Help me catch a thief!

Hello community of GBATemp,
I would like some user input.
Here is my quick story.

Every summer I come to live with my dad (in the USA) and work with him on a Grading crew (the people that build roads).
It is hard work but it pays very good and helps with school expenses.
Me and my Dad work with three other guys.

Me and my Dad drive to work everyday in a Chevy Sliverado with a big bed for holding everything (Diesel fuel pump, shovels, stakes, etc).
We also hold the keys to the machines in the truck and when one of the guys need one of the keys, they just open the truck door and get them.
He also holds a range of money in the inside door (pennies, dimes, dollar bills, etc) just incase we go by a toll.
Around $5 to $10.

Well, today we noticed that not only was the money missing, but the scratch offs that my dad had won on were gone.
I don't thing this was a random robbery as my CD player and the GPS was still there, and one would have to search the truck to find the scratch offs unless one knew where they were.
So we pretty much know it is one of our three guys.

So, do you guys (or gals) have any idea on how to catch whoever did it in the act.
It is usually just the 5 of us on a huge job site so we don't have time to just sit and watch the truck.
I thought of writing down the serial numbers, but it is not like I can strip search them at the end of the day.
I really want to catch the person in the act as this really pisses my off.

Any suggestions?

PS: If you need any clarification on anything just ask.

EDIT: can a mod edit my topic, i guess my finger does not like the L key.

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Spy cam = More money than i have
Camouflage = at the job I actually have to do something.
 
Might be a lot of work, but you can go CSI on 'em. Fingerprints and all that. Or, try to put a chemical on the money that's really hard to rub of your hands. When the thief gets the money, you'll see his hands all dirty.

Good luck!
 
i think this might work.
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good luck!

im just messing. that sucks. hope you catch him haha and tell us the story. is it possible to put a regular camera and just leave it on record for a while in a hidden place?
 
Sadly I don't have a camcorder.
Also, does any one know where I can get some of that
"chemical on the money that's really hard to rub of your hands"?
I had thought about that and if i can find it for cheap I might do it.
 
Couldn't you put the money in a different place? You wouldn't catch the person, but at least it'll be safe.
 
I'm not worried about keeping the money safe as that can be easily taken care of.
I just want to find out who did it and let off some anger.
 
I'm extremely jealous of your families wealth and success, and I applaud the thief because I'm extremely bitter.
 
[quote name='shawnieboy' post='1312712' date='Aug 1 2008, 11:48 PM']Go psycho and threaten to kill them all if no one admits they did it.[/quote]

This. And bring a chainsaw. And a hockey mask, just to add effect.

If not, just put loads of goatse/tubgirl pictures where you usually leave the money. It wont catch the thief, but should be funny.
 
[quote name='Calafas' post='1312722' date='Aug 1 2008, 11:50 PM'][quote name='shawnieboy' post='1312712' date='Aug 1 2008, 11:48 PM']Go psycho and threaten to kill them all if no one admits they did it.[/quote]

This. And bring a chainsaw. And a hockey mask, just to add effect.

If not, just put loads of goatse/tubgirl pictures where you usually leave the money. It wont catch the thief, but should be funny.
[/quote]
And put a mouse trap right below the pics, sticking on the car so when they get an erection...BAM!!
 
You put X amount of money in the truck, then you ask guy1 to go to the truck for whatever item you "need" at that moment, a couple minutes later you go to the truck and check if the money's still there. If it's not, then you've found your guy -or at least one of them- and if the money is there, try the next day with guy2, etc.
 
[quote name='lagman' post='1312790' date='Aug 2 2008, 12:45 AM']You put X amount of money in the truck, then you ask guy1 to go to the truck for whatever item you "need" at that moment, a couple minutes later you go to the truck and check if the money's still there. If it's not, then you've found your guy -or at least one of them- and if the money is there, try the next day with guy2, etc.[/quote]

That has been the best suggestion so far.
Thanks, I will have to try that, though it will be tough.
thanks and keep the suggestions coming.
 
Lagman's got the best suggestion, and the most practical. It doesn't sound suspicious at all and if you're lucky, you'll find the culprit on the first day.
 
i doubt they'll steal again, at least anytime soon.
just lock up the inside of the truck real well and keep an eye on anyone who comes near

good luck :)
 
I understand your predicament far too well.
My crew and I are framing carpenters, and thieves are thick in our ranks.
The way I caught one was to buy a pack of "novelty" scratch-off lottery tickets.
Each of the three tickets in the pack I bought was an illegitimate "jackpot winner" of $30,000+.
I left one of these laying in my boss' truck, already scratched off, and apparently ready to be cashed in.

The one that snuck off in the middle of the day, after the bait had been taken, was our culprit.

These faux tickets are available at some convenience stores, and at Spencer's Gifts and Novelties.
 
How much did the scratch offs give? And, how stupid is that, if your going to rob someone, u leave the good thing behinde(GPS)
 
How about you grow a pair and confront these guys? If you know it was one of three guys (or maybe all three conspiring to take toll change), then it shouldn't take long to figure out.
 

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