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FedEx workers charged with stealing 146 guns
Report here. They were selling so many stolen guns on the street that locals complained. I find it surprising that police then had to set up a sting to catch them. I'd have thought FedEx would have a little more security, i,e,, security cams inside), or at least a system where workers could carry seventy boxes shotguns out to the parking lot.
UPDATE: link fixed. I'd cut and pasted it from the original, and it worked when first tested. Maybe they changed the page?...
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Mr. Hardy-
Just letting you know you have an html error in your link.
Posted by: Tactical Buddhist at August 14, 2008 10:40 AM
Try this -
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/fedex_employee_charged_with_st.html
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2008 10:55 AM
Something similar (not firearms related) happened to me with UPS. Got the runaround from the shipper. Called UPS warehouse, nope, not here not even in the warehouse.
Called UPS after it being three days late.
UPS: Gotta call the shipper.
Me: "Those guys are idiots, I'm done with them. My next call is going to be to the FBI to allege theft of interstate transported goods."
UPS: "You know what, let me call the shipper, it's OUR fault it's lost after all" (Hold)
UPS: "The shipper is sending a new one from North Carolina!"
Miraculously, it showed up the next day. It had been 'found'.
The magic words are "theft of interstate transported goods" and "FBI".
Posted by: Jim D. at August 14, 2008 11:04 AM
The inability of UPS and FedEx to control handgun theft by their EMPLOYEES is the reason they make shippers use next-day air (the MOST expensive service, BTW). Given that they make more money from shippers, they don't have any incentive to stop the thefts. Someone should sue them for negligence in securing the goods entrusted to them.
Posted by: 30yearProf at August 14, 2008 11:56 AM
I was going to say exactly what 30YEARPROF said. It is about freaking time somebody cracked down on this.
Posted by: Letalis Maximus, Esq. at August 14, 2008 06:41 PM
Most of the thieves aren't fired, just promoted to management, according to a FedEx source who wishes anonymity. Their theory is they will stop stealing....Yea, right!
Posted by: oneleg at August 15, 2008 07:18 AM
Jim D.
The same thing happened to me. The tracking showed it had been put on the truck but was never scanned off. I called the warehouse and they gave me the runaround, telling me to just file a lost package claim. The shipper called and threatened to call the BATFE. Five minutes later, they called back. They had also 'found' it. Amazing.
Posted by: thirdpower at August 15, 2008 09:36 AM
"This is a huge number of guns. Our primary goal is to find out where the remaining guns are. We want them in our custody. We don't want them in the hands of criminals or gang members," said special agent Joseph Green,
I guess it would be too much to ask that they be returned to their rightful owners. Every time I read these stories of police holding on to stolen weapons, they're often casually denying honest citizens property worth thousands of dollars.
Posted by: ben at August 16, 2008 11:55 AM
Does anyone else think the labeling of packages to show everyone there is a firearm inside may not be such a good idea?
Posted by: Tom at August 18, 2008 08:00 PM
Only a fool would mark a package on the outside as having a firearm in it. Would you mark a package containing diamonds and expect it not to be stolen? I didn't think so.
Posted by: Jim K at August 20, 2008 10:16 AM
Jim,
This is kinda like the same reason we have concealed carry permits. It's not a good idea for everybody to know where the firearm is.
Posted by: Tom at August 26, 2008 06:40 PM