how not to steal 34,000 lbs of once-fired cases

[taliv]

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/ar...1027011/Man+charged+with+selling+stolen+brass

took him over twenty trips. still, that's over 1000 lbs / trip.

if that was pistol brass, man, that's got to be like half a million cases or more

 

[InkEd]

So was Frenn the owner, just another guy in on the scam or both?

 

[mbogo]

Frenn was one of the thieves; he was not an owner of The Hunting Shack.

mbogo

 

[Bullnettles]

I don't recall seeing a smart criminal, but this takes the cake. A guy did this at our work not too long ago... only got parole

 

[Zombie_Flesh]

Sart Criminals

You never see the smart criminals, because they never make the news, just like you never see a REAL Ninja, because if you see them - they aren't real.

 

[wishin]

Wow. A $30,000 part-time job, tax free! Too bad it's not felony free...

 

[Alec]

There are plenty of smart criminals. You don't hear about them for that reason.

EDIT: Looks like someone beat me to it

 

[Buck Snort]

This intellectual giant actually deposited the proceeds of his misdeeds into his checking account!!

 

[iiibdsiil]

If they hadn't been greedy they could have probably funded plenty fun purchases without any suspicion.

 

[jerkface11]

Am I missing WHY they had tons of spent cases lying around?

 

[Murphy4570]

Seems that the scrapyard loved the guy. Those folk are usually darned shady in their own right.

 

[evan price]

I haven't been anywhere near Montana recently. :lol:

 

[InkEd]

Just because you have an old pick-up truck full of copper pipes and the house across the street is leaking water from the crawl space doesn't mean there's any thing sketchy.

Oh wait......

 

[cleardiddion]

I'll have to ask my girlfriend's sister about this, she attends Montana State. Probably big news up there with all the 10 people that are in town

 

[788Ham]

What a hammerhead! Not like brass casings are the normal, everyday item to be brought into the recycling yard, day after day.:banghead: Maybe when he gets out of jail, he'll be "primed" and ready to go. LOL

 

[JTHunter]

Maybe when he gets out of jail, he'll be "primed" and ready to go.

OOooo - - BAAAD!!!

 

[41magsnub]

I live in Missoula and am fairly plugged in around here.. there is not much more around than is in the article in the OP.

 

[shotgunjoel]

Why would he take the cases to be scrapped, he could have gotten way more money selling them online to reloaders. That's the true stupidity.

 

[theken206]

Real smart cookie lol

 

[searcher451]

To lug all of that brass around, this guy must have worn a mask and a cape -- right up until the moment when he was caught.