Stolen Toyota Quickly Recovered

A 1987 Toyota Forerunner, stolen on the main highway in front of the Sand Bar on Wednesday night, Nov. 19, was recovered less than 24 hours later when spotted from the air in the bushes South of Los Cerritos beach.  Adam, a surfer who lives next to Cabo Extreme in Pescadero, went to the all you can eat pizza night for dinner and drinks, and when he came out discovered his vehicle was missing.  He reported it to the local authorities, and later asked me to help in an air search over the town of Pescadero and surrounding area.  We started flying up the San Pedritos arroyo, South of Pescadero, scouring the entire town of Pescadero by air, and searching inland to the mountain ranges and surrounding ranches.  I finally spotted the vehicle parked in the bushes about 100 meters off the highway, South of Los Cerritos beach.  Unfortunately we did not catch the thieves, but did get the vehicle back.  The bandidos were able to steal the battery and mirrors, and were probably coming back to completely strip the car later that night.  Adam was very lucky to get his vehicle back.  There have been other incidents of people not so lucky, usually from not locking their vehicles.            

I was contacted to search for a silver stolen Toyota.
	After searching the entire town of Pescadero and local foot hills, I spotted the vehicle in the bushes, about 100 meters off the main highway, just South of Los Cerritos beach club.
The battery and side mirrors were stolen, and the thieves were probably coming back later that night to totally strip the vehicle.
	Adam (left) was very lucky to recover his vehicle, and Dave (right) was happy too.