ATTENTION !! 2 BOATS STOLEN FROM LONG BEACH

LB247XS · Jun 30, 2016

Inmates be on the look out for these 2 boats TODD KELM from GRETCHENS AUTO had these stolen last night plz call the police if seen

LB247XS · Jun 30, 2016

Unfortunately I can't download the second picture of the white 34 foot Magic with the on it and it says "PURE MAGIC"up on the side of the cockpit of the boat

charlyox · Jun 30, 2016

That SUX. I hate thieves.

C-2 · Jun 30, 2016

LB247XS said:
Unfortunately I can't download the second picture of the white 34 foot Magic with the on it and it says "PURE MAGIC"up on the side of the cockpit of the boat

Post the link it would be great to get pics of both boats.

A family members stolen fishing boat was recovered in days after sharing on Facebook. I'm working on a FB post now....

skiracr · Jun 30, 2016

I was skiing behind that boat in the picture. It was two years ago and we won our class. Fuck thieves! Todd is a great guy and pours his heart and soul into his boats to be race ready all the time. One of his boats is consistently in the water every weekend. I don't understand why shit like this happens to good people. [emoji35] [emoji107]

LB247XS · Jun 30, 2016

C-2 said:
Post the link it would be great to get pics of both boats.

A family members stolen fishing boat was recovered in days after sharing on Facebook. I'm working on a FB post now....

I j us shared it on my FACEBOOK as well

Bails · Jun 30, 2016

Were they taken from the shop? I live right down the street from there.

HgH Vltg · Jun 30, 2016

I always wonder, to steal such unique, branded boats, sure seems like a huge risk.

Hope they are caught, quickly.

C-2 · Jun 30, 2016

LB247XS said:
I j us shared it on my FACEBOOK as well

Cool, me too.

LB247XS · Jun 30, 2016

Bails said:
Were they taken from the shop? I live right down the street from there.

Yes they were

Miller92672 · Jun 30, 2016

Man that sucks! I too live down the street from there shop. I was always amazed that they left the boats and customer vehicles outside over night. When you do that you are almost asking to have things stolen. Good luck on the recovery effort, I hope they get the basters

rivergames · Jun 30, 2016

Saw both of them on FB. Here is the 2nd boat stolen

C-2 · Jun 30, 2016

15 FB shares so far :thumbsup

Bumpity bump

AuggieBenDoggie · Jun 30, 2016

Yeah but our 5th district rep will tell you that Crime in east LB isn't going up.

I'll share this ASAP

funk · Jun 30, 2016

C-2 said:
15 FB shares so far :thumbsup

Bumpity bump

I too am right down the street from their shop. I just shared on FB. Hoping they find the boats.

Maybe we need to set up a LB RDP gathering since 5-10 have all said they live in the area??:drink

Miller92672 · Jun 30, 2016

funk said:
I too am right down the street from their shop. I just shared on FB. Hoping they find the boats.

Maybe we need to set up a LB RDP gathering since 5-10 have all said they live in the area??:drink

I'm always up for Joe's or Tracy's

Bails · Jul 1, 2016

Miller92672 said:
I'm always up for Joe's or Tracy's

How about Poor Richards so I can walk home. :cool

I guess uber works from Joe Jost's

AuggieBenDoggie · Jul 1, 2016

Bails said:
How about Poor Richards so I can walk home. :cool

I guess uber works from Joe Jost's

Good call. I can walk home too.

boatnam2 · Jul 1, 2016

Not surprised place has turned into a boat storage and is pretty easy pickens.

Ragged Edge · Jul 1, 2016

Well this fuckin sucks, hope they find the thieves and hang up by their balls.

COCA COLA COWBOY · Jul 1, 2016

Long Beach!!! It'll probably have a green and black paint job on it shortly with some 26" wheels on the trailer with spinners!!!

Low brow · Jul 1, 2016

That sucks! I lived down the street too. hope the boat mech on bellflower watches out I see boats in the driveway and on the street

NicPaus · Jul 1, 2016

Low brow said:
That sucks! I lived down the street too. hope the boat mech on bellflower watches out I see boats in the driveway and on the street

Doing a job right by there saw a numbered boat go by earlier but was not one of these. Towed by a white duramax no prop on boat. He had 2 in the driveway yesterday.

BajaMike · Jul 1, 2016

Sucks! Hope they are not stripped and trashed by now.....engines and drives gone?

Classic Daycruiser · Jul 1, 2016

HgH Vltg said:
I always wonder, to steal such unique, branded boats, sure seems like a huge risk.

Hope they are caught, quickly.

Either they will be striped or driven down the coast into Mexico, very seldom do they show up in one piece.

d4l · Jul 1, 2016

Classic Daycruiser said:
Either they will be striped or driven down the coast into Mexico, very seldom do they show up in one piece.

Or even show up at all. Friend had a atleast over here rare Donzi model, one of a kind paintjob. Cut the fence, broke into the garage and just drove of. Quick job, no one saw or heard. And the boat is yet today no where to be found.

This is so much BS, leave others stuff alone.

