Stolen Corvette Found After 3 years

[Rob]

Stolen Corvette Found After 3 years

Posted: 3:58 PM Dec 16, 2008
Last Updated: 4:55 PM Dec 16, 2008
Reporter: Tim Gillette
WILX.com News 10


Horton, MI - Three years after a 1964 Corvette was stolen, it is returned to its owner, and two suspects are charged. Jackson County Undersheriff Tom Finco tells News 10 the classic Corvette had been stored in a remote pole barn in Sandstone Township when it was stolen in November of 2005. Undersheriff Finco says he believes the suspects, Daniel Schuler and John Olivier, discovered the car in the barn and towed it away. Schuler stored the car in his garage for a time, then left it under a cover in his yard.

Authorities believe that earlier this year, Schuler had the car brought to a man in Horton to get it restored. In September, a Corvette collector, who knew the owner of the car, thought he recognized it parked in Horton. The authorities were notified, and after an investigation Schuler, 37, was arrested, and Olivier, 22, turned himself in to the court. Both men are free on bond, charged with larceny over $1,000 and breaking and entering an occupied building.

In another twist to the story, the stolen car was discovered within a mile of the business the Corvette owner ran.

 

[Viet Nam Vett]

That's rare......You don't often hear a stoty like that one...

 

[firstgear]

but a mile away and that car has colors that would make it obvious.....idiots of the year award

 

[XLR8]

but a mile away and that car has colors that would make it obvious.....idiots of the year award

Herb, nobody said they were bright thieves.
Jane Ann

 

[Viet Nam Vett]

Herb, nobody said they were bright thieves.
Jane Ann

Yeah...it could have been Red like all of Herb's cars....

 

[TopLess62]

Yeah...it could have been Red like all of Herb's cars....

Ouch!!

 

[IH2LOSE]

What a bunch of Jerks

A felony is a felony, If your going to commit a felony with the chance of going to jail for a while, wouldnt you think a car allready restored would be a better pick,

Its like taking an empty safe from the bank. Your still going to jail for bank robbery.

I am sure the original owners wife must be thrilled to know the car is coming home

 

[ChuckG]

but a mile away and that car has colors that would make it obvious.....idiots of the year award

Sounds like a pair of rocket scientists.

Chuck

 

[Ezmunie]

I'm thinking the owner and the cops should have waited until the thief had the car restored on his nickel, and then busted him

 

[67vet]

And they should have painted it the same color, costing multi-thousands of dollars. Hope they get the same cell together.