A thief swiped 47 batteries from cars and trucks parked in the Lynnmour area of North Vancouver.
A Surrey man had his pickup truck seized after he was convicted of stealing car batteries out of parked vehicles.
Last August, a thief swiped 47 batteries from cars and trucks parked in the Lynnmour area of North Vancouver. North Vancouver RCMP later learned that similar thefts were also being carried out in Burnaby, Surrey and Richmond. “During one of the thefts, a worker was sleeping in the company truck while it was parked overnight at the business,” said Sgt. Peter DeVries, spokesperson for the North Vancouver RCMP. “He woke up when he heard banging noises, and when he went out to see what it was, the suspect took off with a number of batteries in the back of his truck.”
Using security footage, investigators were able to identify a suspect, who they later caught red-handed stealing batteries while he was under police surveillance.The case was also referred to the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office, who obtained a court ruling transferring ownership of Burgess’ 2005 GMC Canyon truck, which he used while committing the offences. The province of B.C. plans to sell the truck at an auction.
“All the work he put into stealing a bunch of used batteries cost him his truck,” said DeVries. “He might consider putting all that energy to better use.”
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