolen the notification to the Original Reporting Agency is made through the NCIS computer system into the agencies dispatch center. That information is given to the investigator handling the case. It’s the investigators responsibility to reach out to the owner. That is how it’s handled in Tennessee and as far as the recovery it’s an FBI based system and is nationwide. Sounds like the investigator made one or two phone calls without speaking to you and then said to hell with it and released the vehicle. The tow yard should have to publish for an amount of time in a local paper telling of the impending auction.
Neat stuff. Enjoyed watching ✌️ 😎
The willys was pretty kool on display! You guys even had the orange flannels still...
am i understanding this to be that if it is stolen from out of state the owner may not be notified? and the lot that has it can eventually get a title for it and auction it off?
Bobby and your team do beautiful work!
waterford needs a new sheriff dept that knows what the law is & learn the process.
It sounds like Waterford PD is to blame because it sounds like they dropped the ball and said "too damn bad it's not our problem", it sounds like there needs to be an internal investigation into the detective who handled the case because it sounds like pure negligence.
You need to fabricate a 4 bar hand lift that uses the straps like Justin Swanstrom has for his blowers to lift them on and off with limited personnel. It makes it safer, faster, easier, and less apt to bend the mounting studs or Mar the mating surfaces Tom.
It sucks that you didn't get your car back but at least you know what happened to it. They still haven't found my Mazda that was stolen in Battle Creek and yes i would love to see a motorcycle class!
Great show..
Normally a tow company has to send a certified letter to the registered owner informing them that they have your vehicle in their lot. Maybe this process is different if it is reported stolen and that notification is done by the police? Either the tow company or police department did not do proper notifications before sending it to auction.
Turning into a law and order series lol love it
Great to see Bob back in the shop!!!
Happy to see you're trying to get to the bottom of this.
Sounds like your local PD screwed the pooch on this.
The guy that bought your truck at auction is a total D-Bag for not offering it back to you.
Does autorama do chrome plating? I got a 70 240Z needing bumpers rechromed
The truck was registered in Florida?
Waterford P.D. needs to answer to somebody! How can they let a vehicle be auctioned off in the middle of an investigation. They had no right! Lazy fuckers could have easily stopped by the shop and told you they found your truck.
Wow. Waterford Township really screwed this up. Living there for 40 years I’m not shocked.
I know your trying to figure out what happen. But I'm curious if you working your way towards getting the truck back?
It’s a racket the tow truck co got the money from the “police auction” Talk to the officer who authorized the towing or did they just towed the stolen truck ? I had to pay the tow co for my truck same deal the sheriffs department said they call me at 1 am but I never got the call but I did get a notification of Lien sale a month later
I would write a letter to your State Rep for your area, then follow up with a call, document everything.
Tom I can tell you exactly what happened I've been around one of the cops family members or friends bought that truck one of the cops or tow people said wow I would really like that its pretty simple
The system sucks when someone can report a vehicle stolen, then the police can find the vehicle, and then decide it’s got out of state plates so doesn’t matter. It should go off the VIN so once the police found it as an abandoned vehicle it’d show up as a stolen vehicle they had a report on.
Kinda makes me wonder if the cops didn’t file a stolen vehicle report or something. The ball got dropped somewhere.
Stolen truck: Hope you took a few lawyers with you to the tow company.
It was registered in Florida? Do you think that if you registered it in your state when you bought it, that they would have called you?
You're expecting way too much of your local police department. Returning your property to you has no clear method of them making money for the city. The time spent following up with you would be far more productively spent handing out traffic tickets or otherwise shaking down citizens for their cash. Expecting police to actually investigate crimes is simply last century thinking.
I tell u I'm born and raised in Michigan and to get ur tags for ur vehicles it cost like $100-$400 in Michigan Tennessee it cost $30 to get a tag for a year so yes Michigan is all about money
Please consider a lapel mic or at the very least an external mic with wind sock. It was really difficult to discern what was being said while you were outside with Byers. I hope you get to the bottom of all this - sad to say looks like once again our state is failing us. Good luck buddy.