{"id":1485619,"date":"2024-08-23T23:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T03:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1485619"},"modified":"2024-08-23T23:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T03:05:00","slug":"san-fran-man-robbed-thousands-of-dollars-of-equipment-from-fbi-truck-traded-it-for-20-in-meth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/san-fran-man-robbed-thousands-of-dollars-of-equipment-from-fbi-truck-traded-it-for-20-in-meth\/1485619\/","title":{"rendered":"San Fran Man Robbed Thousands Of Dollars Of Equipment From FBI Truck, Traded It For $20 In Meth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">San Fran Man Robbed Thousands Of Dollars Of Equipment From FBI Truck, Traded It For $20 In Meth<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>More signs of utopia unfolding in the liberal run wasteland of San Francisco&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A thief who ransacked an FBI truck in San Francisco and made away with thousands of dollars of equipment turned around and traded it all for a $20 bag of\u00a0methamphetamine, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/19\/us-news\/thief-ransacks-fbi-truck-in-san-francisco-allegedly-trades-pricey-gear-for-20-worth-of-meth\/\">report by the NY Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The truck that was raided contained flash-bang grenades, a tear gas launcher, surveillance equipment and bulletproof vests. The perpetrator, 29 year old\u00a0Gregory Acosta-Alvarez, was arrested after being caught on multiple surveillance cameras.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/fbi%20trcuk.jpg?itok=Sp3-8QCK\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After stealing equipment, he rode his bike to a nearby hotel where he was staying, according to the criminal complaint. By the time agents visited him at the hotel around 3 p.m., the ballistic vest and tear gas gun were already gone, the report says.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/19\/us-news\/thief-ransacks-fbi-truck-in-san-francisco-allegedly-trades-pricey-gear-for-20-worth-of-meth\/\">report<\/a> says the ballistics vest alone was worth $1,500.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned, Alvarez claimed he traded the stolen items for $20 worth of meth. He remains in custody, facing charges for felony theft of government property, burglary, grand theft, and drug possession related to this incident and a 2023 arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Either the man had no idea how much more meth he could have gotten with market prices&#8230;or inflation has\u00a0<em>really\u00a0<\/em>hit the meth market&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Fri, 08\/23\/2024 &#8211; 19:05<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/san-fran-man-robbed-thousands-dollars-equipment-fbi-truck-traded-it-20-meth\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/san-fran-man-robbed-thousands-dollars-equipment-fbi-truck-traded-it-20-meth<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Fran Man Robbed Thousands Of Dollars Of Equipment From FBI Truck, Traded It For $20 In Meth More signs of utopia unfolding in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1485620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1485619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1485619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1485620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1485619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1485619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1485619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}