Thread: Border Patrol Recovers Stolen CA Vehicle at Checkpoint

Border Patrol Agent Recovers Stolen Vehicle at Checkpoint

(Thursday, December 11, 2008)

Yuma, Ariz. – A Border Patrol agent recovered a stolen Toyota pick-up truck at an immigration checkpoint, earlier today.

At about 11:40 a.m., a Yuma Sector Border Patrol agent assigned to the checkpoint on Highway 95, south of Quartzite, Ariz., encountered a Toyota pick-up truck bearing no license plates. The vehicle was referred to the secondary inspection area for further investigation of the occupants’ immigration status.

Records checks conducted on the vehicle revealed that it had been reported stolen out of Santa Ana, Calif.

The two occupants of the vehicle were detained and turned over to the Department of Public Safety. The driver of the stolen pick up truck was charged with Theft of Means of Transportation; the passenger was released.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Contacts For This News Release

Yuma Sector
Public Affairs Office
Phone: (928) 341-6569

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/new ... 2008_4.xml

These guys are so bright that they drove into a Border Patrol Checkpoint with no license plates.

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

These guys are so bright that they drove into a Border Patrol Checkpoint with no license plates.

This is a lot more common than you would think. At least in AZ, it is.

We see it here all the time......mainly among IAs and the tweeker-crowd.

They view it as a matter of odds. With the amount of traffic on the roads, too few police officers, and other factors, unless an officer pulls up right behind them, or they do something else wrong and happen to be seen by LE, they really have nothing to worry about 99% of the time.

Nice, huh?

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

These guys are so bright that they drove into a Border Patrol Checkpoint with no license plates.

LOL. It is almost guaranteed to get you pulled over at the border. So you are the border patrol guy right?.....and you have to pick out vehicles to stop right?.....and so here comes one WITH NO PLATES. Who do you stop?