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Freeway Sweeper Swiped
Orange County Register ^ | February 1, 2007 | Kimberly Edds

Posted on 02/01/2007 9:19:38 AM PST by CAWats

Freeway Sweeper Swiped CHP officials puzzled by overnight theft of large vehicle from Anaheim Caltrans lot. By Kimberly Edds The Orange County Register ANAHEIM – A freeway sweeper disappeared from a Caltrans yard overnight and the theft has authorities scratching their heads. "Strange things have disappeared over the years," said officer Denise Quesada of the California Highway Patrol. "But the bigger question is, why?" The sweeper, used to clear litter off freeways and keep it out of storm drains, was taken from the California Department of Transportation lot at Brookhurst Street and the Riverside (91) Freeway sometime after workers left for the day Wednesday, Quesada said. CHP officers are at the lot trying to figure out how someone managed to make off with the massive sweeper – and where it is now.

(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: freeper; keeper; sweeper; weeper

1 posted on 02/01/2007 9:19:39 AM PST by CAWats
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To: CAWats

"You idiots! When I told you to get your hands on a streetsweeper, I meant one of those guns.

"You guys must be the dumbest bunch of Crips around!


2 posted on 02/01/2007 9:22:20 AM PST by proxy_user
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To: CAWats

Wasn't me.


3 posted on 02/01/2007 9:22:53 AM PST by SIDENET (Everybody was kung-fu fighting)
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To: proxy_user

LOL!


4 posted on 02/01/2007 9:24:07 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: proxy_user
Freeway Sweeper Swiped

Try saying that 10 times fast.

5 posted on 02/01/2007 9:25:06 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: CAWats

Is there a black-market for these??


6 posted on 02/01/2007 9:26:30 AM PST by Egon ("If all your friends were named Cliff, would you jump off them??" - Hugh Neutron)
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To: proxy_user


7 posted on 02/01/2007 9:26:54 AM PST by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: CAWats
Freeway Sweeper Swiped

That must have been one hell of a getaway. Too bad it wasn't picked up by helicopter cameras; I mean, if you thought OJ was driving that Bronco slow, this would have been a whole lot better. It's going to be fun trying to take that thing to a chop shop, though.

8 posted on 02/01/2007 9:29:23 AM PST by xJones
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To: CAWats

It's now being used as a replacement for a stolen Zamboni in a local ice rink.


9 posted on 02/01/2007 9:35:02 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: CAWats

I imagine the FBI and Homeland Security is thinking other things. I hope.


10 posted on 02/01/2007 9:37:27 AM PST by SoCalRight
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To: SIDENET
Wasn't me.

Else the title would have been 'Freeper Swipes Freeway Sweeper.'
11 posted on 02/01/2007 9:41:33 AM PST by posterchild
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To: CAWats; Egon
Psssssst..... Officer Quesada check E-bay ...

(this it???)

12 posted on 02/01/2007 9:42:25 AM PST by GoldCountryRedneck ("Idiocy - Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers" - despair.com)
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To: GoldCountryRedneck

Hah! That's funny.

I sure wouldn't want to be the guy responsible for driving it all the way to Montana!


13 posted on 02/01/2007 9:47:16 AM PST by Egon ("If all your friends were named Cliff, would you jump off them??" - Hugh Neutron)
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To: CAWats

"But the bigger question is, why?

To those who ask "why", I ask in return, "why not"?


14 posted on 02/01/2007 10:30:30 AM PST by oblomov (Progress is precisely that which the rules and regulations did not foresee. - von Mises)
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To: CAWats

Ok, for posting this article you have to say "Freeper Sweeper Swiped" 10X fast...


15 posted on 02/01/2007 10:57:17 AM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: posterchild

"Freeper Swipes Sweeper"?


16 posted on 02/01/2007 2:20:52 PM PST by SIDENET (Everybody was kung-fu fighting)
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To: SIDENET

"Freeper Swipes Freeway Sweeper"


17 posted on 02/01/2007 4:49:07 PM PST by xJones
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To: xJones

They're going to use it for the carpets at John Edwards new mansion........


18 posted on 02/01/2007 4:56:11 PM PST by nascarnation
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They're going to use it for the carpets at John Edwards new mansion........

LOL, except that a freeway sweeper would probably be a little too classy for the Edwards. After all, they can use the old tried and true hillbilly method and let pigs run loose through the house to eat the spare garbage. :)

19 posted on 02/02/2007 5:35:37 AM PST by xJones
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