Electric Norman's Back In Business (Pic added)

Bill

Awesome news. Thanks for the update.

I guess when you get back home somebody will be waiting for you.

I'm in my secret hiding place

I would like to know if the thieves were train guys or just thieves? Its disgusting.

Rob

Thanks for the update, it's good to hear that Electric Norman's property was mostly recovered.

I love a story with a happy ending!

Kudos to the Ogden cops!

Great news.

Always good news to hear.  Good job to the boys in blue.  The guy caught painting the trailer and doing the VIN plate should go out and but a new tooth brush as he will hopefully need it for his long vacation.

Its absolutley great that most everything was recovered, but, from the picture, I assume this is a PD truck with the goods at the Police station.  Nice how they just tossed it all in there.

I dont know which is worse, not recovering the stuff, or the weeks to resort all those cabinets of small parts? I had an electronics repair shop a hundred years ago and dropped one of thoose parts bins, full of transistors,  I ended up just tossing everything...... what a mess

Good job to the Ogden police!

Geez, Ryan, what do you think the police are?  A housekeeping service?  He's DARN lucky to get the stuff back at all, and very fortunate that the bad guys didn't just take one look and dump most of it in the nearest ditch.

But in this case, Will Norman get his stff back ASAP or will it be locked up until trial?

Ryan, do you have direct knowledge of the condition of the items before the Police recovered them with the search warrant?  Anything taken via a search warrant has to be photographed at the location of discovery and again before being returned to the owner.  Having been the author of many search warrants, I can tell you the Police did not toss things as you made mention of.  When any Police Officer recovers property he is responsible for the condition and safety of the property.  Many hours are involved in obtaining probable cause and obtaining these warrants.  It does not happen like on TV.  No Detective is going to toss anything he has been involved in obtaining with a search warrant.

It was mentioned in the article the stuff was returned to him. Maybe they will keep a few pieces as evidence. I heard Norman was going to be at a local train in Sandy UT show this weekend. I will see if he shows up and see what he has.

Chris is correct.  The man needs the items to earn a living and the Police will do just what Chris stated. 

That's great news. Thanks for the update. 

I love to hear this good news. Hope the bad guy doesn't get to spend the holiday's at home for a long time.

Marty, look at the picture in the second post...................................................................

I was not relating anything to "TV"  I was simply making an observation

Very Cool.. Finally a story with a happy ending.. Way to go Boys in Blue.

Still no picnic for Electric Norman, it will probably be a big job for him to get all his stuff sorted out properly, and it sounds like a portion of it may have disappeared. But a pretty good outcome overall, and great work by law enforcement.

ACE, exactly my POINT

Ryan, I am sure the police moved and transported the stuff as best they can, Norman had a bunch of stuff. I doubt the robbers too much care as they put the stuff in the attic.

Talking to my County sheriff friend who originally tipped me off to the theft, the thieves were more likely interested in the trailer than a bunch of train parts. IT would be a good snowmobile trailer and was probaly going to be put up for sale once painted.  In fact he was kind of surprised the parts were found in a house and not dumped in the Ogden  river

Property Detectives Connors, Eggerman, Ziegler, and Mackley tracked down the stolen property vital to Norman Keller’s business. The trailer and property were returned to Mr. Keller.

Evidence is processed a lot better than TOSSED.

Good job guys. I bet Mr. Keller is happy.

Excellent work by the Ogden Police! I would like to hear the rest of the story. Who are the thieves and how did they know what was in the trailer? If they are train guys, their names should be spread around so nobody will ever deal with them. Is there space available for them in GITMO?

A fitting punishment would be for them to have to run the "OGR Gauntlet"; glad they caught the B-tards

Good news, indeed!

Heists of this sort should be dealt in a more appropriate manner.   Think ancient Roman Colliseum and its infamous history.  Fast forward to the York Grandstand.    They should be grappled and scrappled, I say!!

KD

We were coming home from picking a trailer load of stuff up at my mother-in-laws house in Vicksburg MS.  We stopped at a Holiday Express in Greensville SC, just off the interstate, to spend the night.

Around 1AM I woke up all of a sudden and told my wife I was going to check the truck/trailer.  When I got out there I noticed the rear-end of the truck camper shell was open.  They tried to get into the trailer, but it was too much for them (or I woke up just as they were doing it).

All they got was a toolbox full of tools and a cardboard box of preserves my mother-in-law had canned!  The police said that these bandits hit places just off the interstate (so they can make a quick getaway) and they'd likely find them in a flea market in a few weeks.  Insurance covered the toolbox/tools, but it just crawls all over me that there's low-lifes running around out there.

Hi everyone,  I am Blanche & Norman's daughter

I wanted to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH for everyone's support and good wishes.

I setup a Facebook page for them so that they have another way to contact everyone.  If you have a Facebook account please look up Blanche Keller or electricnorman@facebook.com and add them as a friend. 

If you don't have Facebook account but would like to be added to their contact list please send an email to electricnorman@facebook.com.  

Again I wanted to say Thank you so very much for all the support.

Thank you very much for this happy post Chris. I was feeling a little down and your story picked up my spirits.

As for Marty's post on search warrent procedures, your always the voice of reason.

I am very happy for Norman.

Cannot begin to know what a loss of this magnitude would have done to his business.

Also some great detective work to bring about a happy ending.

Hope those who solved this case and apprehended these low lifes are properly recognised by their community.

I talked to Norman and Blanche today in Sandy UT They wanted me to pass along their thanks for all the support they got from the train community. They are thrilled that their products were recovered and that they can get back to business.

Lots of sorting to do though

That is great news, Thanks for sharing !

GREAT!!!!!!

Gents, new guy here... After reading this thread is great to see so much caring and concern. Seems like a great community. Great news for Noroman and Blanche.

Norman and Blanche...I'm glad you got your inventory back. My business was broken into for the second time this year on Veterans Day. I know the pain and anguish and time lost due to a robbery. I'm very happy you are able to move forward. My best to you both. 

I'm a sucker for a happy ending.

I just love stories with happy endings.

Kudos to the Ogden PD for a job well done.