Old Texan · Jul 1, 2016

Damn thieves......Such a waste for beautiful well maintained boats getting cut up and parted out for minimal returns to those assholes.:thumbsdown

Gotta hope for the best they are found intact somewhere soon.

funk · Jul 1, 2016

Bails said:
How about Poor Richards so I can walk home. :cool

I guess uber works from Joe Jost's

Tracy's, Broke Dicks, Joe's.... I frequent them all!! :champagne::champagne:

SOCALCRICKETT · Jul 1, 2016

I'm guessing team Gretchen is out for CSR this year then?

funkcity · Jul 4, 2016

I FOUND YOUR MAGIC 34! "Pure Magic" #58
The boat is in Sylmar.
No engines or drives
No tags on the trailer
Boat is not trashed
I have photos
Contact me:
818-730-1369

RitcheyRch · Jul 4, 2016

Did you find it today? Where in Sylmar? the other one could be close.

funkcity said:
I FOUND YOUR MAGIC 34! "Pure Magic" #58
The boat is in Sylmar.
No engines or drives
No tags on the trailer
Boat is not trashed
I have photos
Contact me:
818-730-1369

FASTJTBT144 · Jul 4, 2016

RitcheyRch said:
Did you find it today? Where in Sylmar? the other one could be close.

Iam glad they found it and its not trashed
I hope they find the other one. Todd and his friends and family have really been showing great support in ski racing for many years now;

funkcity · Jul 4, 2016

FASTJTBT144 said:
Iam glad they found it and its not trashed
I hope they find the other one. Todd and his friends and family have really been showing great support in ski racing for many years now;

Nobody has called me yet.
I have not reported it to the police yet as they will just tow it. Todd may want to pick it up himself???
If you can PM me his cell phone # I'd be glad to contact him.
If I don't hear soon I'll report it.

RitcheyRch · Jul 4, 2016

try calling the shop (562) 430-3728 as they may have the phone forward to their cell phone

http://gretchensautomotive.com/Contact Us.html

funkcity said:
Nobody has called me yet.
I have not reported it to the police yet as they will just tow it. Todd may want to pick it up himself???
If you can PM me his cell phone # I'd be glad to contact him.
If I don't hear soon I'll report ti.

FASTJTBT144 · Jul 4, 2016

Iam making few calls myself

RitcheyRch · Jul 4, 2016

I just sent a PM to the owners wife, Michelle Balster Davison on Facebook along with this post.

FASTJTBT144 said:
Iam making few calls myself

Boat Werks · Jul 4, 2016

Nice work Funk City!!!!:thumbsup:beer

Kylemenz1 · Jul 5, 2016

Looks like a pretty professional job with the wrap over the identifying parts of the boat.

ShockwaveBobSquarePants · Jul 5, 2016

As much as you want to get your stuff back right away, if insurance is going to get involved you're going to want to call the police and let them know it's been found and not come tow it away.

RitcheyRch · Jul 5, 2016

Just sent a Facebook PM to Tony Scarlata who is friends with the owners wife. Hoping he can get in contact with the family.

Very true. I had a car stolen many years ago. A neighbor found it and called me. I went to the location of the car and called the police to let them know I had recovered the car. LAPD never came out but did take my information over the phone.

ShockwaveBobSquarePants said:
As much as you want to get your stuff back right away, if insurance is going to get involved you're going to want to call the police and let them know it's been found and not come tow it away.

LB247XS · Jul 5, 2016

I got a call from a buddy and got the word to TODD the owner he should be on his way to see his boat

funkcity · Jul 5, 2016

He has it now

RitcheyRch · Jul 5, 2016

Excellent news and I love happy endings.

LB247XS said:
I got a call from a buddy and got the word to TODD the owner he should be on his way to see his boat

funkcity said:
He has it now

boatpi · Jul 5, 2016

The only way you ever get these boats back like this in one piece is when the thieves switch the ID numbers on the boat other than that they're using stripped of the engines and driveS. Sorry to see the final outcome but if I did not chop it up insurance should make it right.

I urge everyone with a boat like this always GPS or Lojack hidden somewhere in your boat this boat could've been found for $10 a month GPS fee.

This is not a crime of opportunity it was well planned and executed.

As an interesting side note this is the second high horsepower go fast boat found stripped in Sylmar in last 2 years . Does anyone remember the "color of money".

wishiknew · Jul 5, 2016

funkcity said:
He has it now

Thank You !!!!

RiverDave · Jul 5, 2016

boatpi said:
The only way you ever get these boats back like this in one piece is when the thieves switch the ID numbers on the boat other than that they're using stripped of the engines and driveS. Sorry to see the final outcome but if I did not chop it up insurance should make it right.

I urge everyone with a boat like this always GPS or Lojack hidden somewhere in your boat this boat could've been found for $10 a month GPS fee.

This is not a crime of opportunity it was well planned and executed.

As an interesting side note this is the second high horsepower go fast boat found stripped in Sylmar in last 2 years . Does anyone remember the "color of money".

The Hallett vector??

LB247XS · Jul 13, 2016

just got a call the WARLOCK WAS FOUND and TODD is supposedly on his way back to LONG BEACH with it.i do not have any more info than this atleast the boats were found:thumbsup::thumbsup:thumbsup

LB247XS · Jul 15, 2016

RiverDave said:
The Hallett vector??

Wasn't that boat Rick Fuscardo's it was one of the baddest Vector ski race boats

Boat211 · Jul 15, 2016

LB247XS said:
Wasn't that boat Rick Fuscardo's it was one of the baddest Vector ski race boats

The Vector was "The New Color Of Money"

LB247XS · Jul 15, 2016

Boat211 said:
The Vector was "The New Color Of Money"

You're right it's been quite a while since I've seen that boat

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