Posted on 12/29/2021 10:36:24 AM PST by red-dawg
Hijackers seized a UPS big rig, kidnapping its driver and stealing an untold number of packages,
during a brazen heist Tuesday in Atlanta, authorities said.
The attack unfolded at about 3:30 a.m. EST when the UPS truck was stopped at a traffic light at Fulton Industrial Blvd NW
and Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway NW and a gunman got into the vehicle, police said.
That assailant then forced the UPS employee to drive to a secluded area near Hollowell and Bankhead Court NW where "the suspect, along with others,
tied the victim up and stole cargo from the tractor trailer," according to an Atlanta police statement.
It wasn't until the 18-wheeler was reported overdue that the company used GPS to track down the truck and found "the driver, un-injured,
inside the trailer" and called law enforcement at about 9:15 a.m., the police statement continued.
A representative of Atlanta-based UPS declined to say how much was stolen. But investigators told NBC affiliate WXIA-TV that less than a quarter of the load was taken.
Stacy Abrams fault....
Defund the police!
Driver is the #1 suspect...
Porch pirates are so yesterday. Now thieves are going wholesale snatching an entire big rig.
UPS=gun free zone.
Many owner operators that I know carry. High risk to target them.
You might be on to something there my friend.
If not him someone else in that ups loop
Not too dumb. They didn’t add murder to their charges if they get caught. Must not have been Amish doing the robbery.
Some entrepreneurial porch pirate is taking it to the next level.
If they hid the truck, and only took less than $1000 per day until the truck was empty, why then they would only get a slap on the wrist in California evidently. But they’d have 5o be meticulous, recording the exact figure they snatched each day. Gotta keep good books!
Chop shop for a Mack or Kenworth, and 48’ trailer, serious money.
5.56mm
Right out of the Sopranos.
Defund the police!
**Driver is the #1 suspect...**
Possible. I know I keep my doors locked during city driving. But if the truck has an automatic transmission, ‘popping’ the clutch to throw a crook off of the door steps, is not as easy. If the perp steps in front, while stopped, and he has a good aim, then the risk is certainly greater.
Was the truck stopped behind other traffic? That would have required drastic measures (such as veering left or right if possible). That’s why it’s best to not tailgate. You need room to maneuver).
Pretender tough guy.
Obama children rampaging again ?
And why not ? If they can empty out stores within minutes, what’s a little tiny truck.
Teens
Whenever we needed money, we robbed the airport!
This is probably one of the most dangerous areas of a very dangerous city. 40 years ago we knew not to go there in broad daylight. Just another day in the concrete jungle..
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