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‘Mind-Boggling’: Here's What Thieves
Are Targeting in California

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Posted By: ladydawgfan, 6/6/2024 3:09:04 AM

Thieves in California are stealing fire hydrants throughout Los Angeles County, leaving communities at risk if there’s an emergency. According to ABC 7, over 100 hydrants have been stolen this year alone. One resident, Krystal Cousins lives between two fire hydrants in the Florence-Firestone area. She told reporters that both of them were stolen on Thursday. "It's mind-boggling that someone would just come into a neighborhood and just steal a fire hydrant," neighbor Krystail Cousins said. "You're now putting a whole neighborhood in danger." "Having no fire hydrant on the street is a whole lawsuit right there if something were to go up in flames. People do fireworks all night over here.

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Only in California!! Fire season sounds be interesting with no hydrants for firefighters to use!!

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 6/6/2024 5:25:08 AM (No. 1732082)
It's amazing how efficiently these migrants stimulate industry.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: TCloud 6/6/2024 6:11:59 AM (No. 1732092)
Need money to pay the monthly mortgage! Right!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: petrichor 6/6/2024 6:45:23 AM (No. 1732110)
It seems to me that California should buy their fire hydrants from the scrap metal companies. They should be be able to save thousands on each hydrant. And the wheels of the bus go round and round.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Aud 6/6/2024 6:47:51 AM (No. 1732111)
Upon reading this news story, I had to check our wall calendar to make sure it wasn’t April Fools Day. I wonder how a thief could remove a fire hydrant without being shot up into the air on a column of high pressure water as if on a geyser!!
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Reply 5 - Posted by: planetgeo 6/6/2024 6:54:41 AM (No. 1732118)
Dreamers having wet dreams apparently.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Highlander 6/6/2024 6:57:20 AM (No. 1732120)
Question: Who is buying stolen fire hydrants from anyone? Also the same question when thieves stole grates for street drains next to my school.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: skacmar 6/6/2024 7:22:15 AM (No. 1732125)
What don't they steal in California? Between the shoplifting, carjacking, robberies, flash mods at stores, and homelessness, there is nothing left to steal but fire hydrants. Once a beautiful place to live, many California cities have become third world hellholes.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Mizz Fixxit 6/6/2024 7:43:03 AM (No. 1732137)
There is no mention in the article that any hydrant thieves have been arrested. There are cameras everywhere. Where are the surveillance videos and witnesses?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Rumblehog 6/6/2024 8:00:14 AM (No. 1732142)
Here's who the police can quickly rule out in their search for the culprits, Nuclear Physicists, Medical Doctors, Jewish mothers, Amish woodworkers, Cesar Milan.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: czechlist 6/6/2024 8:15:00 AM (No. 1732151)
A fire hydrant isn't a quick shop lift. tge water must be turned off and there are a dozen bolts to remove. There must be doizens of witnesses (accomplices) Perhaps firefighters are supplementing their income
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Reply 11 - Posted by: formerNYer 6/6/2024 8:48:53 AM (No. 1732173)
Being a sanctuary city is such treasure.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 6/6/2024 9:05:01 AM (No. 1732184)
Have to love the black market economy. It's the only place one can sell fire hydrants. Is it random or are certain areas being targeted? Next come the fires.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: bighambone 6/6/2024 9:33:23 AM (No. 1732202)
Chances are the stolen fire hydrants end up in Mexico!
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Proud Texan 6/6/2024 9:48:09 AM (No. 1732210)
If the thieves can steal the whole hydrant, they can certainly disassemble them into parts that might not be recognized. The scrap dealers might ought to be given diagrams, or pictures, or at least some information as to what the individual parts look like. Besides the brass, there is possibly some austenitic stainless steel involved that would also be worth more than common everyday steel we usually think of. I sure hope the thieves are caught soon.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 6/6/2024 9:56:36 AM (No. 1732219)
Why do Californians put up with lawlessness like this? It's unfathomable. They have only themselves to blame, particularly at voting times.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: stablemoney 6/6/2024 10:33:34 AM (No. 1732258)
In Houston, the illegals are in the used tires and car parts business. They acquire their inventory at night, and at no cost.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: DVC 6/6/2024 11:18:42 AM (No. 1732300)
Import the third world, and live in the third world. Enjoy what you elected. No sympathy, and I stay out of California except to visit relatives and friends periodically.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 6/6/2024 11:22:29 AM (No. 1732307)
Whatever starts in California migrates to other states. Coming soon to your state.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: DVC 6/6/2024 12:21:30 PM (No. 1732361)
I have a fire hydrant on my property. If someone messes with it, they'll be proned out at gunpoint while I call the Sheriff.
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