{"id":306940,"date":"2026-05-09T01:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306940\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T01:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:18:12","slug":"criminals-who-stole-fresno-mans-boat-served-instant-karma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306940\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminals who stole Fresno man\u2019s boat served instant karma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of brazen thieves who jacked a California owner\u2019s bass boat right off their driveway in broad daylight got a taste of instant karma when the owners <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/16\/us-news\/socal-mans-bittersweet-reunion-with-stolen-1969-camaro-caught-on-camera\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tracked it down<\/a> themselves \u2014 and stole it right back.<\/p>\n<p>The Stryker Bass Boat and trailer were stolen last week from a home near Polk and Cornelia avenues in Fresno, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/owners-find-stolen-boat-steals-it-back-stryker-bass-boat-trailer-community-police-officers-fresno-westwood-apartments-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FOX26<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Stryker Bass Boat and trailer were stolen last week from a home near Polk and Cornelia avenues in Fresno. FOX26NEWS<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia&#8217;s top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance footage captured two masked men backing their truck into the driveway before hooking the boat to the rear of the vehicle and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/19\/us-news\/4-goons-steal-car-mow-down-72-year-old-using-walker-in-nyc-lowes-parking-lot-cops\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hauling it away.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/18\/us-news\/brazen-nyc-carjacker-swipes-vehicle-where-blind-senior-was-waiting-for-son\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">crooks\u2019 joyride<\/a> didn\u2019t last long.<\/p>\n<p>The owners were tipped off by a community member who believed they had <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/06\/world-news\/us-coast-guard-seeks-owner-of-sailboat-moored-near-missing-mom-lynette-hookers-vessel-on-night-of-disappearance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spotted the missing boat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance footage captured two masked men backing their truck into the driveway before hooking the boat to the rear of the vehicle and hauling it away. FOX26NEWS<\/p>\n<p>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n<p>California Post News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCaliforniaPost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@CaliforniaPost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thecaliforniapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Vb6a2IV1NCrL6q2AWq0E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WhatsApp<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/company\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a><br \/>California Post Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capostsports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/capostsports\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CaliforniaPostSports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a><br \/>California Post  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Opinion<\/a> <br \/>California Post Newsletters: <a href=\"https:\/\/email.nypost.com\/#california-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><br \/>California Post App: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Download here!<\/a><br \/>Home delivery: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.californiapost.com\/defaultCAP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here!<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><br \/><\/a>Page Six Hollywood: <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/hollywood-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After receiving the photos, they confirmed it was their stolen boat parked at Westwood Apartments near Shields and Valentine avenues.<\/p>\n<p>The owners called 911 before heading to the location and waited for officers to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>The crooks\u2019 joyride didn\u2019t last long after the owners were tipped off by a community member who spotted the missing boat. FOX26NEWS<\/p>\n<p>Tired of waiting, they decided to take matters into their own hands, loaded the boat themselves, and brought it back home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had felt so violated,\u201d they told the outlet. \u201cBut now we have the last laugh by stealing it back!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of brazen thieves who jacked a California owner\u2019s bass boat right off their driveway in broad&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[4584,8253,7,112,114,113,129088,4182,238,3586],"class_list":["post-306940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-boats","tag-burglaries","tag-california","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-karma","tag-metro","tag-theft","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}