Train robberies are a part of New Mexico's history dating back to the time when outlaws controlled the west and a locomotive or stagecoach was easy bait, the KOB Web site reports.
In modern-day Valencia County, that's still happening.
Valencia County sheriff Rene Rivera reports within the past month, there have been several burglaries involving BNSF trains where thieves have plundered high-dollar items being stored inside train cars.
His investigators are working with the BNSF police on solving a rash of train burglaries that have happened throughout Valencia County recently.
In December, thieves managed to break the padlocks off the cars when the train stopped briefly and heisted big screen tv's, all-terrain vehicles, even toilet paper.
A similar string of thefts occurred about a year ago on BNSF trains, though robberies occurred in Arizona and California as well.
Back then, the thieves were using U-Haul trucks to load up the stolen loot.
BNSF officials say that in some cases, they were stealing from the trains while the trains were moving.
Deputies say the BNSF rail yard has many surveillance cameras on the property. Authorities will be looking through that video along with police to see if they can catch the people responsible for the burglaries.
So far, no suspects have been apprehended.
(This item was posted on the KOB Web site Jan. 14, 2010.)
In December, thieves managed to break the padlocks off the cars when the train stopped briefly and heisted big screen tv's, all-terrain vehicles, even toilet paper.
I remember the special agent in Everett would seek out the loaded reefer cars that just arrived and he would use a 32 penny nail and twist it around to the point where it became essentially a "padlock". I have no clue as to how the people recieving these reefers ever got the gawd damn car door opened.
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Interesting you bring up the drones Freddie. Notice on the first few episodes of the new season of "24" that CTU seems to be able to use the drones surveilance vids of the city to the point of reading the serial numbers on the dashboard of a city taxi cab. The movie "Enemy of the State" reveals a lot of what "they" can do these days from the sky. That movie must be 15 years old now.
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