Person unlawfully takes van from mental health facility, West Seneca NY
Motor Vehicle TheftA person took a van from a mental health facility without permission after returning from a mental health trip. The vehicle owner has the keys, so the van should not be able to restart. Police used tracking apps and searched nearby stores. The individual was later found and detained by police.
Audio|Source: West Seneca Police CH 1
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Transcript:
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26 Radio, I have the owner, she's going to be in a dark blue Chevy Astro, Van State vehicle.
00:07
I'm talking to her now about a possible Apple product that may be in the vehicle that we can track.
00:20
Is there anywhere he might know where to go?
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Hi.
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You were on a rainbow.
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Can you take em, please?
00:35
Where where the subject might be going?
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She has no idea.
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She said it happens so quick.
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She didn't see a direction of travel as well working on that.
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We're currently going to work on downloading the Jeep app.
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See if we can't get a location.
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Okay.
01:02
Hello.
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Copy. I'm familiar with the My Chevy Appetting required, but we're going to give it a go here and see,
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also be advised that she has the keys so the vehicle should not be able to be restarted.
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We have copies.
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29-26. Some jeeps have the feature shut off once without a range of the keys.
01:36
Did you check all the light after on the way there?
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I am currently in front of 648, which is pretty close to the state school entrance,
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so I didn't make it all the way down, my neck or no.
02:02
Southwestern 2.
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Your location is covered.
02:05
Copy that. I'll keep circling up towards Seneca transit.
02:15
Because our victim here is saying that he would definitely go to any 7-Eleven or smoke shop that would be open to try to obtain alcohol or smoking products.
02:27
He's been made that to them in the past.
02:31
Plan on copies.
02:32
I'm just going to check the ones on Southwestern then.
02:36
The one in our town was clear, but I did not look at the one in Orchard Park.
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Car's Orchard Park's been notified and still melting on the flock here.
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Last time he left, he went to the one on Seneca and Southwood, 711.
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Yeah, do you want to just like that, currently clear as it right now.
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21 dead whoever's house with the staff to find out what his mental capacity is and what is,
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or if he's voluntary or not.
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Copy. The employee here says that they just returned from a mental health trip after the individual said that he swaths of batteries,
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which was found to be false.
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And he took the vehicle as soon as they came back to the facility.
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I got them.
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I got them.
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Seneca in transit, 7-11.
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Coming.
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We're not going to copy.
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Something for you.
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Do the cars,
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are you clear for me to show up with our victim here in the keys?
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The radio, I got him.
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He's detained the back of my car.
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Seneca St & Transit Rd, Elma, NY 14059
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