Groshyubcha
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- First Name
- Taras
- Joined
- Aug 19, 2023
- Threads
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- Location
- Gladwyne, PA
- Vehicles
- R1S + Land Rover Defender Trek Edition
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Good day!
My family and I love our R1S (Mongo). As I mentioned previously, it has replaced our Defender 110 Trek Edition. We have been in sand dunes, mud bogs, climbed rocks and roots, and even pulled out a Lexus ES350 out of a cornfield covered in 10” of snow.
My wife and load up 3 children, a jogging stroller, 2 children’s bikes (hitch) and the dogs into the R1S and head out to a local trail. The kids and Doberman ride+run up ahead and hit the single track, while my wife and I run with the stroller and pitbull along the crushed gravel.
After about 60 minutes we come back to find the rear passenger driver’s side window smashed in. Immediately, we are hit with disbelief. I jump in the car and review the gear guard video; and there he is (pictured). Very smooth operator, pulled up next to the R1S, walked up to the rear passenger window, pressed on the bottom portion of the window with a screwdriver, and fractured the glass, without setting off the alarm. He pushed the remainder of the glass in and then jumped into the car, only to emerge with nothing! (Bc living in Philadelphia suburbs we know never to leave anything out). He walked off, and we are now left with approx a $4000 bill! While waiting for parts, saran/plastic wrap, clear tape, gorilla tape layered on (not on paint).
Armed with this precious data, I reached out to all the local news stations! 6ABC picked it up, interviewed me, broadcast it, and within 24 hours a neighboring districts police officer reached out telling me he think he knows the culprit! Apparently the individual is already standing trial this summer for similar break-ins a few miles away. Additionally, in 2018 6ABC did a story about the guy, as he was compulsively breaking into vehicles in the same area while pretending to operate a drone (story below).
What the police now have is actual video of the suspect! Since he was notorious in the area, hopefully things will settle out a bit, and 1 less person is discouraged from vandalism.
Concerns:
1) why did the alarm not go off when he broke the window? Shouldn’t there be some sensors to detect this?
Thanks!
https://6abc.com/philadelphia-news-burglaries-car-break-ins-fairmount-park/3606638/
https://6abc.com/car-break-in-belmont-plateau-philadelphia-police-window-smashed/14330726/
My family and I love our R1S (Mongo). As I mentioned previously, it has replaced our Defender 110 Trek Edition. We have been in sand dunes, mud bogs, climbed rocks and roots, and even pulled out a Lexus ES350 out of a cornfield covered in 10” of snow.
My wife and load up 3 children, a jogging stroller, 2 children’s bikes (hitch) and the dogs into the R1S and head out to a local trail. The kids and Doberman ride+run up ahead and hit the single track, while my wife and I run with the stroller and pitbull along the crushed gravel.
After about 60 minutes we come back to find the rear passenger driver’s side window smashed in. Immediately, we are hit with disbelief. I jump in the car and review the gear guard video; and there he is (pictured). Very smooth operator, pulled up next to the R1S, walked up to the rear passenger window, pressed on the bottom portion of the window with a screwdriver, and fractured the glass, without setting off the alarm. He pushed the remainder of the glass in and then jumped into the car, only to emerge with nothing! (Bc living in Philadelphia suburbs we know never to leave anything out). He walked off, and we are now left with approx a $4000 bill! While waiting for parts, saran/plastic wrap, clear tape, gorilla tape layered on (not on paint).
Armed with this precious data, I reached out to all the local news stations! 6ABC picked it up, interviewed me, broadcast it, and within 24 hours a neighboring districts police officer reached out telling me he think he knows the culprit! Apparently the individual is already standing trial this summer for similar break-ins a few miles away. Additionally, in 2018 6ABC did a story about the guy, as he was compulsively breaking into vehicles in the same area while pretending to operate a drone (story below).
What the police now have is actual video of the suspect! Since he was notorious in the area, hopefully things will settle out a bit, and 1 less person is discouraged from vandalism.
Concerns:
1) why did the alarm not go off when he broke the window? Shouldn’t there be some sensors to detect this?
Thanks!
https://6abc.com/philadelphia-news-burglaries-car-break-ins-fairmount-park/3606638/
https://6abc.com/car-break-in-belmont-plateau-philadelphia-police-window-smashed/14330726/
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