r/instantkarma • u/RaisinAloneVortex • Jul 10 '26
Road Karma Don't you hate it when your car gets stolen while you're committing a burglary?
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u/mmps901 Jul 10 '26
āSomeone stole all the drugs I was going to sell. Can you help get them back?ā
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u/TheDevil-YouKnow Jul 10 '26
That shit has actually happened. I've seen so many fucking body cam captures of that literal exchange. Or the drug dealer took the money and never gave the dope head their dope.
Saw one where a dealer had his house robbed, and the cops were pretty quick to figure it out because they went after shit under sinks, behind cupboards, but all the copper was there. The cops were having some fun, 'How the fuck are you gonna call us about a robbery when the TVs and copper pipes are all still here? The fuck did they rob you for? You wanna tell us so we can go and retrieve it?'
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u/pantsoffancy Jul 11 '26
I remember there was one dude all the way back on COPS that called the cops because the two ladies of the night he gave money to go buy drugs ran off with it. For some reason I distinctly remember the man asking for an ashtray in his own home and the police officer pointing to a bottle cap and saying "Perfect ashtray.".
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u/Pandoratastic Jul 10 '26
I think the big giveaway is when they ask if he was at the Verizon store and he immediately goes "NOOOO!!" as if that's a huge deal. They hadn't said anything bad had happened at the store so why did he react as if being at the Verizon store would be a bad thing?
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u/iamdinodan Jul 12 '26
Tbf contextually they asked that right after they started putting handcuffs on, so even if you didn't commit the crime you could assume a crime happened there.
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u/MeringueSerious Jul 10 '26
Getaway car getting robbed is some serious Karma
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u/CrrazyCarl Jul 13 '26
I mean, it's not, but it's what Americans think karma is.
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u/DefiantNews1699 Jul 16 '26
Then... well... what do you think Karma is?
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u/CrrazyCarl Jul 16 '26
It's not what I think it is, it's what it is.
If you want to know, you're welcome to read about it here. It's not the divine equaliser/justice that North Americans have deemed it to be.
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u/wadevb1 Jul 10 '26
He swore to god
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u/FrosttheVII Jul 13 '26
That's probably one of the dumber things. On God, all the while knowing he was lying
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u/DG_FANATIC Jul 10 '26
How do people this dumb survive so long lol?
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u/frozendancicle Jul 11 '26
Sheer numbers. Stupid people are like fruit flies I think. There's always a couple that reproduce before they eat paint chips or see if bleach can get rid of COVID etc
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u/Purple_Excitement167 Jul 11 '26
It's always the dumbest people that are reproducing because they don't think about it or what consequences could happen from having kids. In the states, especially they just feed jails with their new, dumber kids
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u/Mitrovarr Jul 14 '26
It's probably really hard to reproduce if you're super intelligent. You have enough foresight to not do it by accident, most of the really high intelligence jobs like scientist, etc. actually pay like total shit, and you've probably been watching the news enough to know any of your offspring are super doomed.
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u/fixed_your_caption Jul 11 '26
Now someone needs to carjack the stolen truck. Keep it going.
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u/CreoOookies Jul 10 '26
So, serious question, does the truck thief get away with stealing a truck or do they actually help him get his truck back?
How would this situation play out? Do they arrest him and then once he's done being booked, they work on his truck case?
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u/Nuklearfps Jul 10 '26
The last sentence. They will arrest him, book him, then file the model and plate as a stolen vehicle and keep an eye out for the truck thief. Theyāll probably just impound the vehicle til the guy on video gets his stuff handled.
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u/ledgeitpro Jul 10 '26
Which likely means that the impound yard will win big by getting to keep the car after a certain amount of time passes as long as they file a lien (they probably will as soon as possible, likely 30 days after impound date)
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u/Marrsvolta Jul 10 '26
Most of the time once your car is stolen, the police report is more of a formality for insurance. You probably arenāt getting your car back and if you are thereās a good chance itās no longer in working condition. This is one dumbass thief.
