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Eight school buses were stolen overnight and cut apart for scrap on Chicago's South Side, police said.
The buses were stolen from the Sunrise Bus company yard on the 10000 block of South Torrence Avenue and taken to SRV Metal Scrapper, 3405 S. Lawndale Avenue. Helicopter video showed a large pile of scrap against the side of a building at the yard.
Portions of the obliterated yellow buses were seen strewn among seats and other parts.
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Three people reportedly were arrested Friday after officers tracked the buses to the yard via GPS devices on board the vehicles.
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LOL! I'm betting these three never saw the inside of a school bus. I'm betting more the three combined can't spell GPS! :)
now they should go after the scrap yard and relatives of these scum bags and seize all their property and sell it to buy new school buses.
but the pussy's wont and the TAXPAYER will pay for it !
we need to change the laws :
You steal = we take all your stuff and your families
you kill = death NOW not in 25 yrs
Agreed Mike. Seriously, if you were working at the scrap yard and saw 8 buses pull in, in somewhat good condition with no paperwork to back it up, would you really pay these crooks?
LOL only in Chicago, can't wait for Barry to go back home and organize a community, seems Rahm can't do anything but line his pockets.
The inside of the short bus, maybe. The one with the black tints and metal grates over the windows.
Needless to say this happened only BLOCKS from where Michelle grew up.
Neighbor city had a DPW worker stealing street signs and scrapping them for cash (yea he got caught on video and the union sued and got him 9months backpay and his job back, but anyhow) so I have to wonder if this was an 'inside' job.
Another great job by Rahm keeping the community safe from buses ! scrap them all !
Ido...
That really was needless to say, as is most everything you type. Take your own advice once in a while.
this whole thing is just wrong on so many levels my head hurts.
Didn't Detroit double that amount last week?
Way to go Mike - imagine an outrageous fantasy scenario and then rant against your own creation. The busses were privately owned, so the TAXPAYERS are not paying anything. I like your strict interpretation of the Constitution too, seizing all property from the family of a thief. This is the USA you know, not N Korea where they punish 3 generations of a family when one of them commits a crime.
Actually I think these guys are michelle's cousins! Really check it out... google!
Wow, embarrass your friends and shame your family, much?
Are you aware that all you really accomplish making asinine comments like that ... is making an ass of yourself?
A hippy commune stolen parts ring?
ROFL, db...
The lead in to the article had me laughing out loud, your comment had me choking on my iced tea... damn, now I've got to clean the keyboard again...
They pulled out the back row of seats to use for an amusement ride.
was track palin involved? he has a thing for school buses.
stfu if you are clueless. Maybe your Momma stole them
C'mon baby, take a chance with us
And meet me at the back of the blue bus
Cool, just watched The Doors July 5 concert last night. One of my top five bands easy. Us and Them refer to Floyd?
@Stonepipe2--- I have no idea what your saying that even is related to this story, but I can dig it. Your not thinking about the magic bus. Because I have it.
Went camping at a state park in my beloved MN. a couple years ago, VW van all spray painted up psychedelic with "magic bus" painted on the side, young couple obviously in love. You? Us and Them is using lyrics from "The End". unfortunate, but even more relevant in today's world. Have a good one.
Good lord... can we just nuke chicago already?
I like ur idea! No more homicides, no more stolen busses, no more crooked politicians, no more
Obama's!
Where would the dems. get their votes if you did that???
Can we turn this into a teaching class for students. Get into buses, go down, guess how many buses are in this pile? Hook up with Sesame Street, Oscar the Grouch,Big Bird or something! Oh, damn, we just lost our ride back to school! No problem, Obama will help out, house is just down the road! Think of the fund raising attention. Big Bird in Pile of
CrapScrap over CrimeAhhhhh isn't it cute. All the Obama haters are here blowing smoke up each other's ass. It's fun to talk about somebody you hate because the city their from is in the news. Hooray! You guys have something to do for a change. Now get to work you dead beats! Us democrats are tired of paying for your government benefits!
As a matter of fact Obama supposedly did all kinds of good in this town, along with his homies. Maybe if Chitcago wasn't always in the news for such negative things....
Taking the bus to work...Chicago style!
Chicago seems like such a great place to live, said no one in the last 20 years.
I wonder if they were graduates of the Obama School of Community Organizing.
They did after-all organize the theft and did accomplish the task as a "community".
Nothing coming out of that city surprises me.
HAHAHAHA......did you get that one from any one of the 20 posts above? Very original of you. Are you going to call him Barry next? Ooo wait wait, maybe Obummer, or Hussein? You clowns are funny, but if only your ignorance wasn't such a self demeaning irony.
Not my kind of town. But, hopefully the souls of the buses went to a far better place.
And the crooks, thieves, liars, gang bangers and politicians are singing,,,,,Chicago ---Chicago---my kind of town.
I think you mean Washington DC. That's where are the big-time crooks, liars, and thieves operate anyways.
Chicago is one of the minor league towns that has successfully sent up many notables.
Only three people arrested? Last time I checked you would need a driver for each bus. That's at least eight people involved. And what about the scrap yard who bought the buses and cut them up? Way more than three people were involved in this. WAAAAY more!
Obviously those arrested were at the scrap yard when the busses were located in the morning. The drivers were no longer there..
Eight school buses, all from a private school bus company, is a weird thing to steal. There can't be that big of a market for "hot" school bus parts. It's also a pretty high-profile heist just to recover the scrap value. Could be a case of insurance fraud.
Most likely stolen for the value of the scrap metal and the parts - engines, transmissions, tires , rims , etc. The used parts business is a multi- billion dollar business.
Spring is in the air. Pols will be in need of spare bus parts as the campaigning season gets into full swing. Not everyone campaigning gets to use taxpayer funded transportation.
Typical Chicago. Nobody checked the VIN numbers to see if the vehicles were stolen -- or knew they were and didn't care. If Obama had a son, he's be just like one of these bozo's.
Those yellow school buses are glorified panel trucks. Take the cargo box and add some seats and window, and you have a school bus. Only the best for the nation's children.
Apparently this bus company didn't buy the right kind of "insurance."
But wait, I've got a bill of sale signed by Rahm.
It's the Obama way!
Business as usual for S.C.R.A.P! We used to put a card from this business on the dash. They wouldn't get stolen.
So someone heard "take the bus it is better for the environment"...but, seriously Chicago and Illinois in general are dysfunctional.
This crime is much too enterprising for blacks. Must be the Russians.
Just as long as there were no guns involved!
City wont need those buses because they will soon be closing schools.
Would you be worried if somebody pulled into your scrap yard with 8 school buses, no paper work, and not so much as a district I.D. card?
So is this King BO'S kids...???
They could have taken ALL the school buss.