p.1 #1 · FS: Camera Recovered – Sony A1 Serial S01-3372293-F (No Longer Stolen)
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Hi all,
I wanted to close the loop on a situation I had posted about earlier.
My Sony A1 (Serial: S01-3372293-F), which was stolen during a Facebook Marketplace meetup, has been successfully recovered.
The camera was located at a pawn shop in Boston, and thanks to coordinated efforts between Wayland PD, Boston PD, and Framingham State University Police, it has now been returned to me.
I’m sharing this update so that anyone who may have noted the serial number earlier can be assured:
👉 This camera is no longer stolen and is fully accounted for.
I truly appreciate the support and vigilance of the photography community here, as well as the work done by law enforcement across multiple jurisdictions.
If anyone has any questions or had flagged this serial previously, feel free to reach out.
p.1 #5 · FS: Camera Recovered – Sony A1 Serial S01-3372293-F (No Longer Stolen)
robfilms wrote:
Congrats!
Can you share any more details about either the theft (new info) or the recovery?
(I had read your initial post so I am aware of what happened.)
Thumbs up.
Rob
Essentially upon initial broadcasting about camera and serial number, a lot of folks reached out to me, one of them was a local photographer from framingham who also got robbed by same thief and same camera. He had actually given up and not even filed a case though he got robbed two weeks before I did. I encouraged him to go file a case. He then pursued with framingham police and framingham state univ where he was robbed. Later I learned from police that two more people were robbed by same guy in Boston. Boston PD, Wayland PD and Framingham State Univ PD worked together on this. It seems as you broadcast to stores and pawn shops which I did about stolen property they look for it. Police also has something called pawn shop alert so any stolen item with description and unique identification as it shows up at pawn shops in that alert system it notifies them. I suppose through all those efforts my camera probrably got retrieved by boston pd. They are also working on arrest warrant for the guy, he will be arrested and tried in court.
p.1 #7 · FS: Camera Recovered – Sony A1 Serial S01-3372293-F (No Longer Stolen)
I’m glad it worked out for you. I probably wouldn’t have filed anything and would’ve just counted it as a loss, but now I’d try it if I ever land in that kind of situation. Hopefully I don’t.
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