Keep a eye out for this Jeep stolen from the Marysville area
MARYSVILLE, Wash. http://www.komonews.com/news/local/T...284825831.html- After surviving a tour of duty in Somalia, Army veteran Clarence Gilbert is on guard in another way.

Detectives say someone stole a vintage Jeep from Gilbert's Marysville driveway early Thursday morning while the father of two was asleep. The former military man is now searching for the car, a family heirloom, while deputies try to hunt down the suspect.

"Some people, they pass down different family heirlooms - it could be a necklace, something like that," Gilbert said, "whereas we pass down the Jeep."

Gilbert's father, Gary, also an Army veteran, purchased the 1982 Jeep when it was new. Gary drove it until his son finished serving overseas in the early 1990s.

"It's part of you. It really is. I stripped it down, built the motor," Gilbert said. "To (the thieves) it's another valuable item. There's sentimental value, but there's no monetary value."

Investigators with the Snohomish County Auto Theft Task Force shared photos of the stolen Jeep on their newly-established Twitter feed, hoping to spread the word on social media. The car is tan in color with a black hard top and special license plates given to military veterans.

"A Jeep on a trailer is a fairly uncommon event in auto theft. It happens, but not very often," said Det. Terry Haldeman with the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office. "When they steal these things, they're looking for those parts. It's chopping of the vehicles."

Haldeman believes the suspects likely knew what they were looking for. The Jeep was on a locked flatbed trailer and wouldn've needed a large car to be towed away.

"Hopefully getting it out on social media and getting that picture out there, it'll have the general public say, 'I saw something,'" Haldeman added. "(The Gilberts') service is awesome, and no one should be a victim of auto theft."

Gilbert was planning to use the Jeep for a holiday toy drive this weekend in Mount Vernon. He said his father, who is in his 70s, had a difficult time handling the news of the theft.

"He had to sit down," Gilbert said. "He was pretty dumbfounded at first."

 

That sucks. Will keep an eye out.

 

This was recovered yesterday.
Apparently they arrested a suspect in a multi car burglary in Burlington. He talked, and mentioned the Jeep. The lead investigator on the case stepped in and got the info out of him as to where it was. And the rest is history....

The Jeep is 100%. They didn't try to take anything apart. I drove it home.

 

That's awesome! I am really really glad you got it back!

 

I apologize if my post made it sound like it was mine.

This jeep belongs to a member from an off road forum that I frequent and also lives near me.

I don't think he will be leaving his jeep on the trailer anymore, I believe if thieves want it they will steal it but at least don't make it easy for them

 

wohoo awsome

 

Not really. Washington State has that stupid catch and release.
Most just get a slap and they go right back to it.

They make the sex-offenders register they need to do the same
to people that steal cars and do house break and entry.

Also it should not depend on age.


Sean