Mustang Stolen at Gunpoint - Police onto it.

max_torq · 10-01-2011, 11:14 AM

Sounds like this incident is still in progress, the car had a GPS and the police tracked it and have now have the thieves under siege...

ABC

Scott · 10-01-2011, 11:23 AM

Hope they put some holes in the bastards.

Fev · 10-01-2011, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott

Hope they put some holes in the bastards.

+1 from me. Thankfully the car was recovered! Glad to see it didn't just disappear like the many others do

u2canb12 · 10-01-2011, 11:23 AM

Sounds like it will be a good outcome for the owner, although I am sure it was a brown jocks moment having a gun stuck in your face

Makes the purchase of a GPS a reasonable investment.......

max_torq · 10-01-2011, 11:29 AM

Would have felt more satisfying booting up the GPS software and dialling 000 as they tear away.

Fairlane · 10-01-2011, 11:31 AM

Hope they get the scum and they havent slipped away.

XB GS 351 Coupe · 10-01-2011, 11:47 AM

Intersting, this has me looking at GPS tracking software for my cars....I think I might invest in a tracker for both cars, the XB and FPV, I think you can get some now that you can track yourself on your iPhone(or other smart phones) and shut the engine off yourself remotely.

Lets hope they get them, armed robbery in company and home invasion, they will be doing a few years behind bars spending some quality one on one time with 'Big Bubba'

Geez Louise · 10-01-2011, 11:42 AM

They are a great investment those GPS systems. I will be having one installed in my car when it is done.

Hope the car is returned to the owner undamaged.

mik · 10-01-2011, 11:42 AM

the owner must be distraught, lets hope his pony car is released unharmed, thiefs with good taste,who da thunk.

SVR73 · 10-01-2011, 11:53 AM

He'll have to store the car elsewhere once he gets it back
poor bugga. Hope the cops give them bastards what they deserve

its a golden rule that some ********* need to learn - don't touch, steal or **** with another man's car. I don't care what model it is. There's some things you just don't do.
especially an italian or greek's car. he'll have his ten million cousins, uncles etc on your *** in no time and you'll be ****** over majorly

deesun · 10-01-2011, 12:05 PM

The other good thing is that if they took the car to where they normally do their "business" other cars may be recovered. Or at least the parts.

Ringo · 10-01-2011, 12:06 PM

Ha ha ha...love it when the good guys win against againts what were obviously professionals

That car would be in bits in a day or so I think without the Police turning up.

Ben73 · 12-01-2011, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Ringo

Ha ha ha...love it when the good guys win against againts what were obviously professionals

That car would be in bits in a day or so I think without the Police turning up.

I doubt they were pros. Professionals don't want the owner to know the car is gone until it is in bits somewhere.
Pulling a gun is not a very subtle way to take a car. Reminds me of the black guy in gone in 60 seconds

Road_Warrior · 18-01-2011, 02:44 PM

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Man charged over Mustang theft

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-...mustang-theft/

A 24-year-old man has been charged with assault and stealing offences after a spate of alleged robberies in Perth's south eastern suburbs.

Armadale and Midland detectives allege the man stole two high-performance cars worth more than a $100,000 and left a 24-year-old man with serious injuries during the spree, which ran for a week earlier this month.

About 11am on January 3, police said the man allegedly demanded the keys to a Nissan Skyline in the car park of a Thornlie shopping centre before assaulting him.

The alleged attack left the victim with facial fractures.

Less than a week later, police said the Thornlie victim had been at his Bentley home when the man and two co-offenders assaulted him again and left him in need of hospital treatment.

They also allegedly stole his car, which was found abandoned at the Beckenham train station a short time later.

The final incident is alleged to have occurred about 3am on January 10, when the man broke into a Wattle Grove home with other men before threatening the property's owner and stealing his 1967 Ford Mustang Coupe.

The car was recovered by police in Bayswater a short time later.

Police have charged the men with a raft of offences including armed robbery, aggravated burglary, assaulting with intent to rob, assault occasioning bodily harm, aggravated robbery, stealing a motor vehicle, stealing and committing and offence.
He is due to appear in the Perth Magistrate's Court on January 18.

All aboard the failtrain - destination - JAIL!

XBROO · 10-01-2011, 12:30 PM

Looks like the GPS works a treat. Bet them scumbags are brown jocking it at the moment.

UU TS50 · 10-01-2011, 12:32 PM

Wattle Grove is where i live

bigsta · 10-01-2011, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Congo XR8

Wattle Grove is where i live

I saw quite a few burnout tracks on the road there, thats not you is it??

