Truck with U.S. Secret Service equipment stolen in Detroit

[downtownguy]

From the Freep:
Secret Service's stolen U-Haul, equipment recovered in Detroit

A U-Haul truck that contained equipment for the U.S. Secret Service was recovered Monday, two days after it was stolen in downtown Detroit.

Ed Donovan, spokesman for the Secret Service, said the Detroit Police Department recovered the truck from the parking lot of an apartment complex near Henry Ford Hospital.

He said they're still assessing what was taken.

"It appears that some, but not all, of our equipment has been recovered," Donovan said.

Some of the equipment was found Monday morning at an abandoned property on Dolphin Street, Donovan said.

Elizabeth Pearce, who lives several doors down from that property, said she believes the items were dumped around 11:30 p.m. Sunday because she heard what she described as a "scrape and a bump" outside.

But since her dog didn't react, Pearce didn't think anything of the noises until Monday, when she saw two gray cases and one black case at the property. Inside, she said, were metal detectors.

"Somebody stole it, didn't know what they had, and when they realized they couldn't fence it, they probably dumped it here," Pearce said.
Some of the materials were marked with U.S.S., she said.

She called two Detroit police precincts, then called 911. Within an hour, two police officers showed up. Later, the Secret Service arrived.

[WKL]

You know, I'm not sure if the story about the recovery isn't worse than the original theft. I mean this has been all over the news and the lady had to call 2 precincts and finally 911 to get a response - and that come in about an hour. The Secret Service didn't seem to be in any hurry either. I know the cops on the beat are busy but a couple of supervors couldn't have driven by?