UPS trucks hijacked:::Porch pirates go Full Pirate

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by bhambulldog, Dec 6, 2019.

  1. bhambulldog

    bhambulldog 1955 76-RoadmasterRiviera

    With UPS trucks being hijacked, we can look for shipping costs to skyrocket.
    I expect delivery trucks will have to change to armoured cars (a la Brinks et Wells Fargo)

    https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/...r-robbery-and-kidnapping-in-center-point.html

    al.com Birmingham News
    Centerpoint Alabama
    “A UPS delivery driver was robbed and kidnapped Tuesday night in Center Point.

    The incident happened just before 8 p.m. (Nov 5) in the 300 block of Sunhill Road N.W., said Jefferson County sheriff’s Deputy Chief David Agee. The victim told authorities he was making a delivery when he was approached by a black male wearing a gray hoodie.

    The suspect then pulled a gun, demanded his keys and drove off with him in the back of the truck.”
     
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  2. bhambulldog

    bhambulldog 1955 76-RoadmasterRiviera

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-high-speed-chase-hijacked-ups-truck-gunfire

    FOX News
    Miramar Florida
    “A 27-year-old United Parcel Service driver and an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire were both killed Thursday after a pair of jewelry store heist suspects stole a UPS truck and took the driver hostage, leading South Florida police on a chaotic highway chase that came to a bloody end when cops and the boxed-in thieves exchanged a hail of gunfire.

    The deceased driver was identified by his stepfather Friday morning as Frank Ordonez, a father to two young daughters. The civilian, who was not immediately identified, was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, dying in an idling car that just happened to be in the vicinity when the shootout occurred. Both of the robbery suspects were also killed in the melee, and neither was identified as of Friday morning.

    Coral Gables police said the ordeal began with a robbery just after 4 p.m. at Regent Jewelers at 386 Miracle Mile. A woman was shot in the head at the jewelry store, though her condition wasn't immediately clear, Miami's WPLG-TV reported.

    The two robbers reportedly sped away from the scene of the crime, ditched their initial getaway car and then jumped into a nearby UPS truck, commandeering the delivery vehicle and holding the driver hostage.


    As the UPS truck cruised along Miramar Parkway, about 24 miles north of Coral Gables, dozens of police cars raced to pursue it -- meanwhile, rush-hour traffic in the area largely came to a standstill as terrified drivers waited for the brazen crooks and cops to pass.

    But it wasn't long before authorities boxed-in and surrounded the desperate thieves, bringing the dangerous chase to an end but setting off a gun battle.

    "This is what dangerous people do to get away," Coral Gables Police Chief Ed Hudak said, according to the Sun-Sentinel. "This is what people do to avoid capture."

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    Authorities have yet to say how each of the deaths on Thursday occurred and wouldn't speculate on if the bystander or kidnapped driver may have died as a result of friendly fire.”
     
  3. JohnnyGS

    JohnnyGS Well-Known Member

    i just saw on the news that its becoming easy picking. There was a person who had a porch video of a lady taking there parcels so after the 2nd time they stuff a box full of poope diapers. the accuses took it. i bet she was not happy when she open the box. she was found and charge.

    johnny
     
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  4. sriley531

    sriley531 Excommunicado

  5. JohnnyGS

    JohnnyGS Well-Known Member

    brilliant.

    johnny
     
  6. gsfred

    gsfred Founders Club Member

    Hijacking a truck is gonna get someone put in jail. However places like California have decriminalized thefts of less than 900 or so. Store owners are really losing big time. They will end up closing and those jobs/rents will be gone.
     
  7. Mr. Sunset

    Mr. Sunset Platinum Level Contributor

    never go full pirate, there no coming back from that.
     
  8. pbr400

    pbr400 68GS400



    Patrick
     
  9. 300sbb_overkill

    300sbb_overkill WWG1WGA. MAGA

    Yeah, and make sure to watch your tracking on your packages because there was a UPS driver caught going back to where he dropped of some more valuable packages And stealing them after he got out of work!

    Here's where I saw my good friend Kevin from Ohio report it;



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  10. sriley531

    sriley531 Excommunicado

    That fella shoulda stole himself a flowbee....
     
  11. John Codman

    John Codman Platinum Level Contributor

    I'm not sure that the handling of the UPS truck hijack by the Coral Gables police was their finest hour. Sure, they got the bad guys, but they also "got" two innocent people who would likely have survived if the cops weren't so aggressive. What did they think was going to happen when they started pouring bullets into the truck? I normally am a supporter of police, but going cowboy was not the appropriate response. Bottom line - four dead over a box truck full of packages. Not a great trade off.
     
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  12. dynaflow

    dynaflow shiftless...

    ...I'm surprised in their zeal, police didn't shoot one another. Anyone with a gun needs to be familiar with ballistic physics...o_O
     
  13. bigtorque5

    bigtorque5 Well-Known Member

    ppl need to wake up thugs with guns will kill you,its real,learn how to defend yourself!
     
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  14. 65Larkin

    65Larkin Well-Known Member

    I've never understood the American term 'friendly fire ' What the blazes is friendly about it.
    An old girlfriends grandad served in the Pacific in WWII. He said he saw more of his friends killed by US naval barrages than by the Japs
     
  15. squire001

    squire001 squire001


    Going “cowboy”.....?

    With all due respect......... that
    is asshat parlor speculation on your part.

    Lets wait till all the video is in and all the bodycams are analyzed.....ok?

    What are they supposed to do on an expressway Full of people....with two desperate thugs willing to kill everyone in their view....?

    Stifle it.....
     
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  16. John Codman

    John Codman Platinum Level Contributor

    Uhhh... Hold their fire?
     
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  17. 68Rivi_In_Cali

    68Rivi_In_Cali Well-Known Member

  18. bhambulldog

    bhambulldog 1955 76-RoadmasterRiviera

    I'm looking for them to arm the drier and put someone in the shot gun seat with a shotgun
     
  19. dynaflow

    dynaflow shiftless...

    ..."Overland Stage" rides again...
     
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  20. Storm1

    Storm1 Silver Level contributor

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