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Obscure Stolen Property Revealed

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So your incident report describes the theft of a very expensive Vermeer CS418 Core Drill from a local construction site. What in the world is that? What should you tell officers to be on the lookout for?

There's a deceptively easy solution: Google it and you are likely to find a bunch of images that will answer your question, and provide your officers with a clear idea of what this bad boy looks like, in the event they see it leaving town.

There's a picture of just about everything on the web. You can find a photo of the odd and obscure, right click it, copy, and paste it into your bulletin or email. Or just satisfy your own insatiable appetite as a crime analyst to know!

Author: Tom Casady
Updated 9/21/2005

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