Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire While away hunting, some low life scum sucking meth head stole my ATV!!!

That's just about a guarantee!

If given the chance, I'll spray paint them to cover up the bruises and scrapes. Then I'll sand blast it off and start over again...

LMAO... Ensure the air pressure's up to 150 or so..

Keys were not in it.

Keys were with me in Missouri.

Trust me, to crank a 4-wheeler a thug can steal it faster than I can crank it with the key.

Yet I've alerted all the parts houses for someone getting parts for my bike. They've got posters on the bike with all the info.

That does suck for sure. I hope you get it back. One question though.....Why do you hunt with your cell phone on?? I usually have mine with me but never have it on while actually hunting. Maybe it's just me but hunting with your phone on just don't seem right.

The two things I despise most in life is a thief and a liar.

Report it to your Honda Dealer with the information listed in the original post and have him put it on Honda's National Stolen Equipment or vehicle list. If whoever stole it or sells it to takes it to a Honda Dealer for service or repairs Honda will impound it and there's a chance you might get it back and the person who had possession of it will have to explain to the authorities how they gained possession of the Honda.

Honda maintains a National Hot List of all Equipment that is reported stolen or reported missing by the owner. I went through this this spring when someone decided they liked my Honda EU-2000 Generator more than I did, my Honda Dealer told me of the list and reported it missing to Honda and had it put on that list.

Report it to your Honda Dealer with the information listed in the original post and have him put it on Honda's National Stolen Equipment or vehicle list. If whoever stole it or sells it to takes it to a Honda Dealer for service or repairs Honda will impound it and there's a chance you might get it back and the person who had possession of it will have to explain to the authorities how they gained possession of the Honda.

Honda maintains a National Hot List of all Equipment that is reported stolen or reported missing by the owner. I went through this this spring when someone decided they liked my Honda EU-2000 Generator more than I did, my Honda Dealer told me of the list and reported it missing to Honda and had it put on that list.

W7ACT - "I went through this this spring when someone decided they liked my Honda EU-2000 Generator more than I did..."

We don't have registration in Georgia or our 3 mile down the road neighboring state Alabama.

But I bet they never dreamed of robbing someone who would get the word out so fast and work so hard to get it back. The heat has been on them since the night they drove it off.

By now they've probably chopped it up and sold off the parts but that won't keep me from locating those responsible and bringing to them their justice.

ATVs are the meal ticket for alot of these dope heads around the Southeast. Buying one puts a bullseye on your back where I live.

Sorry to hear that. If a report was taken, it'll be entered into NCIC. I watch four-wheelers heavily, if i get close enough to one, that i even suspect might be stolen, VIN numbers are going to be ran. I'm not going to tell you, that it'll be recovered, but in 13 years i've seen some recovered that i never thought, we'ld ever recover.

I don't know your local S.O., but if the investigators have any snitches, that's who'll be a big help in finding it, if it was indeed was taken by drug users. For those of you, who don't believe it, i've seen folks hotwire a four-wheeler very quickly. We've set up a four-wheeler in a yard with a "For Sale" signs on it. We'ld drain the fuel out of the main and reserve tanks, leaving just enough to start it and run a short distance. That in areas that four-wheelers are being stolen, we'ld set up and wait. We had LEO's on dirt bikes to give chase. Normally those stealing them have stolen many, you can clear alot of cases, when you catch one of them.

