Mattwash
New member
Hello, I am a new car wash owner and just had my first vacuum thief. On the morning of May 18 this male and his accomplice spent several hours before they were able to cut the lock off with a torch and then pry open the coin drawer. He initially spent about 30 min trying to pick the lock before using a MAPP Gas Torch. I have good cameras so I was fortunate to get a good image of the man’s license plate.
I called the cops and showed them the footage. Officer ran the plates and the license plate came back stolen off a vehicle. The officer decided to rummage through my trash can to see if there was any evidence. We found a registration sticker. Ran the vin number, it too came back stolen. Two days later I received a call from a Dickinson Police detective, who told me the man was caught at another car wash in South Houston driving the stolen truck. Shortly after the detective called me to provide the good news, he received another call from HPD saying charges were being dropped by Harris County DA and man was released from jail.
This thief had come over to my car wash the day before and scoped out the locks on my vacuums and coin changer. If you’re in the Houston Area, be on the lookout. The man’s name is Perry Matlock and he lives in South Houston. Idk if he was able to get the stolen truck back when he was released from jail, but the truck he was driving was a 2022 GMC Denali - Black. Here are the images. He is a career criminal, please share if you’re in the Houston Area.
I called the cops and showed them the footage. Officer ran the plates and the license plate came back stolen off a vehicle. The officer decided to rummage through my trash can to see if there was any evidence. We found a registration sticker. Ran the vin number, it too came back stolen. Two days later I received a call from a Dickinson Police detective, who told me the man was caught at another car wash in South Houston driving the stolen truck. Shortly after the detective called me to provide the good news, he received another call from HPD saying charges were being dropped by Harris County DA and man was released from jail.
This thief had come over to my car wash the day before and scoped out the locks on my vacuums and coin changer. If you’re in the Houston Area, be on the lookout. The man’s name is Perry Matlock and he lives in South Houston. Idk if he was able to get the stolen truck back when he was released from jail, but the truck he was driving was a 2022 GMC Denali - Black. Here are the images. He is a career criminal, please share if you’re in the Houston Area.
