‘It wasn’t a priority’: American man angry with Canadian police over his stolen truck
globalnews.caIt started off as a routine trip from New Hampshire to Burlington, Ont., where Robert Arndt was visiting his daughter and two grandchildren.“We go about four times a year to visit and we stay in the same hotel in Burlington,” said Ardnt.On Feb. 10 at 6:30 a.m, Arndt went to his truck to retrieve some clothes only to discover it was gone.
After calling the police he used his GPS tracking device and saw the truck was in Mississauga.“I race over there, it’s not in the parking lot,” said Ardnt. “I come back to the hotel, the officer shows up, we are two hours into the interview taking information and my phone dings because I set a boundary on it if the vehicle moves.”It turns out the truck drove right by the hotel on the highway.
Still, there was nothing police say they could do. One week later, RAM Chrysler’s stolen vehicle centre tracked the truck to a train yard in Montreal.“I’ve called the police in Montreal, the RCMP, the tracking app,” said Ardnt.Despite the GPS location, authorities still haven’t found the truck.
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