Friday morning Tony called me at the house and said that he thought that he had just spotted the rims and tires that were stolen off of our Escalade last June. He was all amped up, telling me to get all of our paperwork and get ready because he was going to come and pick me and the kids up. After dragging my feet and thinking "what are the odds" about a hundred times he showed up and chased me around the house telling me to get in the car. We drove passed Trillo Tires on Central and sure enough....one of my rims with the tire was on proud display right out front! We pulled in, acted like we were interested in the rim and starting asking some questions. They first told us that the set of 4 would cost us $3000. Then they went down to $1600. Tony asked to see the remaining 3 rims and they told us that they would have to go get them from their other shop a few blocks away. Very shady.
So I jumped back in the truck and called the cops. After they arrived they explained to us that it would be very difficult to ID our rims no matter how much paperwork we had. But they did not bank on us having the rims that we had. With only 350 sets created in the world, each set came issued with a certified letter of authenticity and a number associated with the rims. Ours were set 28 out of 350. About 6 cop cars and an undercover agent showed up and sure enough....the back of the rim was stamped with 28 of 350! There was no denying that these were our rims. And the cops told us that they had NEVER been able to secure rims for someone before. They said that many times they come back and say "yea, those are probably yours but there is nothing that I can do about it." But instead for us, they wheeled the rims and tires back to our truck and loaded them up for us!
The best part? Because this tire shop had been in trouble before for buying stolen rims and tires in the past, they were required by the city to get a driver's license of the guy who brought them in. They couldn't tell us who he was but assured us that they would find him and arrest him for possession of stolen property. And we may even get so lucky as to get some more of our stuff back!
Christmas came early for the Mazottis! Holla!
Back Where They Belong!
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