Paxton · 10-01-2011, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by bigsta

I saw quite a few burnout tracks on the road there, thats not you is it??

You're not thinking of the Wattle Grove South of Sydney, are you?

The first thing I would be installing into any 'desirable' car is a GPS tracker. They seem to be a great investment

bigsta · 10-01-2011, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Paxton

You're not thinking of the Wattle Grove South of Sydney, are you?

The first thing I would be installing into any 'desirable' car is a GPS tracker. They seem to be a great investment

Yeah they are a great thing can be thawted easily though unfortunately usually by taking the car into a garage, it needs to see the sky like the GPS you have on your dash. Still if the police are fast and you report it quickly they should have a good idea where it was last seen.

If i had a more collectable car I would get it in a heartbeat.

No i was referring to WA as per the pic on the ABC website, only joking about it being Congo though.

DJL351 · 10-01-2011, 12:34 PM

Removal of the dominant hand of those found to be in possession of the car.

Those GPS systems can be great, had a friend with one in his GT-P, only down side was that the alarm started playing up and we were getting calls while at car shows from the monitoring company stating that the car had be broken in to.

bigsta · 10-01-2011, 12:41 PM

yay thats so awesome.. sucked in to those douchebags i hope the judge sends them away for a few years..

Boosh Brus · 10-01-2011, 12:47 PM

The poor guy must be terrified. Six men including one with a gun know where he lives and are probably not too pleased with the outcome of their theft.

Makes me wonder... I assume you would be charged if you deactivated your stolen car and as a result it was then hit by traffic???

Dave3911 · 10-01-2011, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Boosh Brus

The poor guy must be terrified. Six men including one with a gun know where he lives and are probably not too pleased with the outcome of their theft.

Makes me wonder... I assume you would be charged if you deactivated your stolen car and as a result it was then hit by traffic???

I wouldnt think so. Most of the systems have either web interfaces for the owner, or are monitored by a security call centre who will do the shut down (if fitted). The web interfaces I've seen clearly advise only to shut the car down if stationary and should only be done with the consultation by the Police. A few of the security companies I've delt with also only shut down the car if advised to by the police.

I've seen these systems work with great results in the past. Including one guy who logged in from the Bahamas to check where his GT3 Porsche was whilst he was on Holidays (It should've been at his mechanic in preston). The website told him it was doing 150km+ along the western fwy outside of Ballarat. Police caught up with the car just prior to Melton, deactivated it on the fwy to find one of the workshop apprentances with his mates on one hell of a test drive.

rancidpunx · 10-01-2011, 12:52 PM

I hope the car is returned in a good condition. Scum like this make me sick, you just dont touch other peoples stuff, its not hard.
I also hope the car was not stolen from the owners home as what kind of retribution can be expected from the offenders for the GPS leading to their arrest. I would imagine the punishment wont fit the crime and they would be looking for some payback sooner rather than later.

Road_Warrior · 10-01-2011, 01:09 PM

The TRG have stormed the warehouse, but the alleged offenders who were reported to be barricaded inside were not there. The car has been recovered.

Edit: it was a wrecking yard, and the Mustang may have been a Shelby Cobra (replica or original I do not know).

XB GS 351 Coupe · 10-01-2011, 01:12 PM

Great news about the car.

Shame about the offenders.

conordec · 10-01-2011, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

The TRG have stormed the warehouse, but the alleged offenders who were reported to be barricaded inside were not there. The car has been recovered.

Edit: it was a wrecking yard, and the Mustang may have been a Shelby Cobra (replica or original I do not know).

doesn't matter that they were not there... it's not like they have taken the stolen car to a reputable place for a "service"..... owner of the yard will have some explaining to do for sure.

great stuff regarding the outcome... makes you very aware that if you have a GPS of sorts / cops numbers / and are switched on, it helps with the outcome, not just waiting for the boys in blue to do the job.

Grippy · 10-01-2011, 01:18 PM

Good news the car has been recovered

flappist · 10-01-2011, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ABC

They held the owner at gun point and demanded he sign over ownership of the 1965 Ford Mustang.

Sign over ownership?

There is a lot more to this than has been reported so far.

I suspect that they all know each other and there is a lot of money or a debt of some kind involved.

Scott · 10-01-2011, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by flappist

There is a lot more to this than has been reported so far.

I suspect that they all know each other and there is a lot of money or a debt of some kind involved.

I reckon...