County Crime Expanding



George Moscone once said, �Crime is an overhead you have to pay if you want to live in the city.� He was referring to San Francisco, California, not to the rural roots of a sleepy little county in west Georgia known as Haralson. There was a time when people from Tallapoosa to Steadman, from Buncombe to Bremen and from Waco to Buchanan didn�t bother to lock there doors, no one knew of any alarm systems besides maybe the ones at a bank and you never thought that if you left something in your yard that it wouldn�t be there when you returned. Well, times have certainly changed have they not? Our doors are now dead bolted with advanced security systems, our outside belongings are cabled down with huge locks behind well fastened gates and our nightly sleep comes only if we are well within reach of our most trusted shotgun. So where did things go wrong and can we turn our communities back into the sweet southern comfort we all used to know? I write to each of you only days after my 2nd ATV, many refer to them as 4-wheelers, was stolen. From inside a double gated, alarmed enclosure. I�m still wrought into a twisted emotional state fueled by resentment and dismay. Immediately we, the victims, begin to point fingers and the blame game begins but who truly is to blame? Law Enforcement? Judges? Prosecutors? No, we all are! Sadly, if there were not market for stolen goods then there would be no stealing beyond that of what someone may take for their own personal use. Trust me when I tell you all that the theft problems we are experiencing in our county is not heavily in favor of the usage for self interest but more so to fuel drug habits, lack of employment and an inexcusable ignorance that has become less frowned upon with time. Couple that with the attitude of you do your thing I�ll do mine, we�ve allowed crime to go unchecked at the excuse of it�s not my problem but theirs. If the people of this great county are to take their sanctuary back, then it must start with each of us and our households upholding a greater moral code of conduct. Each of us should strive to serve our communities by protecting what�s ours, yours and theirs. Silence can not be our native tongue when we know of crimes committed but rather honor in knowing that through doing what is just we will have stopped future collateral damages from occurring. We can not beat this issue after it has occurred, but we can prevent it if each of us adjusts our outlook. I�m proud to live in Haralson County and I issue the call out to everyone who reads this to start with your family, friends and acquaintances to spread the self-confidence of standing up to crime and its sin. We can change our lives, our households, our communities and our county but it�s going to take a change of heart, backbone and guidance from almighty God to get our lives out from hiding behind bars by putting criminals in cells behind them. And as for Law Enforcement, Commissioners, District Attorneys and Judges, be on notice that the citizens of this county will no longer put up with lax, inept and thwarted measures of making crime not pay. You want our vote, earn it! Its due time our county becomes very well known as extremely tough on crime and hard nosed on those who commit it. Together we can all make a difference�

Honorable Sheriff Mixon,

Frequently in the hustle and bustle of today�s fast paced world, we all to often find ourselves plenty capable of the time to complain as we witness failures yet reluctant to give praise when someone goes the extra mile to do their job.
Tuesday, November 16th crime struck the Beech Creek Road area yet again and this time it was my personal ATV that was the target of mayhem. The thieves made away with not only my hunting and farm equipment, but also one of my children�s favorite toys they simply referred to as their �wheeler.� This theft adds to a long line of items stolen from our community including a truck, other atvs, home burglary, pressure washers, etc. Seems that it never fails that if in the week of a full moon, where the chemistry of rough, rainy weather combines, our belongings around our homes are in the sights of thugs that prey on us hard working folks. Generally speaking of law enforcement, a report is written and maybe we see an extra patrol car or two come through the following few days. Past that, our loss is taken upon our shoulders and we are left to wonder when we�ll be hit next.
Yet, this particular time was slightly different. It all started off pretty much par for course. Report taken, chase given, nothing really coming from it but then Investigator Bernie Reece joined in on the case. Now, even though my atv hasn�t been recovered, I must admit that Officer Reece has gone well above the call of duty to work with me and has shown brilliant regard to work this assignment with exemplary professional conduct. Prior to Officer Reece�s addition to this case, I had lost all hope in our law enforcement of the area to be able to provide any assistance beyond writing a brief incident report for insurance purposes, but my confidence and hope has been restored solely through my interactions with this man of uniform.
I could write on for several more pages as to the great impressions left upon me from Officer Reece, but the one that tops them all is around 9pm on Thanksgiving night I received a tip. Without hesitation, Officer Reece responded, on what I think was his day off, and stayed out running down this tip until 2am in the morning. Though his job requires a lot of him, he gives it way more than it requires and for that my family and I are thankful!
We still remain hopeful of a recovery of our goods, but it�s more about stopping the onslaught of theft that continues to ravage our community and strike fear into our homes. What once was an open door neighborhood has now taken on a behind the scenes militarized atmosphere where good, honest, diligent citizens are fed up with a history of crime on our area and fingers are always on the safety ready at a moments notice to legally protect our ground.
With the help of officers like Bernie Reece, I feel we are well on our way to making it a reality again of having an open door policy around our residence. I�m sure you have other great officers of which I haven�t had the chance to meet, but We, our county, needs more Reece inspired officers and that�s just a solid fact. You would do well to equip your staff with a dozen more, half as good as Bernie, officers to see a major upturn of public opinion.

God Bless�



Andy M. Johnson

The two things I despise most in life is a thief and a liar.