Metro police may have solved the problem of disappearing tailgates:
For months, tailgates were disappearing from Houston area pickups at an alarming rate.
More than 130 were stolen from parked pickups all over Houston. Fourteen were taken in June from Metro’s Eastex Park and Ride.
Now police hope they’ve put a dent in the crime wave by arresting two suspects.
After weeks of investigating, Metro police arrested 48-year-old Larry Joe Faulkner.
Detectives say he confessed to stealing at least 50 tailgates — a number they figure is pretty conservative — to support his drug habit.
“He had probably $115 to $120 a day methamphetamine habit. In order to support that habit he was required to steal at least two tailgates a day which he said he was doing everyday for months,” said Metro Police Capt. Michael Raney.
Investigators tell us Faulkner would sell the $1,500 tailgates for $50 to $75 a piece to car lots in East Houston.
The story doesn’t mention if Metro’s elite counterterrorism unit was brought in to help crack the numerous cases of disappearing tailgates. And I wonder if Metro Police Chief Lambert ever found the technology he was looking for to help deter crime at Park and Pillages?
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