U-Haul Truck Carrying Biden Gear Stolen in Detroit

[coincrazy]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/u-haul-truck-carrying-biden-gear-stolen-in-detroit/

A U-Haul truck carrying equipment for Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign event in Detroit Monday was stolen this weekend, ABC News confirmed with United States Secret Service.

Ed Donovan, a spokesman for the USSS, told ABC News the truck carrying equipment was stolen between late Saturday night and early Sunday morning at the Westin Hotel in Detroit. He would not specify what kind of equipment was in the truck.

Biden’s speech at the Metro Detroit AFL-CIO Labor Day Rally in downtown Michigan will still go on as planned starting at noon Monday.

I don't hear a lot of stories about U-Haul's being stolen and this story was just on the TV. It seemed like the perps were looking for something in particular. Something about a bunch of black cases.

[mongo]

The black cases are what Joe Biden carries his political gaffes in.

[Mossy]

The black cases are what Joe Biden carries his political gaffes in.

Gee, I didn't know U-Haul had 40' trucks for rent.

[Doctor Steuss]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/u-haul-truck-carrying-biden-gear-stolen-in-detroit/
I don't hear a lot of stories about U-Haul's being stolen...

When I used to be in a band that toured fairly regularly, we'd usually have to have someone sleep in the RV that was pulling the trailer -- if we stayed at a hotel -- to make sure the trailer with our equipment didn’t get stolen. From the stories we heard from various promoters, thefts of trailers and box trucks are fairly common in hotel parking lots (they had countless tales of bands waking up the day of a show to find either their box truck, or trailer with all of their equipment gone).

This was about a decade ago though, so I don’t know if surveillance cameras becoming more common has had an impact on how common an occurrence it is.

[sparechange]

Wondering if the secret service was preoccupied at local bar!