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CBS News
16 hours ago
- CBS News
Colorado man reunited with gift from late wife decades after it was stolen
One Colorado man thought a precious gift from his late wife was gone for good. That is, until it was discovered decades later in North Dakota. In 1981, a rifle belonging to a man named Jerry was stolen from his home in Commerce City during a burglary. It was a gift from his wife, who has since died, and he was sure he'd never see the rifle again. But the Commerce City Police Department said they never forgot about the case. Last week, the gun was flagged when someone attempted to pawn it in North Dakota. Commerce City PD's evidence tech Cara, worked to worked to ship the rifle back to its rightful owner. She happily reunited Jerry with his rifle on Friday. "We couldn't get back everything that was stolen on that day in 1981... but this rifle is one step closer to making Jerry whole," the police department said in a Facebook post.
BBC News
a day ago
- BBC News
Missing caravan found in Banbury six years after Hampshire theft
A caravan that was stolen in Hampshire in 2019 has been found in Oxfordshire, police have Valley Police Rural Crime Taskforce said officers had noticed a Swift Quattro "tucked away" near Banbury train station on closer inspection, they managed to identify the vehicle despite the serial numbers having been altered and other distinguishing features force said the caravan had been seized and would be returned to its rightful owners. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
CTV News
3 days ago
- Automotive
- CTV News
A Michigan autoworker's wallet is found under a hood in Minnesota - 151,000 miles later
Richard Guilford poses for a portrait with an ID card from his recently recovered wallet that he lost 11 years ago Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in Petersburg, Mich. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun) PETERSBURG, Mich. — A retired Michigan autoworker looked at a Facebook message after midnight from a stranger: Did you lose your wallet years ago? 'If so,' a Minnesota man wrote, 'it was in the engine bay of a car.' Richard Guilford couldn't believe what he was reading on his phone — a decade-old mystery was remarkably solved. Guilford's tri-fold leather wallet — stuffed with US$15, a driver's license, work ID, gift cards worth $275 and lottery tickets — had turned up under the hood of a car in a repair shop in Lake Crystal, Minnesota. A Christmas gift from Guilford's sons was suddenly a family treasure again. 'Big Red,' as he was affectionately known at Ford Motor, was in awe. 'It restores your faith in humanity that people will say, 'Hey, you lost this, I found this, I'm going to get it back to you',' Guilford said Thursday. The wallet was discovered in June by mechanic Chad Volk, sandwiched between the transmission and the air filter box of a 2015 Ford Edge with 151,000 miles on it. 'Crazy,' Volk said. The filter box wouldn't snap in place after a repair, he said, 'so I messed around a little bit and then pulled it back out and the wallet was sitting on a little ledge where it needed to snap down. I pulled the wallet out and that's what it was.' Turn back the calendar to 2014, around Christmas. Guilford was working on the same car at a Ford factory in Wayne, Michigan. It was in a long line of new vehicles assembled elsewhere that needed extra electrical work before being shipped to dealers. Guilford realized later that his wallet had fallen out of his shirt pocket. He was certain he had lost it in a car, but figured it was on the floor of a Ford Flex, not an Edge, and certainly not in the engine. Guilford said he searched 30 to 40 cars, and his co-workers looked at dozens more, 'just opening the doors up, looking under the seats, looking behind it.' 'I can't take too much time to look for this because I gotta work. I'm on the clock,' he recalled feeling. 'No luck. Life went on.' Guilford, now 56 and living in Petersburg, Michigan, retired from Ford in 2024 after nearly 35 years. He had put the wallet out of his mind long ago, until getting the message in Facebook, where his profile said he had worked at Ford. Volk messaged a photo of the wallet and included the driver's license. 'Big Red' saw a younger version of himself with his red-tinged beard. 'The amazing part to me was it was so protected,' Guilford said of the wallet as he also traced the car's history. 'Think about this: 11 years, rain, snow. It was in Minnesota, for crying out loud. It was in Arizona when it was bought. Think about how hot a transmission gets in Arizona driving down the road. That's incredible.' Cabela's, an outdoor retailer, said the $250 in gift cards remain valid, but it has offered to give him new cards anyway. Guilford doesn't know the status of a $25 card from Outback Steakhouse. The numbers on the lottery tickets faded long ago. 'I'm going to put everything back in it and leave it just like it is, and it's gonna sit at the house in the china cabinet and that's for my kids,' said Guilford, a part-time auctioneer. 'They can tell my great-grandkids about it. We're big into stories. I like tellin' stories. That's just who I am.' ___ Vancleave reported from Lake Crystal, Minnesota. Ed White And Mark Vancleave, The Associated Press
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Yahoo
Stolen Missouri Corvette Recovered, But Investigation Raises New Questions
⚡️ Read the full article on Motorious A stolen 2018 Corvette Grand Sport was recovered in Missouri, but investigators say the case may be tied to drug trafficking. A 2018 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport stolen from a Kansas City neighborhood has been recovered, though authorities say the case is far from closed. The Blade Silver sports car was located by the Missouri State Highway Patrol inside a garage at Precision Touch Auto Sales in Independence. Investigators say the recovery was made possible not through the factory OnStar system, but via an aftermarket tracking device that traced the Corvette's movements from the owner's home in the Waldo neighborhood to the business off Highway 40. 'Now that we've located this vehicle, we can kind of retrace the vehicle's steps,' said Cpl. Justin Ewing of the Highway Patrol. The theft was the second attempt on the car in as many weeks. In April, suspects were chased off by a neighbor during the first incident, but not before they fired several rounds into nearby homes and vehicles. No injuries were reported, but the gunfire left residents shaken. 'They came back to the exact same place,' said Marlene Standley, whose home was struck multiple times in the earlier shooting. The second attempt proved successful. Neighbor Megan Hogan, who called 911 during the theft, said the suspects pointed firearms at the Corvette owner's home after the car alarm went off, then sped away. She estimated it took 15 minutes for police to arrive. Authorities have not released details on how the vehicle ended up at the Independence business. The ongoing investigation has already resulted in a significant drug seizure, leading police to suspect a link to drug trafficking. 'It's our goal in public safety to make sure we protect lives and property,' Ewing said. The suspects remain at large as law enforcement continues to piece together the events leading to the Corvette's recovery.