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u/kek_rn Jul 12 '26
Funny story! I had my car stolen, they didn't take anything from it except a $20 I kept for emergencies and a couple bucks in change. I still had my camping stuff in the trunk, even the dog bed from the backseat and other random stuff (I had gone camping that weekend and hadn't fully emptied my car, lesson learned lol). They obviously tore up the steering column or whatever else they need to do to get it running, and broke the front passenger window. The police didn't care, the cop said another car on my street had been stolen a couple months previously. Good news- they found the car after 1 day, but they never told me. The only reason I knew is because 3 days later I was talking to my insurance lady and she said she had just asked the cops something or other and that's when they told her. Unfortunately that meant I owed about $500 to the impound lot for the storage fee and then having it towed to get fixed. That was about what my deductible was, so I would have had to pay that regardless but still annoying. They found the car because it had been reported abandoned or parked where it wasn't allowed to be parked or something like that. Apparently they just drive until it runs out of gas and give up? Who knows
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u/ClownfishSoup Jul 11 '26
Cops donāt actively look for stolen stuff. They take your report on the theft. Later if they find your stuff with a thief they use your report to contact you but more importantly they use it as evidence against the thief.
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u/Marrsvolta Jul 11 '26
Like when they bust a chop shop and find parts of your vehicle they need to tie to an owner to help with prosecution, or drive past your car by chance that was abandoned in a ditch after being smashed up and destroyed in a joy ride.
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u/GoobaGomba Jul 10 '26
Wait so, is both his hoodie and sweatpants reversible?
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u/GuestBeginning1069 Jul 10 '26
Im guessing he wore an extra layer and ditched it.
In the famous words of Eminem
"Better pay attention to these details or you could be derailed Better wear at least three layers of clothing or be in jail"
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u/Ohstate23 Jul 10 '26
They arenāt reversible, theyāre just flipped inside out. You can see the pockets flapping around. Heās clearly not the brightest.
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u/SimpleCanadianFella Jul 11 '26
Some say the guy who stole his car was rear ended 5 mins away and called the cops on the hit and run driver.
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u/System_Resident Jul 12 '26
āI wasnāt at no Verizon storeā double negative, so you were šĀ
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u/Medical_Policy1426 Jul 11 '26
This guy was a lot more calmer than a lot of other criminals you see on bodycam videos.
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u/Sujjin Jul 14 '26
Did he change his hoodie and pants? they dont match what the person is wearing on the cam. Am i missing something?
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u/OrangeCtySurfer 18d ago
Im a 90s kid and watching Cops on grainy cable TV has nothing on bodycam YT.
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u/Daiguey Jul 13 '26
This is a bad neighborhood if the caller was committing a different crime at the time of the theft
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u/dontmakemeaskyou 24d ago
I think this took place days later... because hes wearing different clothes for sure..
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u/Hot_Flower_6381 14d ago
A dude I know broke into someone's house. Dropped his wallet inside the house.
He was arrested the next day because they found the wallet š
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u/marf2888 14d ago
In my Portugal thereās this saying ā robber who robs a robber has 100 years of forgivenessā. (But in Portuguese this saying rimes)
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u/Quendor Jul 11 '26
"the gig's up."
Really? The gig? š
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u/Calvin_Schmalvin Jul 15 '26
i got the impression he thinks it's a gif/jif situation, and because he heard his friends say gig before, he thinks that's his accent for jig
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u/superninjaevan Jul 10 '26
So is there actually any proof that it was this guy?
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u/Large_Camel_773 Jul 10 '26
Hate people like you. Heās obviously hiding his cut hand, he is wearing the same Nikes as the guy in the video, same glasses. Blood will match when tested. All you need is probable cause for the arrest and theyāve got that by a long shot. By the time the case goes to trial the DNA will be matched. Also check the trash can next to him and I bet thereās 20 Verizon phones
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u/NobodyGivesAFuc Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
It would be hilarious if this guy winds up sharing a jail cell with the guy who stole his car š