Daver
PMA Member
A little background...last year, from the end of January until the middle of April, there was a flurry of break-ins and burglaries in the area where my farm is located in SE Iowa. (My cabin was one of the early targets and I lost a fair amount of hunting and trapping equipment from that episode, learning a valuable lesson not to leave anything of value in my cabin, even though it was well locked, etc.) We have many excellent neighbors and great friends in this area, but we also obviously have a negative element present too.
Other neighbors also experienced similar "smash and grab" burglaries too last year during this time period. Then the break ins stopped and had not occurred again...until just this past week. Presumably the same people are involved this year, but that is not for sure. The most recent development in this story comes from just a few days ago when one of my neighbors had two permanent blinds stolen, along with several trail cameras.
Please see the pics below, one of the blinds was a fairly new Lick Creek blind that was mounted on top of a custom built 10'+ tall platform! (The pic below is of the actual blind, on the platform.) The thieves went through a locked steel gate at the road and traveled back through an access lane about 1/4 mile to where they removed the very heavy blind and then drove it out. (BTW, this has been reported to local law enforcement.)
With the height of the platform and the weight of the blind, it is thought that at least 3, and likely 4-5, or more, people would have been involved in this heist. We believe there were two trucks involved and one of them may have been damaged on/in the bed or rear side walls as the very heavy blind fell into the back of the "getaway" truck.
They also took another blind, smaller and more lightweight, from a different area of the farm. Incidentally, the thieves had to drive in a different lane to reach that blind.
So the sophistication level and daringness has risen on behalf of the thieves...and consequently the neighborhood is now uniting to find the culprits more so than ever before. This all happened in NE Davis County, a little south of Selma and a little west of Douds. Any information that anyone can provide would be very welcome...and quite likely worth your while $$$$$$.
The thieves did not find all of the cameras in the area and based upon a review of various SD cards, we believe this theft took place from a little after 11:00P on Thursday, 2/25, to about 12:30A on Friday, 2/26. We have some solid clues that we are following up on in the meantime, but we would really like to catch up to them sooner, rather than later.
So if anyone knows of, or possibly saw, any suspicious activity in that general area right around those dates and times, please PM me. OR...if anyone knows someone that suddenly has two nice, used blinds that did not come from a store OR happened to see some deer blinds in the back of a truck after midnight Thursday rolling down the road, etc...we would appreciate any tips along those lines too.
Turtle Blind
Lick Creek blind
Other neighbors also experienced similar "smash and grab" burglaries too last year during this time period. Then the break ins stopped and had not occurred again...until just this past week. Presumably the same people are involved this year, but that is not for sure. The most recent development in this story comes from just a few days ago when one of my neighbors had two permanent blinds stolen, along with several trail cameras.
Please see the pics below, one of the blinds was a fairly new Lick Creek blind that was mounted on top of a custom built 10'+ tall platform! (The pic below is of the actual blind, on the platform.) The thieves went through a locked steel gate at the road and traveled back through an access lane about 1/4 mile to where they removed the very heavy blind and then drove it out. (BTW, this has been reported to local law enforcement.)
With the height of the platform and the weight of the blind, it is thought that at least 3, and likely 4-5, or more, people would have been involved in this heist. We believe there were two trucks involved and one of them may have been damaged on/in the bed or rear side walls as the very heavy blind fell into the back of the "getaway" truck.
They also took another blind, smaller and more lightweight, from a different area of the farm. Incidentally, the thieves had to drive in a different lane to reach that blind.
So the sophistication level and daringness has risen on behalf of the thieves...and consequently the neighborhood is now uniting to find the culprits more so than ever before. This all happened in NE Davis County, a little south of Selma and a little west of Douds. Any information that anyone can provide would be very welcome...and quite likely worth your while $$$$$$.
The thieves did not find all of the cameras in the area and based upon a review of various SD cards, we believe this theft took place from a little after 11:00P on Thursday, 2/25, to about 12:30A on Friday, 2/26. We have some solid clues that we are following up on in the meantime, but we would really like to catch up to them sooner, rather than later.
So if anyone knows of, or possibly saw, any suspicious activity in that general area right around those dates and times, please PM me. OR...if anyone knows someone that suddenly has two nice, used blinds that did not come from a store OR happened to see some deer blinds in the back of a truck after midnight Thursday rolling down the road, etc...we would appreciate any tips along those lines too.
Turtle Blind
Lick Creek blind
