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Stolen trip engine Jupiter, Key Largo


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Cops arrived when the boat was pulling away. CG was then contacted and caught the thieves. Maykel Posada Monteseno, 33, Andy Rodriguez Rodriguez, 30 and Luis Ramirez Rodriguez, 28. All three from Hialeah (Dade County Miami area). Boat had trip 250 Yamahas.

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CG knew for certain they had the right guys. The engines ignitions were torn out where they hot wired it. These guys don't need keys.

I have two neighbors here in the lower keys with trip engines. Both are part time residents and leave the boats on lifts. Keep wondering when or if they will get taken.

That Yamaha security system should be popular in S. Florida.

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Fortunately the real cops caught these guys. Thanks go to the neighbors who alerted the sheriff's office to come out.

It is just another part of living near Miami and its large Cuban immigrant community. These thieves have knowledge of the coast of Cuba and the contacts there and in Miami to hookup for some big bucks by smuggling people. They also have no overhead other than loading up the stolen boats with drums of fuel. Pure crooks who don't even reinvest their profits into buying their own boats. Just go steal someone elses.

They don't even care about their passengers. Some have suffered fatal injuries in rough crossings.

These guys are pure scum. Wish we could send them to a Cuban jail for about 50 years.

Last summer we had huge numbers of outboard thefts here in the Keys. Lower units were prime targets, especially those from v-6 Yamahas their favorites. One key tip for the cops is a Dade county license tag prowling a neighborhood, although most of the pro thiefs now buy the "vanity" plates that have no county origin. I called the cops twice last year for prowlers checking out my neighbors boats. The cops responded but not quick enough. The cops here do take that kind of thing seriously.

My neighbor with a brand new 4 stroke 250 Yamaha left for a couple months last summer. He lowered his davits where there wasn't enough clearance for the lower unit to be dropped and then he removed the boat battery and turned the breaker off on his davits at the panel inside his house. No problems.

There's plenty of low life immigrants in Dade county that want to immediately be wealthy off others hard work. They're not willing to work and be part of the legitimate hard working people who came here for the American dream.

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Regardless of who is doing the stealing, the fact is that a LOT of boats are being stolen throughout South Florida and it is costing us all with outrageous inusrance premiums, especially here in Miami.

The key is concerned neighbors as was the case here. Also, we boaters need to be alert for anything suspicious at the ramp. The more of these crooks that we put away the better.

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